Subject: gender: what the fuck was that?!!!
alowishus@myself.com
Date: Wed Oct 20 1999 - 15:58:01 CDT
i really can not believe that i just watched a film (if you can call it that) like that in a class! what the hell was the point? to raise awareness? i am already pretty damn aware--what woman isn't? we are taught to fear rape every day of our lives.
i am so angry and upset! and no, i don't think the filmmaker can now say "good, that was the point," because it wasn't. there point was to shock for the sake of shock, nothing else. there was no closure, we were pulled in to identify with a protagonist that was gang raped and left with nothing. this is going to disturb me for a long time, and especially all night at work (which i am now late to). and yes, i know, it does happen all the time with no punishment, but i already fucking know that! i don't need to see an extremely realistic version of a gang rape to know it exists. and personally, i'd like to start seeing some shocking art with a goddamn point other than 'hey let's see how much i can freak you out!'
i can guarantee you that more than half of the women in that room were just revictimized and are going to spend the rest of the night thinking about shit they don't want to, me included. and if that was the point, then that "filmmaker" (which i can't believe is a woman) can go fuck herself!@!@!
amber
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