tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post5057126492752198747..comments2024-03-28T07:25:19.546-07:00Comments on Dorothy Surrenders: I know what Girls wantDorothy Snarkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143059192565751994noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-38568911608137691782013-02-15T10:25:23.958-08:002013-02-15T10:25:23.958-08:00Great analysis and my thoughts exactly :)Great analysis and my thoughts exactly :)taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261504019229879621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-37317216213748521282013-02-15T04:43:09.522-08:002013-02-15T04:43:09.522-08:00Its funny how you omitted the mention of Dunham an...Its funny how you omitted the mention of Dunham and another Girls writers racist comments. Maybe thats why non-white women arent interested in watching the show. We are subjected to enough abuse without having to support a woman who thinks its funny to mock racial minorities. Also if she had made homophobic comments the white lesbians sure as hell wouldnt be supporting her but racism is A Ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-3498382778533543552013-02-14T10:02:42.632-08:002013-02-14T10:02:42.632-08:00"What I want to add to the debate is a small ..."What I want to add to the debate is a small piece of truth that gets glossed over. In response to the complaint of white writers about writing about people of color: "Damned if you do. Damned if you don't," I want to say: absolutely.<br /><br />It's absolutely true. You're damned either way. If you don't do it, you're a racist. Yes, you are. Race and racism exist in this society, and if you ignore them, you're expressing a racial privilege that you don't, morally, have any right to. That's a subtle form of racism.<br /><br />If you do do it and get it "wrong", you'll get reamed, and rightfully so. It's presumptuous of you to think that you have the right to represent a culture you don't belong to if you can't be bothered to properly examine and accurately portray that culture.<br /><br />Further, if you do it and get it "right", or rather, don't get it wrong, you'll still get reamed by members of that culture you've represented who rightfully resent a white writer's success representing their culture. After all, every American ethnic minority has its writers: good and bad. The good writers are mostly ignored. Inevitably, some white writer will come along and do a bang-up job portraying that culture and will get--in one book, in one section of a book--more attention than the poc writer got over the course of three or five or ten books.<br /><br />You're a white writer trying to do the right thing, but no matter what you do, it's wrong. And that's so unfair to you, isn't it?<br /><br />Welcome to a tiny taste of what it's like to be a person of color.<br /><br />Oh, and quit complaining."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://clairelight.typepad.com/seelight/2007/08/arg-arg-arg.htmlSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-23459146398382018092013-02-13T09:24:06.104-08:002013-02-13T09:24:06.104-08:00While I won't say everything she does is wrong...While I won't say everything she does is wrong, it bothers me how racist she can be. Her article about visiting Japan was disgusting. And then there's that time she veiled herself as a joke and only issued an apology about the timing being wrong instead of apologizing for the act itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-66159061458145795712013-02-13T09:22:33.188-08:002013-02-13T09:22:33.188-08:00I'm not saying you have to like it... Just tha...I'm not saying you have to like it... Just that I really didn't start liking it until about 5 or 6 episodes in. Like a car wreck, I couldn't look away, and then at some point I just realized that I was confusing how flawed these people were with the quality of the show. The characters are SO FLAWED that they sometimes suck, but the show, especially the writer/actor/director/creator is pretty amazing. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763876608400590736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-6920372505876886542013-02-12T23:32:45.638-08:002013-02-12T23:32:45.638-08:00I barely made it through two episodes -- and I rea...I barely made it through two episodes -- and I really wanted to like it, because some friends highly recommended it. Alas, I think the only thing that would make it even remotely watchable would be if it were categorized as what it is in my mind: a highly tragic drama. I TRIED desperately to find ANYTHING funny or even mildly amusing. Nada. Oh well, as you said: not every show can be for everybody. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-17917948357207858562013-02-12T23:17:59.266-08:002013-02-12T23:17:59.266-08:00PREACH!!! What you said woman:)PREACH!!! What you said woman:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-31696395029657205902013-02-12T23:10:16.008-08:002013-02-12T23:10:16.008-08:00Thank you thank you. I tell people that even with ...Thank you thank you. I tell people that even with all the weird hetero sex, I still watch this show for it's incredible writing and realism. <br /><br />Also, I yelled a dude Saturday at a party for comparing this show to Sex and the City. Insulting.<br /><br />AmandaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435063488359884278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-48879204908495692072013-02-12T22:39:00.564-08:002013-02-12T22:39:00.564-08:00I thought it was a brilliant episode and I love ho...I thought it was a brilliant episode and I love how she is giving the finger to the predominant view of women and sexuality in film. Because Hannah is funny and smart and open which is sexy. I don't want her as my friend but I get what LD is doing with this character and I like it. <br />I think she is incredibly brave. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-79912570613539963322013-02-12T17:06:41.123-08:002013-02-12T17:06:41.123-08:00Agree. Agree. Agree. I'm sick of the Girls hat...Agree. Agree. Agree. I'm sick of the Girls haters. Lena is a brave, fucking genius. And she puts it out there- her stories- like a performance artist- and sometimes it makes me downright uncomfortable, but I usually have a shit eating grin on my face, and she totally gets off and she totally deserves it. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763876608400590736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-22929875106629659262013-02-12T16:33:18.344-08:002013-02-12T16:33:18.344-08:00Ms. Starker: excellent review. An Intellectual ant...Ms. Starker: excellent review. An Intellectual antihero, rarely seen in film or tv. Which forces us to gauge our own feelings of self worth. Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-40264542701357893432013-02-12T11:41:24.851-08:002013-02-12T11:41:24.851-08:00Amen, sister.Amen, sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-59984496884809146242013-02-12T03:20:19.944-08:002013-02-12T03:20:19.944-08:00"I fucking love Girls" - I have the exac..."I fucking love Girls" - I have the exact same reaction at the end of every episode...I was going to post the exact same sentence at my end... :PRachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730687185920195418noreply@blogger.com