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WCDT strips 3756-3760 (4th June to 8th June 2018)
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: anuran on 07 Jun 2018, 21:04 ---I've been following OJST since pretty much the beginning. I can't see what you "don't trust" about her or what she needs to "apologize" for. She talks about sex and talks about it honestly. All sorts of body types, preferences, likes, dislikes, and messiness. And she does it straight up, without pandering. Maybe that's why she's the one Planned Parenthood supports rather than, say, your work. Does she have personal preferences? Of course, and she's up front about that. So do you. So do I.
Her art style is quirky and idiosyncratic. Not everyone likes it, but the same can be said for any artist's work even, (say it ain't so) Jeph's.
Other commenters are correct. "Problematic" is a passive-aggressive weasel-word used to arbitrarily dismiss and silence while trying ineffectively to appear even-handed.
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I think you're being unfair to Spider. She explained why she doesn't care for Erika Moen with relevant links and it has nothing to do with style, preferences or the general nature of her content. The fetishization of trans men, as far as I am concerned, is reason enough for Spider to be wary of her content. And suggesting that her partnership with Planned Parenthood invalidates Spider's concerns just because Spider isn't also a comic creator is just intellectually dishonest. If it were a valid argument, none of us could reasonably talk about QC because we aren't all successful artists like Jeph.
And to clarify because I've seen it a few times, Spider never called Moen problematic. She called Moen's work problematic (well, she said she didn't want to spark a debate about what's problematic and I interpret that as relating to the cited works). And I understand why "problematic" has become problematic in its own right, but Spider did provide links to three specific issues that she's had with Moen's work in the past. Moen created work in the past that Spider found hurtful or potentially dangerous and does not fully trust Moen not to do so again.
*addendum*
I see now that Thrillho did call Erika problematic, but I believe the use in this context remains valid as a criticism of her body of work.
Is it cold in here?:
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".
--- Quote from: Google define:problematic ---synonyms: difficult, hard, taxing, troublesome, tricky, awkward, controversial, ticklish, complicated, complex, knotty, thorny, prickly, vexed; informalsticky
"the pest control in this building has gotten very problematic"
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Timemaster:
--- Quote from: Storel on 07 Jun 2018, 15:21 ---I'm not sure I would recognize spinal fluid at first glance, honestly! And I've got a lot more of it than most AIs...
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I saw my own spinal fluid when I had a lumbal punctuation because of a Lyme Borelliosis. It's basically a clear liquid, a bit opaque and a hint yellow-ish. It tastes kinda salty.
No, I'm joking here. At least with the salty part. :-D
TM
BenRG:
You really do have to wonder where Melon's sense of reality is anchored sometimes. This isn't just Emily's 'marches to her own drums', this is out and out 'my world is not yours' in terms of how she reacts to the world around her! Melon is definitely sweet and innocent but I honestly worry that she'll get hurt (again) due to her difficultly with connecting with the universe around her!
That said... Am I the only one who thinks that Melon genuinely believes that the fruit was named after her?
Storel:
And we finish off the week with some quintessential Melon. Honestly, I don't see a resemblance either, even after Arthur made his changes, but her turnabout amuses me. :-D
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