Episode Reactions in Brief

[alixtii]

Dollhouse 2x04

Between this and "Epitaph One," I'm really falling in love with Adelle.

Sarah Jane Adventures 3x04

So, has anyone written K-9/Mr. Smith yet?

Comments

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Okay. . .

I really can't fathom how your own privilege could have anything to do with how you perceive the act of forcing a mentally ill woman's body into sexual slavery, but I guess I'm not intellectual enough.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Well, I think that's one of the ways--my privilege allows me to view it dispassionately as a philosophical problem in the abstract, and lose track of what's important and visceral, so that I get caught up in strange hypotheticals and lose track of the reality of women's bodies at stake if I'm not constantly checking myself (and even if I am, I'm not always doing a good enough job).

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

If you think that privilege checking requires you to refrain from making any kind of moral evaluation of a situation involving bad things happening women -- well, that's certainly your prerogative.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Well, things don't happen in a vacuum. You're female and I'm male. You're more upset than I am by what you saw in the episode. I can either assume you're being hysterical and overly emotional, or I re-examine my premises and figure out what I'm missing.

So no, I wouldn't say it requires me to refrain from making any kind of moral evaluation (nobody gets off that easy)--but like I said before, it does lead me to second-guess myself (which is extra work that isn't anybody responsibility but my own), and I don't think that's a bad thing.

And while I'm uncertain, it makes sense to me I shouldn't invest too much energy into a position that I might eventually decide to be anti-feminist.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I feel like you're using this privilege babble to avoid responding to what I'm talking about, honestly.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I feel like I have lost track of what you're talking about, ever since the conversation left discussing what Adelle's thought processes were.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Alix, this is my fault.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

I was afraid I ended up sounding like that.

I'm perfectly willing to accept responsibility for not understanding.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

And you're really still not trying to understand what you're saying, you're still talking about yourself.