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WCDT strips 3756-3760 (4th June to 8th June 2018)
Dandi Andi:
I love the "ART" drawn on the wall with what is obviously crayon. It is arguably a reasonable deconstruction of art. I'd call it Dada, but it makes too much sense to be Dada.
jesslc:
So was I the only one who expected Arthur to carve open the fruit to show the resemblance? If he had carved eyes in it, I'm not sure we would be able to tell the difference :-P
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 07 Jun 2018, 22:35 ---Somewhere, maybe someplace in DISCUSS, I personally could really use a clarification of whether "problematic" means something that's a problem, in which case it's either mild or severe, or whether it's a polite word for "bigoted", or whether it means "You did an oops there".
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The way I see it used most often these days as a "yellow flag" type warning about media. Which is great in my opinion because I personally like to know if I'm likely to encounter sexism/racism/homophobia/transphobia/other problematic things in a book/show/webcomic/etc so that I can make an informed decision about whether or not I want to read/watch it. For example: If I were to recommend QC to someone I would say (among other things) "It's good but some of the early strips are problematic". I would then elaborate more on the aspects that I see as problematic if requested.
It's not just for indicating bigotry but it's probably most frequently used for that. To give a (recently discussed) non-bigotry example: for some people, Faye's violence towards her friends and the way that has been depicted in QC, is a very problematic thing to see in media. Other people are not so affected by seeing that.
What I see as problematic and what someone else sees as problematic in the same piece of media is almost certainly not going to be exactly the same. Our different life experiences shape our views on these things but I think the word is still useful because it opens up the discussion. There are many things that I adore despite their problematic aspects (don't get me started!) but I recognize that for someone else the problematic aspects may outweigh the enjoyment they would get out of the thing and that's okay. It's about allowing people to make their own informed decision about things.
Thrillho:
People are reading WAY too much into my previous reply.
I have literally never heard of this artist. I don't even look up who does the guest strips.
I was literally using a word that applies to people having criticised them.
Problematic is a loaded word, particularly on here, but I meant it in a literal sense, not in a '18th century misogyny in a masterpiece of literature' sense.
She raised ire among some forumites. Others like her work. That is a problem. She is a problematic choice. I do not mean she is a problematic person. I don't even remember her name despite it being further up in the thread.
Man between Tova thinking I was the one originally listing the thing and reactions since, my post is getting an awful lot of traction on a topic I know nothing about.
Tova:
Sorry again for overlooking the original post and dragging you into (as it turned out) a protracted conversation over something in which you were only tangentially involved.
Zebediah:
“Why did you even pick the name Melon if you didn’t know what they were?”
“I just thought it was a cool word! How was I supposed to know they were a real thing? I mean, humans have words for all kinds of things that don’t really exist, like ‘rabbit’ and ‘tortellini’ and ‘misdemeanor’!”
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