Comments on: The “Happily Ever After” Complex http://stilettorevolt.com/2009/06/the-happily-ever-after-complex/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:48:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pailugdag http://stilettorevolt.com/2009/06/the-happily-ever-after-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Pailugdag Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:31:45 +0000 http://stilettorevolt.com/?p=861#comment-314 I think... you are wrong. I think… you are wrong.

]]> By: Elizabeth Shawn http://stilettorevolt.com/2009/06/the-happily-ever-after-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Elizabeth Shawn Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:01:56 +0000 http://stilettorevolt.com/?p=861#comment-137 I think the one I find the most disturbing is the seafood sauce ad. This woman is LITERALLY presenting herself for consumption. I mean, seriously, she's EATING HERSELF. And judging by the look on her face, she wants others to consume her as well. Women being offered for visual consumption is no new thing, but apparently she wants to be fully and wholly consumed until there is nothing left. This ad also suggests important allegories between the visual/sexual consumption of women and the physical consumption of animal flesh. Think of the many fast food ads (Burger King especially) where meat is associated with "manliness," or all the double entendres associated with "juicy white breasts." Feminism and animal rights are about interconnected oppressions. Dude, I'm so grossed out. I think the one I find the most disturbing is the seafood sauce ad. This woman is LITERALLY presenting herself for consumption. I mean, seriously, she’s EATING HERSELF. And judging by the look on her face, she wants others to consume her as well. Women being offered for visual consumption is no new thing, but apparently she wants to be fully and wholly consumed until there is nothing left.

This ad also suggests important allegories between the visual/sexual consumption of women and the physical consumption of animal flesh. Think of the many fast food ads (Burger King especially) where meat is associated with “manliness,” or all the double entendres associated with “juicy white breasts.” Feminism and animal rights are about interconnected oppressions.

Dude, I’m so grossed out.

]]> By: Jennifer Nicole http://stilettorevolt.com/2009/06/the-happily-ever-after-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Jennifer Nicole Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:26:19 +0000 http://stilettorevolt.com/?p=861#comment-91 What a great post. I can't tell you how many times I've seen young women's faces fall when someone asks them what they think is going to change when they get married. Suddenly they realize that "happily ever after" doesn't come as a side dish to that pretty princess wedding they've envisioned - that being happy takes work, and no man is a prince charming (just as no woman is a perfect princess in need of saving). What a great post. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen young women’s faces fall when someone asks them what they think is going to change when they get married. Suddenly they realize that “happily ever after” doesn’t come as a side dish to that pretty princess wedding they’ve envisioned – that being happy takes work, and no man is a prince charming (just as no woman is a perfect princess in need of saving).

]]> By: Orlando Mom http://stilettorevolt.com/2009/06/the-happily-ever-after-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Orlando Mom Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:43:19 +0000 http://stilettorevolt.com/?p=861#comment-89 I actually don't let me son watch Disney movies where he coudl elarn the wrong idea of how men and women should be. I want to raise him with the ideal that the is nothing wrong with a strong woman. I actually don’t let me son watch Disney movies where he coudl elarn the wrong idea of how men and women should be. I want to raise him with the ideal that the is nothing wrong with a strong woman.

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