privilege as a meme

So you assume that bisexual men don't exist?

i think what she's saying is that as a woman she can't speak for the experience of bi men in comparison to gay men?

i guess the bi-less-privileged-than-lesbian thing might have its roots in the way that people treat the bis like they are faking it? bi people as greedy, confused, inauthentic, attention-seeking; bi women as "actually straight", bi men as "actually gay", etc. so rather than people thinking "they are more privileged because it is super easy to pass under the radar if you're bi" they think "they are less privileged because people think their sexuality doesn't exist."

privilege oneupmanship!! so many levels!!

Read that as onionesque satire tbh didnt think ppl would yknow continue voting all the way thru

Read that as onionesque satire tbh didnt think ppl would yknow continue voting all the way thru

Of course they would, c'mon

The article doesn't specify which gender, but I have filled in bi (woman) because they are matched against lesbian (woman) and this is the prelims, so we should be looking along only one axis of privilege at a time. I know that lots of people deny that bi men exist, including possibly the person who made this survey without including a bi (men) VS gay (men) bracket. I don;t think it makes sense to lump bisexual men and bisexual women together.

So yeah c sharp major had it right - I'm not gonna speak for bi men because I don't know whether being erased from the mainstream <i>and</i> the subculture is worse than all the negative stereotypes and discrimination gay men have to deal with.

I think most people in the US acknowledge that bi women exist, though. They might be viewed as promiscuous or unstable or unfeminine/unsentimental (though note that lots of men view those traits in a positive way, too) but they aren't, for instance, incarcerated for crimes at 4x the rate of the general population the way lesbian women are. That's why I think bi(woman) << lesbian.

Obviously I'm taking this too seriously.

looking like plushies are gonna pull a big upset over the gays

http://gawker.com/the-privilege-tournament-the-aggrieved-eight-1426610567

it's terrible that I'm hoping "latex allergy" wins this whole thing, right

oh i was looking at the old page

lmao @ the "aggrieved eight"

Do you know how hard it is to find sheepskins though?

man, all 4 of the groups i voted for are behind (ahead?)

not looking good for latex allergies

I'm going to call fat, trans (m->f), homeless native american as the ultimate stigmatized combo.

But that's probably because I'm still bitter than Sikhs lost (won?) their bracket against Muslims. I mean c'mon, when people see those long beards and turbans they jump to 'Muslim terrorist' right away anyway.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/religion-belief-racial-justice/judge-sikh-man-remove-rag-or-go-jail

exactly :(

https://www.google.com/search?q=breaking+bad+white+privilege

About 3,700,000 results (0.29 seconds)

Walter's brutal meltdown shows genius way "Breaking Bad" deals with white privilege, and men who can't get enough

When did "genius" become an adjective? I really hate that usage.

Bastardization of "ingenious"?

https://www.google.com/#psj=1&q=%22breaking+bad%22+%22White+privilege%22

About 237,000 results (0.31 seconds)

lol I didn't mean to add the capital letter there, just the quotation marks

lol the character's name is white so the quotation marks are pretty key

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22walter+white+privledge%22&oq=%22walter+white+privledge%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.12861j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=%22walter+white+privilege%22&safe=off&spell=1

About 1,670,000 results (0.12 seconds)

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/30/gawkers_privilege_tournament_is_all_about_white_anger/

The site is either willfully naive about the daily pain experienced by people whom society devalues or, worse, resentful that white men are being wrongly denied equal sympathy.

this person is 80 years old, correct?

tim wise ladies and gentlemen http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2013/9/17/anti-racism-activistgetsbacklashoverrant.html

news flash: everyone suffers. compassion in the face of suffering is required. but petulantly demanding compassion is nagl.

down to the forsaken four today

smh at anyone following this

the idea was kind of funny at the beginning but obvs no one actually has a rooting interest or anything

maybe the winner's subreddit will now get more participants

Naw, this wasn't funny at all. I was seeing red as soon as it appeared on my screen. How is it any better than that troll tumblr upthread? I mean, that's one thing for a random troll, but seeing Gawker pull some fuckery like this kind of makes me not want to read them anymore.

privilege... Privilege

Naw, this wasn't funny at all. I was seeing red as soon as it appeared on my screen. How is it any better than that troll tumblr upthread? I mean, that's one thing for a random troll, but seeing Gawker pull some fuckery like this kind of makes me not want to read them anymore.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

because it's an obvious satirical takedown of the privilege cottage industry?

this is probably the stupidest thing that's ever been written

The most hurtful thing about Gawker’s “Privilege Tournament” (which invites readers to vote on NCAA-type brackets for who is the least privileged “category” of people, black, Hispanic, gay, etc.) is not its contempt for civil rights discourse, but that the prideful display of a white man’s humor is more important to a large liberal media outlet than compassion for people who suffer the dehumanizing effects of discrimination.

yeah the web site that gives kiese laymon carte blanche to run editorial content has absolutely zero compassion for people who suffer the dehumanizing effects of discrimination

gawker totally dated a black chick once too

i'm not sure if it's a "takedown" so much as it's just...having a bit of fun. he's basically saying "you know how people always say 'what is this the privilege olympics??' well what if we made...the privilege march madness?" i mean people who spend a lot of time online arguing about this kind of stuff are well within their rights to roll their eyes when a (presumably straight white) man decides it's time for a little good-natured onion-esque satire, but it's pretty clear that nolan is on the side of the tumblr peeps, the dude isn't a mens rights activist or something. i mean the whole thing is basically a ward sutton cartoon, no?

(tbh this is why i think actually *running* the tournament was maybe not the best idea, i mean the point was made, we all had a funny, not sure what finding a "winner", even if it's tongue-in-cheek, really adds to the joke (although i have to be honest i was rooting for peanut allergy to win just for the lols))

gawker totally dated a black chick once too

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Wednesday, October 2, 2013 12:21 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

"web sites are people too, my friends"

"having a bit of fun" isn't that on the white priv bingo card?

I'm usually a big Ham Nolan fan though

didnt get my bingo cards to whom does one complain

http://shitrichcollegekidssay.tumblr.com/

http://tedmosbyisnotajerk.tumblr.com/post/66643775673/if-anyone-ever-asks-me-what-tumblr-is-im-gonna

haha

http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/lets-talk-about-thin-privilege/

so what'd you think was remarkable about that post Mordy

just tracking the expansive use of 'privilege' as a meme

no matter your race, gender or sexuality, we all share human privilege. people cannot understand what it is like to be an animal that is captive, bred and slaughtered on an industrial scale. which isn't to say you should feel guilty for being born a human, but that you should check your privilege when it comes to animals who even lack the articulation to express their own alienation.

that seems fair to me!

Wow I am so unbelievably sorry that I asked