NYT sez, "Women don't like fantasy novels! GoT is boy fiction!"
Clearly, I am no woman.
Seriously, this is the single dumbest thing I have ever read on the NYT, and I include their fashion coverage in this assessment.
I just had a ragestroke. When I’m not on my iPod, I will be writing this misogynistic jerkoff an email that will singe his eyebrows off. His bosses will be getting one too.
How dare he?
OMG! I just had to run upstairs and wake my husband up with me yelling, “TALK ME DOWN FROM MY FEMINIST RAAAAAAAGE!”
My favorite part? (and I do say that loosely)
The true perversion, though, is the sense you get that all of this illicitness has been tossed in as a little something for the ladies, out of a justifiable fear, perhaps, that no woman alive would watch otherwise. While I do not doubt that there are women in the world who read books like Mr. Martin’s, I can honestly say that I have never met a single woman who has stood up in indignation at her book club and refused to read the latest from Lorrie Moore unless everyone agreed to “The Hobbit” first. “Game of Thrones” is boy fiction patronizingly turned out to reach the population’s other half.I HAVE TALKED HALF THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE INTO READING MR. MARTIN’S FICTION, STUPID EFF FACE! MALE, FEMALE, AND NON BINARY FOLKS. THEY ALL LOVE IT. I ALSO HEREBY DECLARE THAT I AM NOT READING A SINGLE LORRIE MOORE BOOK UNTIL I’VE GONE TO A GOOD HOBBIT BOOK DISCUSSION.
I’ve never heard of Lorrie Moore. And I am currently reading The Hobbit.
Notes
-
gianna-stewart reblogged this from caraobrien
-
therodentqueen likes this
-
andacardigan likes this
-
wantthepharaohs reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
I find this really, really offensive. On several accounts, the first being that I am a woman and have been an ASOIAF fan...
-
slutrockerbitch reblogged this from roughguess
-
ceallaigh likes this
-
alberticus reblogged this from yumwatch and added:
I took a Tolkien class in college. Wait for it… There were girls in it!!!!
-
ednas-elysiums likes this
-
latenighttaskforce likes this
-
awkward-poo likes this
-
razorsharpquill reblogged this from taintedsaints and added:
…Yeah. Probably shouldn’t point out that the entire reason my husband read and started obsessing about Game of Thrones...
-
themythsaredead likes this
-
lowindustrial likes this
-
zombiesinmygarden likes this
-
yumwatch reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
I am nerd-raging over this review. Utter bullshit.
-
roughguess reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
-
note-a-bear reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
This just makes me fucking indignant. I recently finished the first of the Game of Thrones books, and though I don’t...
-
avatarsnowy likes this
-
timholtorf reblogged this from robot-heart-politics
-
robot-heart-politics reblogged this from librarianpirate
-
librarianpirate likes this
-
libidinousnarwhal likes this
-
taintedsaints reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
Hey Stacey, did you know that girls don’t like fantasy or sci fi? I’m pretty sure we missed the memo on that one.
-
vivendeo likes this
-
socialismandrum likes this
-
mehearties reblogged this from kimbrelly and added:
What. A fucking. Retard. The so called journalist that’s behind this gender stale peeoess article, that is.
-
herblondness likes this
-
lovelokest reblogged this from fleurdeliser and added:
*headdesk*
-
moryssa reblogged this from consequencefree and added:
Um… who the hell is Lorrie Moore? I’m so horrible at being a “woman”. :p
-
nerd-gasms likes this
-
knottahooker reblogged this from librarianpirate and added:
I…I don’t even know how to respond to this. As a woman who’d rather read fantasy than romance ANY day of the week, I...
-
consequencefree reblogged this from fleurdeliser and added:
This NYT writer is possibly the dumbest person I’ve seen on the internet this week. And I occasionally read ONTD, y’all.
-
feelinganddreaming likes this
-
permanentsix likes this
-
kratlee likes this
-
bitchslap-barbie reblogged this from librarianpirate and added:
I know! Who the fuck is Lorrie Moore??Also, I just fucking love the idea that pandering to the male gaze is just fine,...
-
boardface likes this
-
jrantisexleague reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
am i wrong or is his argument at the end there ‘women should really act like stubborn arseholes and demand everything...
-
chloehasalotoffeelings reblogged this from mooserrific and added:
what? i… WHAT?
-
iwriteasiwrite likes this
-
kimbrelly reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
I’m really insulted at the idea that women don’t enjoy fantasy! It’s what I grew up reading and I was pretty obsessed...
-
depressedpizza reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
Wait, I… Isn’t fantasy stereotypically a “girl” genre? What the fuck is going on, I’m so confused. How can my favorite...
-
ancientrelic reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
I guess I’m a boy then..pretty much all I read is fantasy.
-
ancientrelic likes this
-
alexivore likes this
-
chickenbonewatt reblogged this from caraobrien and added:
Its bullshit. And might I add that seeing the series or whatever being made is pissing me off as I still wait for the...
-
chickenbonewatt likes this
-
shewhosnarks reblogged this from mooserrific
-
fleurdeliser reblogged this from ihavealotoffeelings and added:
… ……………… Jesus fucking CHRIST.
-
mooserrific reblogged this from ihavealotoffeelings and added:
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS READ THE SERIES, MULTIPLE TIMES, AND FUCKING LOVES THEM: FUCK YOU VERY MUCH MS. GINIA BELLAFANTE. And...
- Show more notes
