I identify as a swedish Rapper.

Therefore, you are not in the position to critizise my mad rhymes without being terribly oppressive.

methylbenzene:

what social justice is:
Archbishop Oscar Romero speaking out against human rights violations in his country of El Salvador during a civil war and advocating a policy of non-violence inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi, which got him ultimately assassinated

what social justice is not:
tattooing DIE CIS SCUM on yourself and telling people to check their privilege on tumblr 

(via princessnecrophilia)

seeing a lot of posts about rape jokes lately

princessnecrophilia:

my 2c:

rape jokes are tricky. there are many studies that point to how, as a “whole” they enforce the belief that “rape isnt a big thing” (personally i find many of them to be poorly put together but whatever) annnd that is the conclusion that is reached. there also seems to be a general consensus amongst tumblrites that they are ALWAYS BAD and NEVER GOOD and ALWAYS HURT PEOPLE and are NEVER FUNNY.

and you know, that is probably the case for a great number of people. i dont doubt it. there are certain things that hurt people and jokes about sexual violence are definitely in that group. HOWEVER

HOWEVER

there is also an assumption that survivors are some amorphous group with one opinion and one opinion only, that should be stuck to like crazy. there is a saccharine “familial” label that seems to be passed around (“my sisters, my brothers”) (i won’t get into how physically disgusted that makes me but whatever) and its as if they are “one big family” with “one big mindset” on things.

er

that presents a problem.

if a survivor does not agree with something from the group, because there is a group mentality, they are often shunned and accused of “perpetuating the cycle of abuse,” “victim-blaming,” “not being a real survivor,” and my personal ~*~favourite~*~, “being ‘over it’.”

i get it. sometimes it helps to form a group of people, because it gives you support and other such wonderful things. trust me, i get it. but there’s this very toxic “if you disagree, you’re one of the enemies” mentality that i see repeatedly, and it’s often VERY encouraged. in such, the experiences of the black-sheep survivor are demeaned and treated as lesser. 

now, to the point: rape jokes are not ALWAYS bad. i know, some of you must be REELING, spittle dribbling out of your mouths in a blind rage, repeating “THIS PERSON HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!! WHAT ABOUT ALL THE EVIDENCE!!!! HHHHHRRKRKRKRKRKKKKKK” because trust me i’ve seen it IRL. but it’s true. they are not ALWAYS bad. 

the needs of the survivor come first when recovery and acceptance are taking place. the needs of survivor 1 will not always be the same as the needs of survivor 2. the assumption that everyone copes similarly and will be damaged by things similarly is a dehumanizing one, something that reduces survivors down to an ELEMENT in society, not INDIVIDUALS. i know a few survivors who make jokes about rape in order to cope, yes, including myself. are they bad people? are they enforcers of the problem? are we coping INCORRECTLY because we do something that relieves tension, that lightens the load, that hey, doesn’t work for everyone and we don’t expect it to, but works for us?

i would like to extend to people the opportunity to tell me and my friends that we are coping incorrectly, and then i would like to put forth the fact that many of these same people telling us we are wrong also tell others that there is no incorrect way to cope. 

now, to clarify, there is a right and a wrong time to joke about these things. the RIGHT time to joke about these things would be when you are in like-minded, like-hearted, safe company. what i mean by like-hearted and like-minded:

- able to handle the joke

- able to derive humour from the joke

- will not be offended by that brand of humour

- recognize and are mindful of triggers

- realize consequences of rape in the real world and its relevance to daily life (informed)

- know that their company, every member of it, will be able to appreciate the joke in some way

- recognize that a public place is not necessarily the best forum for this

annnnd etc

the WRONG time to joke about these things would be:

- in a public place, or where people do not have the OPTION about hearing these things (i.e in a store, in a chatroom with random people, etc)

- not everyone will get/appreciate/like/derive humour from the joke

- people are not in a place of mental stability concerning this issue

and just general rules of etiquette.

on tumblr, i believe that one takes risks. by following someone, if you have PTSD or an anxiety disorder, you are placing yourself at risk. it is not the other person’s job to accommodate you, whether you like it or not. not everyone has the same humour, not everyone will agree with you, not everyone will treat things the way you do. writing them off as a “scumbag who tells rape jokes” would be jumping to conclusions, in most cases.

when it comes to things like people playing video games and saying “LOL TOTALLY RAPED THAT ENEMY” i think that they don’t necessarily understand the consequences of their actions and that they have absolutely no tact - not necessarily that they are scumbags. if anything, they’re plain obnoxious. but their humour, although harsh, simply does not mesh with your own. 

in short, a few points to summarize:

- not all survivors agree

- they are not an amorphous blob of people or a hive-mind

- do not EVER expect them to be

- humour is highly subjective, regardless of harshness

- if a survivor chooses to joke about such things with their friends, who respect their situation, let them

- there is always a time and place for everything

- do not ever EXPECT others to accommodate you, and when they do not, do not assume they are human filth sliding along the planet’s face

peace out, YOLO

Good post.

This also goes for various other things that are “not okay” to joke about; I know various people with self-harm/depression problems who will tell others to “go sit under a tree, slit your wrists and write poems with your blood” to mock them jokingly, especially among each other. When asking why, I mostly got the answer “Because if you take it too serious, it has power over you. If you can laugh at it, you weaken it, and it doesn’t control your life”.

There are different standpoints here, and none should be eternally condemned by assuming everyone with the same x felt exactly the same.

The ARKH webcomic is abysmal, storytelling-wise, art-wise (seeing how it goes with a game) and.. everything-wise.

Isn’t the level-system incredibly classist as well?

People on here are complaining about Bayonetta’s proportions and poses the same way they are voicing (not always, but often) legitimate complaints with the poses and outfits some comic artists give their heroines aso., therefore disregarding the point of the game’s hypersexualization which is so over the top it becomes obvious that it’s all not to be taken seriously and absolutely intentional. Lollipop Chainsaw will obviously be a game in the same vein, yet there are complaints about the main character already, even by fans of older Grasshope Manufacture games who should be used to the over the top style that can’t and shouldn’t be taken seriously (see: Shadow of the Damned where the talking gun’s one big dick joke, various elements from the No more Heroes series, especially Silvia, the actual point of the first game being to get laid, how you recharge your lightsaber and the like).

This bothers me. Especially if people make assumptions from mainly promo-pictures or fanart, not even a trailer or demo. Best would be, however, to actually play those games.

Let’s take Bayonetta, for example (one of the few games I’ve actually beaten multiple times)- Her 3D model is 11 to 12 heads long, with her legs grotesquely elongated and her proportions therefore being utter nonsense. However, this is a stylistic choice to go with the over-the-top style of “sexy” that can be compared to Devil May Cry’s over-the-top “cool” style. It’s incredibly silly, really, and plays with a lot of clishees.

That the people complaining haven’t played the game, by the way, becomes obvious from them wondering about the guns on her shoes, or rather whether “those are really guns on her shoes”. Yes they are, except for when you equip a different secondary weapon, like the Durgas (which are the best anyway, Durga/Durga is an awesome combo), which makes for interesting gameplay in a genre in which it seems to have become a tradition to go over the top and insane.