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Expect to find curse words, nudity, (occasionally explicit) talk of sex, and angry ranting, but NEVER slurs or sexually violent language. I use TW when I am aware of the need and on request.

Date: 2009-04-05 05:38 pm (UTC)
why dont you boycott the entire production studio and everyone related to it ? its like saying i dont mind that my best friend is a rapist, because he doesnt rape me! nevermind that his thoughts about women and rape are horrifying, thats not important because he will not rape ME, it will not affect ME, so screw everyone else! i have absolutely no obligation to other women, i do not care if my telling on my friend (or choosing to boycott these companies) will help other women (which means help ME). are the people who wrote the ifrit description the same people who wrote the descriptions for everything else you listed on your post? if the ifrit author was only the author for ifrit fine (even though you should still boycott the company for hiring someone who encourages rape and for approving the message), but if the author is the same (or among the same) who wrote the descriptions of the other ones, yes, absolutely, there is no argument to NOT boycott the entire company.

as far as orientalism, i dont know why to say. i cant have a discussion about how orientalist that shit is if you dont know what orientalism is. its not a difficult concept, nor is it all that rare.. especially in feminist literature. i was going to find stuff but you can google as well as i can. what youre discussing is absolutely horrifying and offensive. it scares me that you think its okay. i think if you read saids book youd think a lot differently about this kind of stuff. i dont need you or anyone else in the west 'celebrating' my culture, or anyone elses culture in the middle east. no one needs the west 'celebrating' their culture. you guys have 'celebrated' our cultures long enough by colonizing, stealing, defiling and destroying our culture. we dont need the west stealing concepts they know absolutely nothing about to 'celebrate' them, go celebrate your own cultures. i mean how is azrael "mythical or fairy-tale-ish" ??? do you even know who that is? its silly to even ask, because if you knew who azrael was you wouldnt call this stuff "mythical or fairy-tale-ish" unless youre comfortable calling one of the worlds major religions "mythical or fairy-tale-ish." our cultures are not similar to alice in wonderland, they are not exotic, they are not fantasy, they are not there for your enjoyment. we arent the result of the wild imagination of some englishman from the 1800s. our cultures are the result of thousands of years and generations of understanding, evolving and teaching. maybe if american 'culture' had the same kind of background americans wouldnt be so quick to steal bits and pieces of other cultures they mistakenly believe are 'exotic' or 'mythical' or 'fairy-tale-ish.' maybe if they had the same sort of background they wouldnt NEED to steal bits and pieces of other cultures because theyd have their own to keep them occupied. whatever the case, im tired of it. go call your perfumes jesus and mary and king louis III and king henry V instead of faiza, nefertiti, azrael and uruk.
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