Urban v's the Commentariat

[rekil]

Dunno why she doesn't go to a library. Even if she has a deadline and any old last minute shit will do, maybe she'd find something to write about other than herself.

There are some real loons in the comments of that article tbf.

 

[equationgirl]

"If I were really to stoop to the level of the original piece, I’d have to reassure readers that from personal experience, this sort of warning is there to be ignored. My own “game” hasn’t suffered at all from having short hair, and it’s a really good way of filtering out the douchecanoes. Neo-misogynists tend not to want to sleep with me, date me or wife me up however I wear my hair, because after five minutes of conversation it tends to transpire that I’m precisely the sort of mouthy, ambitious, slutty feminist banshee who haunts their nightmares, but if I keep my hair short we tend to waste less of each other’s time. If you've a ladyboner for sexist schmuckweasels, short hair isn't going to help, although they might let you administer a disappointing hand-job."

Douchecanoes?

Neo-misogynists?

Schmuckweasels?

...time to get out of Brooklyn.

Not to mention 'wife me up' and 'ladyboner'.

It's like an updated version of PC Bingo for the 21st Century

 

[revol68]

Brooklyn, East London, Berlin. The same people in the same bars saying the same things.

you don't know how to spell cunts.

 

[rekil]

"If I were really to stoop to the level of the original piece, I’d have to reassure readers that from personal experience, this sort of warning is there to be ignored. My own “game” hasn’t suffered at all from having short hair, and it’s a really good way of filtering out the douchecanoes. Neo-misogynists tend not to want to sleep with me, date me or wife me up however I wear my hair, because after five minutes of conversation it tends to transpire that I’m precisely the sort of mouthy, ambitious, slutty feminist banshee who haunts their nightmares, but if I keep my hair short we tend to waste less of each other’s time. If you've a ladyboner for sexist schmuckweasels, short hair isn't going to help, although they might let you administer a disappointing hand-job."

Douchecanoes?

Neo-misogynists?

Schmuckweasels?

...time to get out of Brooklyn.

The banshee may also appear in a variety of other forms, such as that of a hooded crow, stoat, hare and weasel.

A stoat eh?

Spoiler

(worth the repost)

 

[phildwyer]

There are some real loons in the comments of that article tbf.

Anyone who cares enough about such an article to comment on it is a loon by definition.

 

[emanymton]

Anyone who cares enough about such an article to comment on it is a loon by definition.

You calling me a loon?

 

[SpineyNorman]

Do we reckon we could persuade twitter intersectionalists that banshee is the anti-Irish racism?

Be amusing to see Penny get the SEYMOUR! treatment.

 

[phildwyer]

You calling me a loon?

We're all loons here.

 

[phildwyer]

Do we reckon we could persuade twitter intersectionalists that banshee is the anti-Irish racism?

Yes.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Brooklyn, East London, Berlin. The same people in the same bars saying the same things.

You left out Prague, Barca and Milan.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Do we reckon we could persuade twitter intersectionalists that banshee is the anti-Irish racism?

Be amusing to see Penny get the SEYMOUR! treatment.

Oh come on, you know LP would body-swerve that by claiming Irish heritage!!

 

[Belushi]

Do we reckon we could persuade twitter intersectionalists that banshee is the anti-Irish racism?

Be amusing to see Penny get the SEYMOUR! treatment.

It is also both sexist and ageist

 

[Bakunin]

Oh come on, you know LP would body-swerve that by claiming Irish heritage!!

I can claim Irish heritage, giving me the full wheel AND the ornamental hubcaps with pictures of Michael Collins on them.

Excellent.

 

[Favelado]

You left out Prague, Barca and Milan.

I think the real hipster axis is operating out of the three I mentioned. Milan, for example, is twat-head fashion people but not hipster commentators.

I've some horrible pedantry for you too, although you might even enjoy it such is the nature of the site. Barna is the abbreviation of the city of Barcelona and Barça is the football team. As for barca, I don't think Laurie spends that much time on boats.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I think the real hipster axis is operating out of the three I mentioned. Milan, for example, is twat-head fashion people but not hipster commentators.

I've some horrible pedantry for you too, although you might even enjoy it such is the nature of the site. Barna is the abbreviation of the city of Barcelona and Barça is the football team.

I tend to think of it as "that place I usually only saw at night".

As for barca, I don't think Laurie spends that much time on boats.

Oh, I dunno.
Mind you, she looks more of a sloop fan, to me.

 

[Bakunin]

Oh, I dunno.
Mind you, she looks more of a sloop fan, to me.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Oh come on, you know LP would body-swerve that by claiming Irish heritage!!

Yeah but if we could get a proper Irishist, who lives in Ireland, or a first gen immigrant to do it then I reckon she'd have to check her British-assimilated privilege and defer to them.

 

[Idris2002]

Yeah but if we could get a proper Irishist, who lives in Ireland, or a first gen immigrant to do it then I reckon she'd have to check her British-assimilated privilege and defer to them.

I'm sure butchersapron is dusting off his leprechaun costume even as we speak.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I'm sure butchersapron is dusting off his leprechaun costume even as we speak.

With you saying that, I'm sure he'll be polishing his shillelagh, too!

 

[Bakunin]

With you saying that, I'm sure he'll be polishing his shillelagh, too!

Posts about angry folk of Irish extraction are offensive stereotyping, IMHO.

I'm so angry that I'm now going to finish my whiskey, go outside and punch someone.

 

[emanymton]

Seem the most relevant place to put this

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jan/26/working-class-hero-posh-britain-public-school

Interesting statistic.

even the Daily Mail acknowledged it in 2010, citing an article in the now defunct music magazine, The Word, which calculated that more than 60% of that year's successful pop and rock acts were former public school pupils compared with just 1% 20 years ago.

I will leave it up to others to comment on the irony of it appearing in the Guardian.

Opps

 

[phildwyer]

Interesting statistic.

Very. Julie Burchill writes about this tendency in journalism, she reckons the days when w-c people like her could make a living by freelancing in the national press are over. Mainly because they don't pay enough to make it viable for anyone without a private income.

 

[Idris2002]

With you saying that, I'm sure he'll be polishing his shillelagh, too!

Ah, so that's why he wears glasses.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Ah, so that's why he wears glasses.

Boom-tish!!!!

 

[el-ahrairah]

Very. Julie Burchill writes about this tendency in journalism, she reckons the days when w-c people like her could make a living by freelancing in the national press are over. Mainly because they don't pay enough to make it viable for anyone without a private income.

of course, any system that prevents another Julie Burchill from happening could be said to be at least partially successful.

 

[toggle]

Perish the thought...


'I'd just like to stand in the busiest possible place to say that I really don't want any attention. Obviously, as an Oxbridge graduate, feminist icon and voice of an entire generation I also need my solitude. So, I'm going to stand here and say this as loudly and often as is humanly possible in the hope that you'll all stop noticing my very existence.'

'As you were, peasants...'

apparently being criticized for this article is giving the poor dear a panic attack. that will be a panic attack during which she strangely appears to be able to lucidly tweet drivel about how hard done by she is. twitterati are leaping to the poor dear's rescue against all the nasty minority of women who for some unknown reason, take objection to Laurie completely ignoring their experiences, apart from the times she speaks on their behalf.

I'm just all confused here.

 

[phildwyer]

of course, any system that prevents another Julie Burchill from happening could be said to be at least partially successful.

Like her or not, she's one of the very few obviously genuine w-c voices in the cacaphony of haute bourgeois mithering that constitutes our national press. I suspect that many people would be tempted to behave like her in that kind of company.

 

[Bakunin]

apparently being criticized for this article is giving the poor dear a panic attack. that will be a panic attack during which she strangely appears to be able to lucidly tweet drivel about how hard done by she is. twitterati are leaping to the poor dear's rescue against all the nasty minority of women who for some unknown reason, take objection to Laurie completely ignoring their experiences, apart from the times she speaks on their behalf.

I'm just all confused here.

 

[benedict]

apparently being criticized for this article is giving the poor dear a panic attack. that will be a panic attack during which she strangely appears to be able to lucidly tweet drivel about how hard done by she is. twitterati are leaping to the poor dear's rescue against all the nasty minority of women who for some unknown reason, take objection to Laurie completely ignoring their experiences, apart from the times she speaks on their behalf.

I'm just all confused here.

Bah! I bet she's loving the attention. It's The Laurie Penny Show. Same as always.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Helen Lewis: "I feel for L, because god knows she tries to take on board criticism. More than any other writer I know."

Helen Lewis there, admitting she doesn't know any writers.

I can't think of any occasion she's taken on board criticism. I've seen her drop herself in the shit and panic her way out of it on occasion, but reflection and understanding of legitimate criticism? Nope. And yeah, it's all about her. Like the hair article, like every other article.