If These Shadows Have Offended...

[ericadawn16]

Okay, I've had two people ask me what the deal was with Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner apologizing so...

This is what happened:
http://profeminist.tumblr.com/post/117198169192/tw-for-slut-shaming-ableism-chris-evans-and

Yeah, I know this kind of thing is why I can't get on board the Feminist band wagon but...

I've totally called Black Widow a slut before. I've called Hawkeye a slut even more times than that...the guy can't keep it in his pants whatsoever. Do I mean it as judgement? No, it's just part of their character.

Plus, this is Renner, the guy who referred to Jennifer Lopez' breasts to her face on national television. He has worse foot in mouth disease than Joe Biden.

Also, I felt there was way worse stuff for Tumblr to get mad at. This appears to be the same interview or the same day because same outfits:
http://nathansfillions.tumblr.com/post/117390837748/i-think-i-might-have-no-career-after-this

Renner immediately acknowledges he's done wrong by saying, "I think I might have no career after this.” I think it's Evans that surprised everyone with a fratboy mentality so unlike Rogers. However, let's take a look...

First of all, they joke about animal cruelty...namely, killing a cat.

Then, they joke that they will make Black Widow do everything. Honestly, this seems fair since she's the most capable of the Avengers BUT...
Evans is speaking with the yellow portion of the transcript. He's the one to say, "Just to watch her fail."

What part of hacking into Hammer Industries, helping to figure out how to stop an alien device, tracking down a specific HYDRA signal, etc. would make a person think that she wouldn't be capable at ANY electronic device, including a TV?????

That pissed me off way worse than the whore comment.

Robert Downey, Jr. also took a pass for making a racist remark about Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3055271/Robert-Downey-Jr-sparks-controversy-accused-making-racist-remark-Oscar-winning-Mexican-director.html

Honestly, it feels like "whore" and "slut" remarks were the least of it yet that's what the internet chose to make them apologize for.

Comments

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Perversely, what annoys me most from all of those links you've posted is the way Krishnan Guru-Murthy treated RDJ. I hate the word 'trigger' and the way it's over/mis-used but, in Tumblr terms, that's exactly what happened. RDJ has pulled himself out of a sewer that, a few years ago, looked like it was going to finish him off. In whose interest is it to try to make him relive it on TV?

The other thing was tit-for-tat -- Inarritu said superhero films are offensive right-wing crap, RDJ offensively said that Inarritu's opinion is crap.

[twhitesakura.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I don't think the internet was over-reacting to "whore" or "slut." They're deragatory terms society has used exclusively towards women, even if it's a descriptive word you use personally for fun on fictional characters. We do have a problem with women (fictional or otherwise) being portrayed as sexual objects in the media. People are going to pick up on that when you're talking about Black Widow, the only female superhero on the Avengers team.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

With all the crap going down in this world and this is what people are pissed off about? UGH...
Hugs, Jon

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it feels like "whore" and "slut" remarks were the least of it yet that's what the internet chose to make them apologize for.

I agree with you there.

[maynardsong.livejournal.com]

No I'm OK with raking them across the coals for the slutshaming. I'm really goddam tired of women being called whores for acting like men do. Maybe some people call men whores too, but it's not systemic the way calling women whores is.

[dragonacesg7.livejournal.com]

of course it's what the internet makes them apologize for, it's easy to get an apology and not hate on their favs...

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

She's a fictional character *shakes head* So confused by what the huge F*ing deal.

I think we've reached the point where being PC has gone overboard. :/