Speaking as a humourless feminist, I wholeheartedly approve of #CancelComedy! The slacktivist should probably be made team leader on the basis of that alone.
Is this a joke on the “#AllLivesMatter” thing? Please tell me it is. Cuz this is kinda picking on people who can’t actively be involved in protesting. :/
It’s not like there are only two options, creating hashtags or physically participating in a protest. There are lots of ways activists can do their activism from home and/or without marching, beyond just tweeting.
And there are lots of people without disabilities who choose to focus their activism on Twitter, for many reasons – some good, some not so great.
To take this comic and conclude I’m saying “all hashtag activism is bad and everybody who does it is lazy…” Well, I think you know me and my work better than that.
I hate to point this out but what I’m trying to say is…are you mocking the “#BlackLivesMatter” or the b.s. “#AllLivesMatter” that tries to talk about white people over dead black people who died because of police brutality. -__-
I’m not mocking any specific hashtag or movement, but I’m also not going to tell you how to read the cartoon. If the joke rubs you the wrong way, that bums me out. Not all jokes work for all readers (unfortunately). I just hope you know my sensibilities well enough to make a reasonable guess how I feel about the two hashtags you mentioned.
I kind of feel like #NotAll[thing] should be a given here, and in a huge number of other places, to be honest. I mean, the Happy Homemaker wasn’t a statement that women who choose to be at home and raise the kids while their husbands go out to work are bad feminists or bad people – it was, from what I could make out, a statement about a particular kind of attitude that goes along with certain groups that promote that choice above all others and assert that it’s bad to choose otherwise.
Likewise, the Objectifier wasn’t a statement that nerdy guys who love comics are bad people – again, it was about an attitude that is (speaking as a nerdy guy who loves comics) depressingly common among nerdy guys who love comics.
So I think it’s fair to say that this character probably isn’t a statement against twitter users, or even against people for whom twitter is the extent of their activist activities, but about a specific attitude relating to it.
I don’t know Rebecca Cohen… aside from reading her comics and some very slight interaction (on twitter!) she’s pretty much a stranger to me, but from what I do know about her, it seems like it would be massively out of character for her to be making such a simplistic and inaccurate comment with this one, but hopefully there’ll be a page 2 to clarify.
I’m sorry I don’t have any very clever way to say it, but this is great. The buildup + punchline is exquisite.
I could comment on the plot opportunities that you are building, but I will just say I am also looking forward to the future. 🙂
I see that you are making fun of things in politics so naturally some people have to complain. Don’t you know that politics is connected to important things like life and death, so politics is never ever funny or ok to joke about? If you ever so much as make fun of a politician, that proves you are a horrible person!
As a Millennial, I won’t lie, the generational bashing has gotten me so thoroughly down at times. It was to the point that I was suicidal and depressed, thinking I was a failure because of the deck life dealt me. I don’t think hashtagging is the way to go with that, though. I usually just ignore it these days and push on. I will say that I don’t count hashtag activism as “slacking.”
Some hashtag activism can be quite effective. #BlackLivesMatter and #YesAllWomen both have done excellent jobs at highlighting systemic inequalities. That said, #BringOurGirlsBack did nothing to stop Boko Haram in Nigeria. It disappeared pretty quickly, too, despite mothers picketing in the streets for the return of their daughters. Yeah, a lot of the girls did not escape and were not found. Um, so I don’t know. It seems a mixed bag to me. I don’t think we should blast it just ’cause its new and the teens are using it, though. But, hey, it is humor. I actually use Gamer Gator now on my blog because it is the best name for them. Hands down. ;D Keep up the good work!
Speaking as a humourless feminist, I wholeheartedly approve of #CancelComedy! The slacktivist should probably be made team leader on the basis of that alone.
#DownWithComedy!
It’s been years since that channel had anything worthwhile anyway.
I hesitate to ask, but is #NotAllMillenials already a thing? For my sanity, I think I’m not going to look. 😉
I’d say no… but then again everything is a thing. So I shouldn’t speak too soon.
Millions of keyboard activists suddenly cried out #NotAllHashtagtivists and were suddenly silenced.
#HashtagChaChaCha
Is this a joke on the “#AllLivesMatter” thing? Please tell me it is. Cuz this is kinda picking on people who can’t actively be involved in protesting. :/
Maybe The Slacktivist can explain that she is busy with a job and then the SJL can work on wage & hour issues
It isn’t just a job. Some people have physical disabilities and other such issues. Writing it off as lazy is disgusting and rude. Very ableist.
yeah :/ and people at higher risk of arrest and higher risk *if* arrested for demographic reasons
Risk of being murdered in jail too.
It’s not like there are only two options, creating hashtags or physically participating in a protest. There are lots of ways activists can do their activism from home and/or without marching, beyond just tweeting.
And there are lots of people without disabilities who choose to focus their activism on Twitter, for many reasons – some good, some not so great.
To take this comic and conclude I’m saying “all hashtag activism is bad and everybody who does it is lazy…” Well, I think you know me and my work better than that.
It kinda reads that way. -___-
Hashtag activism isn’t immune from teasing.
I hate to point this out but what I’m trying to say is…are you mocking the “#BlackLivesMatter” or the b.s. “#AllLivesMatter” that tries to talk about white people over dead black people who died because of police brutality. -__-
I’m not mocking any specific hashtag or movement, but I’m also not going to tell you how to read the cartoon. If the joke rubs you the wrong way, that bums me out. Not all jokes work for all readers (unfortunately). I just hope you know my sensibilities well enough to make a reasonable guess how I feel about the two hashtags you mentioned.
I kind of feel like #NotAll[thing] should be a given here, and in a huge number of other places, to be honest. I mean, the Happy Homemaker wasn’t a statement that women who choose to be at home and raise the kids while their husbands go out to work are bad feminists or bad people – it was, from what I could make out, a statement about a particular kind of attitude that goes along with certain groups that promote that choice above all others and assert that it’s bad to choose otherwise.
Likewise, the Objectifier wasn’t a statement that nerdy guys who love comics are bad people – again, it was about an attitude that is (speaking as a nerdy guy who loves comics) depressingly common among nerdy guys who love comics.
So I think it’s fair to say that this character probably isn’t a statement against twitter users, or even against people for whom twitter is the extent of their activist activities, but about a specific attitude relating to it.
I don’t know Rebecca Cohen… aside from reading her comics and some very slight interaction (on twitter!) she’s pretty much a stranger to me, but from what I do know about her, it seems like it would be massively out of character for her to be making such a simplistic and inaccurate comment with this one, but hopefully there’ll be a page 2 to clarify.
I ain’t saying that’s what it is. But it sorta just read that way. 😐
I don’t really think slapping a hashtag in front of something makes anything happen….
Not to mention her awesome duck-face! 😀
Thank you for noticing that.
#YouAreNotYourHashtag
This will change Twitter forever.
Someone else will, I’ll just claim the credit! 😀
I’m sorry I don’t have any very clever way to say it, but this is great. The buildup + punchline is exquisite.
I could comment on the plot opportunities that you are building, but I will just say I am also looking forward to the future. 🙂
I see that you are making fun of things in politics so naturally some people have to complain. Don’t you know that politics is connected to important things like life and death, so politics is never ever funny or ok to joke about? If you ever so much as make fun of a politician, that proves you are a horrible person!
As a Millennial, I won’t lie, the generational bashing has gotten me so thoroughly down at times. It was to the point that I was suicidal and depressed, thinking I was a failure because of the deck life dealt me. I don’t think hashtagging is the way to go with that, though. I usually just ignore it these days and push on. I will say that I don’t count hashtag activism as “slacking.”
Some hashtag activism can be quite effective. #BlackLivesMatter and #YesAllWomen both have done excellent jobs at highlighting systemic inequalities. That said, #BringOurGirlsBack did nothing to stop Boko Haram in Nigeria. It disappeared pretty quickly, too, despite mothers picketing in the streets for the return of their daughters. Yeah, a lot of the girls did not escape and were not found. Um, so I don’t know. It seems a mixed bag to me. I don’t think we should blast it just ’cause its new and the teens are using it, though. But, hey, it is humor. I actually use Gamer Gator now on my blog because it is the best name for them. Hands down. ;D Keep up the good work!