Comments on: AWFJ Women On Film - The Week In Women, October 23, 2009 - MaryAnn Johanson

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:06 +0000

That’s funny about the gay vampire thing. I thought women thought vampires were hot because they were predators, alpha studs on the top of the food chain, and hence the ultimate bad boys. As I recall, the reason the hero of Twilight is trying to avoid the heroine is not replusion, but struggling against a powerful attraction. But then, in the words of a minor recurring character chatting with a main character from “Angel”, “I used to think vampires were hot.”
“What happened?” “I met one.”

But I did read an essay on latent homosexuality in Angel and Spike. There are jokes galore in the shows about how careful they are about their hair, their taste in clothes, and apparently one sexual encounter between them.

But to disagree with myself, I read an article years ago about how some straight men in big cities were pretending to be gay so women would like them better or hit on them or whatever. This mostly seemed to mean following stereotypical dress codes and being more flamboyent, but I think they made it too difficult for themselves. All they really had to do was pretend not to notice women; this works strangely well. When I’m involved, other women drop off my sexual radar, and suddenly some good looking women start striking up conversations with me, looking puzzled as to why I’m not drooling or flirting or something. It happened to my Dad in college, too, after he met my Mom.

One of the major problems in any discussion about people is the under use of the word “some.” Some people, some men, some women. It’s a perfectly useful word. Maybe it’s not dramatic enough.

By: LaSargenta

LaSargenta — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:16:40 +0000

On another topic, that BS from the director of of Precious hurts. It makes me want to cry. She is a fantastic actor and I hope she gets to do any role she wants.

By: LaSargenta

LaSargenta — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:15:24 +0000

$h!t. Stevie M. has figured it all out about me. Yeah, I really want to get it on with gay men — of course, they’d have to be bisexual, not exclusively gay to be interested in return and I can tell you that one-way attraction is dull…the only thing though, he missed some of the reasons. Fer one, believe it or not, men with experience with OTHER men actually seem to be more interesting lovers.

Hey, but that’s just me.

Vampires gross me out.

By: t6

t6 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:34:45 +0000

Note to other straight dudes: Washing, dressing well, and not acting like a macho ass does not make you gay, if makes you popular with women.

Women don’t want gay vampires, they want guys who would not be prime candidates for the Tool Academy.

By: Accounting Ninja

Accounting Ninja — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:31:54 +0000

Those photoshop disasters don’t even pretend to make sense anatomically. I mean, I’ve seen photoshopped “thinness” on a model, but at least, most of the time, they try to make it so her skeleton isn’t distorted. But these completely careless bungles are alarming. It really drives home the dehumanization: they don’t look human or compatible with life.

By: Tonio Kruger

Tonio Kruger — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:58:12 +0000

Vampires have overwhelmed pop culture because young straight women want to have sex with gay men. Not all young straight women, of course, but many, if not most, of them.

That explains why I know so many young women who are single mothers: all those damned gay vampires.