Comments on: SEXIST BEATDOWN: The Persecuted Tan of Megan Fox Edition

By: sarita

sarita — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:08:44 +0000

I saw a post on io9 about Fox’s replacement and thought y’all would “enjoy” her audition:

Rosie wore a white, see-through lingerie top and panties. Shia [LaBoeuf] was there to run lines with her. It was a formality, she had the part, but she had to meet Shia to see if they gelled. Having her in as little clothing as possible was just the icing on the cake. When she walked down a staircase in that outfit – wow.

Congratulation, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and good luck!

Read here: http://io9.com/5554088/awesome-tron-legacy-billboard-how-sexy-will-transformers-3-get-plus-when-youll-see-tony-stark-next

By: kingead

kingead — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:21:21 +0000

Kripa, maybe you should have read beyond that “ode” then? (And nice use of “uggos,” by the way. So classy!)

Sady, I’m looking forward to an unexpected leak of your buddy cop fanfiction.

By: carovee

carovee — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:19:19 +0000

An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck. .

They are remaking the Rat Race? With Megan Fox in Debbie Reynolds’ role? I’m sad that these days a dame can’t be down on her luck without ending up naked in a glass cage.

By: Eneya

Eneya — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:35:06 +0000

I think Sady was sarcastic.

If Palin happens to say something good, I will be glad for that too, or if it’s Mayer, I will be genuinely surprised but still.

I am just saying that if we comment on the negative actions of popular women, there would be one hell of a big series of rants. And although there are reasons for that, it’s very tiresome to be negative all the time.

“90 percent of the population of the planer are idiots” is quite a popular saying and some days, I really feel like it’s true. But still, when there is something positive, be positive about it. We know that Megan Fox is irritating and misogynistic.

By: Kripa

Kripa — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:51:08 +0000

Eneya, forget not being a poster child of feminism. Might as well say that Sarah Palin, or the Twilight franchise, “isn’t the poster child of feminism.” Fox has said stuff that’s outright misogynist and slut-shaming. Let me be clear: I’m as glad as anyone that she has spoken up.
But Sady opens up with like, an *ode* to MF, and that really really turned me off. And in light of the fact that Sady made a post on Liz Lemon-ism not too long ago? I feel like Sady’s opening paragraph *here* just completely undercuts that.

By: Eneya

Eneya — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:21:46 +0000

Kripa, I don’t like Megan Fox and in the rare occasions I read her interviews, I am baffled by the sheer stupidity in them.

OK, she is not the poster child of feminism, nobody is saying she is. What we comment here is not what kind of person or a feminist (for example) she is but what she did and why. You are just switching the topic.
We can’t wait for the perfect person with the perfect motives and attitude, because when he/she comes and speaks her/his mind, it’s rarely a popular person or is ignored.
That’s the reason, at least for me to enjoy her actions.

They can’t shut her up that easy and she is working in an industry that rarely has women in her roles and positions who describe what happens.

This is what counts.

By: Kripa

Kripa — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:56:59 +0000

Now don’t get me wrong, I sympathize with Megan Fox for pointing out that Michael Bay is horrible to work with, and Lord knows his auditions are gross and misogynist.
But why the fuck are you such a fan of hers? She noticed that Mr. Bay is a sexist sack of shit. Big fucking deal. His making her audition in a bikini washing his car didn’t tip her off? All right, well, I suppose I’m glad MF is calling him on it now.
But still. She herself hasn’t been female-friendly. Her comments about women have been pretty heinous. You just glossed over that entirely. Yeah, fine, go ahead and have a beer and keep talking about how uggo women hate on her for being beautiful and that’s why women suck. Or something. I mean really? No, just…no. Ms. Fox does not get a free pass with me, even if I take her side against Michael Bay.

By: julian

julian — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:52:24 +0000

As usual I haven’t much to say other than that I totally agree with all said here. Tiger Beatdown for the win.

By: Eneya

Eneya — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:14:20 +0000

T. it’s about how women are perceived. Women are someone that you’d (we are speaking from male perspective now) like to fuck, so being nice/dumb elevates the chances you have in your brain that she’ll say yes. Because there are hundreds of women who wouldn’t sleep with you (still male perspective), have dignity, are “bitchy” and want some bizarre things as “treating them as human beings, not just walking sex dolls who’s only desire is to sleep with you.

On the other hand, men are never called “bitchy” when they act macho or to cool to have time for fans. Because this is manly and alpha… being cool. And you want to be like him, you want to be able to ignore all those squeaking fen, because you are awesome (also male, did I mentioned that I am speaking from male point of view?).

Of course, this attitude is highly stereotypical and not all men are like that. But it explains a bit, doesn’t it?

By: T.

T. — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:55:01 +0000

Oh, anybody remember that thing with her fan and that rose? She and her bodyguards had been trying to make their way through a teeming crowd of sweaty boners. On the way, one of those sweaty boners held up a rose near her and said “I love you, Megan!” and she didn’t notice, because of course she didn’t. How could she? The next day, blogs were going on about how bitchy she was for ‘ignoring’ that one kid.

So, apparently we actually expect our Hot Girls to literally be omniscient mythological goddesses who have a thousand arms to accept all our roses and a thousand mouths to say they love us back.