tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025502997259421463.post4672467444143694362..comments2023-08-17T03:49:17.269-04:00Comments on Adventures of a Young Feminist: Facebook Quizzes That Are Offensive to WomenLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16576742532111666583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025502997259421463.post-55195066304242947962009-07-31T15:15:50.158-04:002009-07-31T15:15:50.158-04:00By writing this, you assume that someone somewhere...By writing this, you assume that someone somewhere is taking this seriously, and nobody is. of course it steriotypes, it is attempting to summarize over 3 billion people in a few lines of text, to do anything but steriotype would be an impossible feat. although this is obviously moronic and unfunny it does nobody any real harm, and you are making a great mistake by seeing these quizzes as anything more than poorly made entertainment for idiots. I also find myself falling back on the comment i so often used for so called "equal rights campaigners" would you be shocked if such a quizz was made about men, describing them as sex and alcohol obssessed idiots. somehow i think not.Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025502997259421463.post-38726231208387063872009-07-24T15:52:22.256-04:002009-07-24T15:52:22.256-04:00Tom, you bring up a really good point. While I ch...Tom, you bring up a really good point. While I chose to focus on one specific Facebook quiz, most of the quizzes out there are in some form oppressive because they play to specific stereotypes about whatever type of person they are trying to classify.<br /><br />Anything like this that tries to "classify" people uses stereotypes of some kind that is offensive not only to the group of people they are describing, but really anyone who encounters people who see these quizzes as some form of "truth."Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576742532111666583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025502997259421463.post-39107684292673846862009-07-24T15:04:10.224-04:002009-07-24T15:04:10.224-04:00I completely agree, however the poison seeps furth...I completely agree, however the poison seeps further, staining the carpet of our <br />collective unconscious with it's perfidious use of language and veil of objectivity. <br />I came upon a quiz the other day entitled "What spiritual number are you?" <br />which i feel gives particular weight to our grievances. <br /><br />Now i won't feign impartiality here as i've long known i was a spiritual 11, <br />but i feel my knowledge and association merely gives emotional weight to the gut punch <br />of this quizzes insensitivity. <br /><br />According to this quiz 11's favourite colour is "green" <br />and if they came across someone in distress they would <br />"attempt to educate them as to the cause of their spiritual malaise". <br />Now perhaps this is true some of the time, but surely it depends on the context - <br />and to be perfectly honest i resent the implication that i'm some kind of <br />spiritual, pedagogical green loving automaton!<br /><br />But dear readers, the quiz goes on to inform me that an 11's desired method of <br />transportation is "walking, because the sun is shinning (sic), and you like the time."<br />Well, i do like time - and it is for this reason i often opt for more effective <br />methods of transport. A bus serves, company not with standing - <br />but what i'm attempting to impress upon you here is that i personally, as an 11 - <br />believe in the religious aesthetic of preciseness and punctuality. <br />The thought that some people think that we 11's are all out there walking around <br />loving the green grass positively turns my stomach - <br />and as for the assertion that it's a "sunny day", i think we can all be relatively <br />sure that it is, in contrast, a cold stormy night above the lair <br />where this kind of filth is manufactured.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025502997259421463.post-42011146891373369032009-07-02T11:06:36.232-04:002009-07-02T11:06:36.232-04:00Not to mention their ads, which are horrific.Not to mention their ads, which are horrific.RMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239084819919682523noreply@blogger.com