oh hi thanks for checking in I’m still a piece of garbage

Honestly if you miss me you gotta tell me bc otherwise imma just assume you don’t think about me at all

This is interesting - if the ads were sexist before what makes them less sexist after the “change”? If they are still sexist, why are they acceptable after the “change”? Are they acceptable?

I would argue, no.

But the troubling thought is that this post was tagged feminism. So the conclusion I jump to is that this brand of feminism is geared not so much towards gender equality, or the eradication of sexism, but more towards woman placed in a position of power over men; switching roles, as it were.

Seems counter productive to the whole movement. Vilifying one group generally does not ingratiate that group to a cause or idea. This isn’t social justice, this is social vendetta.

It’s satire you moron.

It’s showing men that don’t understand how their insulting gender role views are insulting to women.

One people can’t understand why something is degrading unless it’s done to them

^^^^this.

This issue here isn’t whether or not either of these posters are sexist now or before. The point is that men are so privileged that instead of having empathy and realizing these ads aren’t funny they immediately start screaming reverse sexism or some bullshit like that. Alot of men would find these old ads funny or even state some moronic claim that this was just how it was back then and it’s better now. No, like racism it’s just far more covert. Take the MeToo movement. Everyone’s on board until some dudebro’s fave show is canceled because the star of the show decided that his dicks needs trumped the rights of a women to her own body.

John Gilbert at MGM

The Sure Thing (dir. Rob Reiner, 1985)

→ john cusack: early film roles class / sixteen candles / the sure thing / better off dead

you can tell a lot about a person by looking at their hands. for example, if it’s a skeleton hand then they’re dead

Say Anything (1989)