something else i’ve been thinking a lot about, too, is how not only do most people online not notice or care when men in the entertainment industry shamelessly benefit from nepotism and family wealth and connections, even when their work is not actually very good or actively offensive in some way, but also…. the only men in hollywood who ever DO seem to attract seething, mouth-frothing anti-fandoms don’t actually end up under fire for being racists or misogynists or rich kid nepotism success stories, but more because they’re popular with a certain types of female fan who attracts a lot of mean-spirited mocking and harassment. like maybe i’m the only one who has noticed this but with the exception of like, chris pratt and nobody else, male celebrities really just don’t attract online harassment or get made into the designated Person We Hate For Unspecified Justice Reasons meme of the quarter over their words or actions or beliefs or privilege, and those things are so rarely the focus of the way people talk about them. instead, it’s usually some variation on “look how ugly this famous dude is, you’d have to be mentally ill to be attracted to him, if you’re a fan and think he’s hot you’re disgusting” – the focus isn’t actually on men’s character or really anything about them, it’s just a vehicle for making fun of women. and, like, what else is new! but it’s just fascinating to me how much the ostensibly progressive, justice-minded, intersectional feminist social culture really delights in finding even the most specious and bad-faith “evidence” to justify incredibly misogynistic cruelty, and meanwhile when famous men fuck up or are just generally mediocre or even downright horrible, everyone is suddenly jared, 19.
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