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Nov 16, 2012 TheRob commented on 216 Nipples Later.

It seems to me that the women in the female only art show, choosing to participate publicly in a show that focused so much on their gender, should understand when a response piece points out the reduction of their work to their gender (which is how I understood the piece).

That being said, it is their workplace, and they should have every right to request it be removed (and, upon request, SHOULD be removed or censored from their workplace, because it is their workplace). But given the circumstances, I don't think any of them SHOULD have requested it. Even if it offended them.

Basically, Cornish was right to respond to the complaints as they did, Beres was right to make the piece, but the two women were wrong to request it be removed. I don't mean that as a "blame the victim" type thing, I mean that as a "they put themselves out as artists reduced to their gender, so somebody pointing that out in a response piece shouldn't have them pulling administration in to silence it."

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Mar 11, 2012 TheRob commented on John Carter: Pixar Brilliance in Human Form.

"like a reverse Superman"

No, like Superman. A reverse Superman would be one of the martians being transported to Earth and barely able to move due to the increased gravity.