Yeah, it was very upsetting to see. I read over some of the tweets, but gave up. They got pretty nasty.
I totally agree. When I first heard about it, I wondered about how Sonique must feel about it, given that she's trans and came out on the show. I had to smile about her comment about people not having a sense of humor. I can see where the term can be hurtful, but in the case of she-mail, it was just a pun. I must admit, I side-eyed Female/She-Male a bit, but the "she-mail" never bothered me.
Honesty, this is a case of people being overly sensitive. This is such a small thing to attack. Why put so much energy into this when there are much larger battles to fight? And when do we say enough is enough, we've censored this show enough? That line will just keep getting pushed farther and farther forward. What's next? Women complaining about the terms fish and fishy?
I checked Porkchop's twitter, but there wasn't any acknowledgement of it. To be honest, I'm not surprised by that. Not only for the reasons you mentioned, but because she did go home in the first episode of the first season. She's not really known as a trans Drag Race queen.
Oooh, Pandora! I've read over a few of her tweets about this as well, very interesting. And again, another person who wasn't included in that interview. Not that she would be though, since she's not trans. But still, I'm a little irritated that the article focused on two people who shared the exact same opinion about it. Not everyone agrees, clearly, but they didn't bother to talk to anyone else from the show.
P.S. It'll be a miracle if any of this was coherent, I'm half asleep here.
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Date: 2014-04-16 05:06 am (UTC)I totally agree. When I first heard about it, I wondered about how Sonique must feel about it, given that she's trans and came out on the show. I had to smile about her comment about people not having a sense of humor. I can see where the term can be hurtful, but in the case of she-mail, it was just a pun. I must admit, I side-eyed Female/She-Male a bit, but the "she-mail" never bothered me.
Honesty, this is a case of people being overly sensitive. This is such a small thing to attack. Why put so much energy into this when there are much larger battles to fight? And when do we say enough is enough, we've censored this show enough? That line will just keep getting pushed farther and farther forward. What's next? Women complaining about the terms fish and fishy?
I checked Porkchop's twitter, but there wasn't any acknowledgement of it. To be honest, I'm not surprised by that. Not only for the reasons you mentioned, but because she did go home in the first episode of the first season. She's not really known as a trans Drag Race queen.
Oooh, Pandora! I've read over a few of her tweets about this as well, very interesting. And again, another person who wasn't included in that interview. Not that she would be though, since she's not trans. But still, I'm a little irritated that the article focused on two people who shared the exact same opinion about it. Not everyone agrees, clearly, but they didn't bother to talk to anyone else from the show.
P.S. It'll be a miracle if any of this was coherent, I'm half asleep here.