Comments on: johnna mink: the susan b. anthony of pole dancing http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Rachel http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Rachel Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:59:10 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/#comment-391 And that's the difference between me and Matt: I get all in a huff, Matt calmly mentally castrates you. I love you, bro. And that’s the difference between me and Matt: I get all in a huff, Matt calmly mentally castrates you. I love you, bro.

]]> By: matthew http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-390 matthew Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:08:47 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/#comment-390 i love accidental feminist. three statements of relativism all captured within one little comment. (can *you* find them?) the solution to this cultural impasse is simple: but if i told you, you wouldn't listen. by the way, i choose to view pole-dancing as sexist and demeaning... someone might say i subconsciously find it most enjoyable that way. i love accidental feminist. three statements of relativism all captured within one little comment. (can *you* find them?) the solution to this cultural impasse is simple: but if i told you, you wouldn’t listen.

by the way, i choose to view pole-dancing as sexist and demeaning… someone might say i subconsciously find it most enjoyable that way.

]]> By: Rachel http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Rachel Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:39:48 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/#comment-389 Jon: I approved this post only to be able to publicly ask you this: Would women, left to their own devices in the wild or whatnot, invent an activity that involves writhing around in an overtly sexual and performance-oriented manner on a large cylinder implanted in the ground and attached to the ceiling? "Pole dancing is sexist only to those who choose to think of it that way?" Yeah, and 14 year old crack mother hookers are being exploited only to those who choose to see them as such. Come on, some things just have a shared cultural valence that we all agree on. "Whatever you do on your own time to make it ironic..."? Jon, I admire your attempt at post-feminism here, the whole "a women can choose to exploit herself, be sexy, etc. if she wants to on her terms, blah blah blah", but it IS by nature ironic to attempt to appropriate a pole, created by men w/ the express purpose of (see above mentioned description of activity) and claim it to be "empowering exercise". Ever hear of an elliptical? That said, I totally agree with you, and whatever you, Jon, choose to do with that pole in private really is your business. Ciao! Jon: I approved this post only to be able to publicly ask you this: Would women, left to their own devices in the wild or whatnot, invent an activity that involves writhing around in an overtly sexual and performance-oriented manner on a large cylinder implanted in the ground and attached to the ceiling? “Pole dancing is sexist only to those who choose to think of it that way?” Yeah, and 14 year old crack mother hookers are being exploited only to those who choose to see them as such. Come on, some things just have a shared cultural valence that we all agree on. “Whatever you do on your own time to make it ironic…”? Jon, I admire your attempt at post-feminism here, the whole “a women can choose to exploit herself, be sexy, etc. if she wants to on her terms, blah blah blah”, but it IS by nature ironic to attempt to appropriate a pole, created by men w/ the express purpose of (see above mentioned description of activity) and claim it to be “empowering exercise”. Ever hear of an elliptical?

That said, I totally agree with you, and whatever you, Jon, choose to do with that pole in private really is your business.
Ciao!

]]> By: Jon Bernreuter http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Jon Bernreuter Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:59:44 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/07/16/johnna-mink-the-susan-b-anthony-of-pole-dancing/#comment-388 1. ComedyCentral.com , maybe? 2. Pole dancing is sexist only to those who choose to think about it that way. It in itself is innocuous; whatever you do on your own time to make it ironic is, or at least should be, your private business. Adieu. 1. ComedyCentral.com , maybe?

2. Pole dancing is sexist only to those who choose to think about it that way. It in itself is innocuous; whatever you do on your own time to make it ironic is, or at least should be, your private business.

Adieu.

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