Comments on: Can’t wait: “Hey…Shorty”

By: Craigsdesire.org « Theory my culture

Craigsdesire.org « Theory my culture — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:27:24 +0000

[...] intent and arresting people for showing sexual interest in one another. I’m sure some women would be very interested in how this law might be [...]

By: Feminist Review

Feminist Review — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:14:37 +0000

Bravo! This is such a huge issue for women and completely goes under the radar. I think it’s interesting that so much of the blame for men’s behavior is shifted to women. We’re supposed to change how we dress, change how we walk, change how we respond, change the route we take to get to work, but men aren’t ’supposed’ to change anything. I think it’s high time that men are held accountable for their actions.

By: John

John — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:17:45 +0000

Totally fascinating trailer, almost a film in itself.

The obvious – and always important to re-emphasize – is how the male gaze exempts itself from the reversibility of visuality. To see, but not be seen. Taking that exemption away changes everything. Anxiety is here such a good indicator of how deeply this exemption is held; something about the social world is actually at stake.

As well, it says a lot about technology. After all, a woman saying the very same things to a man does little, if anything. Rating a man a “5″ would probably provoke violence, so I guess it would do a lot, just nothing political. But the camera removes the sex/gender determinate of the seer, so suddenly the reversibility of the gaze is in play. Thus, the anxieties.

This also shows how, for better or worse, technology gets inside subjectivity. It’s not just a tool. Here, it’s all for progressive ends and I like that, but getting inside subjectivity is a whole different game. That’s where the bigger questions get really complex and hard.

For now, this is just awesome.