I’m just saying there’s far more productive stuff we could complain about. Like how the new Eminem CD has maybe three good tracks on it, or how AT & T is already started the PR war that will let them put caps on data plans in the future (or introduce a tiered system, so as to rip-off power users even more.)
I have to be honest; I think if you were not a dude, you would be a lot more frustrated about this. Let me quote something that the very smart Jess Harvell stated long ago when talking about an “indie rock hotties” list: “Sure, you could pen a 10,000-word rant on how this list of female fantasy objects reflects indie rock’s insular ideals even when it comes to sex, but we’ll just say that sexism, stereotyping, and body image issues will no longer be a concern in indie culture when a lady who looks like Dan Deacon makes it into the Top 20.” The same goes for female “geeks.” Blame Web video or whatever, but it’s true.
Also—here is where I get defensive!—there are certain people who I don’t talk about at all in my personal blogging efforts. (I’m very much a proponent of the “ignore them and they’ll go away” theory of annoying fameballs; I wish more people agreed with me, but the pull of the Surf Of Hate is a strong one.) But the overarching societal phenomena that (unjustly!) allow famous people to perhaps unjustly hoist certain mantles in the public sphere shouldn’t be ignored, because they do need to be brought to light from time to time.
Also, complaining about the Eminem CD isn’t really productive. What more is there to say except that dude is permanently stuck in 2002; he’s the high school quarterback of white rappers at this point.
