Comments on: This is the *best* PR? http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/ As narrated by the most charming and vicious women on the internet Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scrumby http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31786 scrumby Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:04:11 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31786 When I was 17 I got put in charge of a group of 10-15 year-old boys at camp and there was nothing funnier in the world to them than whipping out their penises at random times. I guess some boys never outgrow that phase.

]]> By: Cat http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31778 Cat Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:19:58 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31778 I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing a male equivalent to the Vagina Monologues (which made The Boyfriend and I cry for hours and clutch each other after we saw it earlier this year) so long as it wasn’t some misogynistic wankfest (hur hur) and addressed things like cultural attitudes towards circumcision, the damage done by the pervasiveness of phallic symbolism, deconstructions of stereotypical manhood, etc. And include some transguys and intersex folk!

]]> By: Awkward Avenger http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31740 Awkward Avenger Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:46:05 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31740 It’s always so striking how art that women make that is considered strongly vaginal but isn’t about catering to the male gaze is dismissed as silly, gross, or just plain weird, but people (sadly, probably a fair number of women included) will pay good money to watch a dude talk about wanking it for an hour, and afterward they’ll talk about how edgy and hilarious and accurately representative of the human experience the performance was.

]]> By: AmBam http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31691 AmBam Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:43 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31691 PhDork – no, it’s not an official School of Theatre event so there’s no way I could be forced to SM it. Unfortunately, all the other SMs fought each other for the opportunity (cuz all the cute boyz are always in it and they are sooo clever, teehee). But I WAS ostracized because I was the only person in the department who had a problem with it and made that known (in my usual, vocal AmBam form). It’s not a very woman friendly department – there were incidents with guys being rewarded for violence against women, they rarely do anything with a female lead that isn’t Sweet Charity or the like. We did a Caryl Churchill show once…and hired a male director who actually rolled his eyes when I mentioned feminism. WTF? Anyway – people go ape-shit for that crap, they line up for HOURS in advance to get a seat (meaning there’s zero chance anyone can attend the Vagina Monologues the same day – not that the theatre dept ever does it, but the english and women’s studies depts usually throw something together for V Day). And I’m a bitch (how original) because I don’t think penis jokes are worth sacrificing a benefit against domestic violence.

]]> By: PhDork http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31680 PhDork Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:05:33 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31680 AmBam, I just made myself read about The Penis Monologues. Thanks a heap. I really hope you didn’t have to SM any of that drivel.

Kirstin, a lot of the reviews (that aren’t “Boners! Haw-haw!”) are critical of this show because it isn’t critical. And yet this POS has been running every weekend for AT LEAST 4 month, and has dates scheduled through mid-December. People are paying to see this.

]]> By: AmBam http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31676 AmBam Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31676 wow, sounds like high art to me. Have we discussed Penn State’s Penis Monologues?

]]> By: sybann http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31675 sybann Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:57:39 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31675 Blaming others for your bad behavior, which is what this seems to be, it was Dad’s porn etc., isn’t an adult response. I pity his wife. If she ever stops living up to his ideal it’ll be all her fault.

]]> By: Kirstin http://www.harpyness.com/2010/08/10/this-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-31670 Kirstin Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:57:26 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=16593#comment-31670 UGH! Disgusting. I am a new reader and have only posted a few times. However, this subject just makes my all of neck hair stand on end and I can’t decide if I should scream, kick or cry!
I googled the title of this “play.” (of course using that term loosely) I read a couple of the reviews and they seem to just recap the same idea that you mentioned in your post. So, my questions for him would be, is there a lesson learned in all of this for him? Does he come to grips with how this industry treats women and men? Does he look for an answer within himself as to why he personally needs porn and how he feels about himself and his relationships because of porn? (I know… these are not chest thumping questions)
Maybe the author of this lovely piece of work needs to read everything that Robert Jensen has ever had to say about porn to really understand how this industry works and how his “little play” seems to only be feeding into the insidiousness that is rape culture.

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html

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