Written on an Airbed

This Week in 'That's F*cked Up'

Okay - I get it. You feel marginalised in a class of 20(/21) guys and 3(/4) girls. Comedy is still very much a boy's club, and there can sometimes be a general attitude amongst some members that women simply can't be funny.

I get that you're angry about that, and you have a right to be. But taking it out on Bryn, one of the genuinely nicest people on the planet? Just because he made an offhand, semi-ironic, appropriate criticism of a comedienne whose work he has first-hand witnessed? That's f*cked up. You're attacking the wrong people. Go after the actual sexists.

As it is, because you did indeed yell at Bryn, you are no longer allowed to be angry about this. Which should be kind of a relief, right? I mean pro-active feminists used to throw themselves under horses, and chain themselves to railings - that's a lot to live up to. It'll really be a weight off your shoulders to be informed that what you did was f*cked up, and that you don't get to 'fight' this cause anymore.

Maybe you should take this time off to enjoy the many benefits that being young, white and attractive in a culture that absolutely loves young, white and attractive people offers you.

Maybe you can take this time off to look at the ladder, realise you're actually nowhere near the bottom rung, and get over yourself.

This has been 'This Week in 'That's F*cked Up''.

14 April, 2008 - 19:10

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