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sabotabbyThis has to be one of the creepier photoshoots I've seen in the history of creepy photoshoots. (Warning: Nudity, implied rape, glorification of war, utter not-safe-for-workitude.) Jill at Feministe says ugh, but a lot of people commenting disagree, saying that only a few photos are questionable, and even that some are subversive because they show women intruding on a traditionally male space.
Maybe it's those pesky ideological blinders, but given the epidemic of rape against both women in the occupying army and Iraqi women and men, I don't see any way this shoot can be interpreted besides a glorification of sexual violence in wartime. There's also an added racial dynamic, the twisted white American male fantasy of the Big Black Cock.
I honestly don't get people who show up on a feminist blog to say, "well, just one of the photos might imply rape, so the shoot isn't that bad, really." I mean, I get them, but I hope I never encounter them in real life.
P.S. My other post about how Iraqis are getting raped—in this case, by neoliberalism as well as by neoconservatism, is here. I guess it's the oh-so-depressing blog theme of the day.
Maybe it's those pesky ideological blinders, but given the epidemic of rape against both women in the occupying army and Iraqi women and men, I don't see any way this shoot can be interpreted besides a glorification of sexual violence in wartime. There's also an added racial dynamic, the twisted white American male fantasy of the Big Black Cock.
I honestly don't get people who show up on a feminist blog to say, "well, just one of the photos might imply rape, so the shoot isn't that bad, really." I mean, I get them, but I hope I never encounter them in real life.
P.S. My other post about how Iraqis are getting raped—in this case, by neoliberalism as well as by neoconservatism, is here. I guess it's the oh-so-depressing blog theme of the day.
