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What's up with the body shaming in this article? > But that’s smol pp way of thinking
by snickerdoodle12 1y ago
What's up with the body shaming in this article?
> But that’s smol pp way of thinking
- redundantly 1y agoBecause they think it's funny. Personally, I just found it off-putting and stopped reading.
- Footprint0521 1y agoAin’t no way, that was my favorite part
- benatkin 1y agoHas me picturing the author ambling down the road in a truck with a penguin bumper sticker alongside another adornment attached to the trailer hitch...
- ksenzee 1y agoEvery once in a while I manage to forget I’m a woman in a space that’s not friendly to women, and then I come across something like this.
- Smithalicious 1y agoI don't think "smol pp" is meant to be unfriendly to women, but it's telling that men are expected to self-police such utterly innocuous jokes when women are present even though you couldn't find a phrase less applicable to women if you tried.
- ksenzee 1y agoOh I'm sure it's not meant to be unfriendly to women. It's meant to be unfriendly to men, who are the only people reading the article, in the author's mind. You do see the problem, yes?
- thaumasiotes 1y ago...no? I'm pretty sure men don't have a problem putting down other men in front of women.
- ngruhn 1y ago[flagged]
- ksenzee 1y agoIf you’re writing a piece like this, you’re naturally going to pick an insult that will land with your audience, right? If you read an article where the author says “that’s training bra thinking,” obviously the author is envisioning women reading the article. If you read an article where the author says “that’s smol pp way of thinking,” obviously the author is envisioning men reading the article. That was all I was saying: I was just reading along and suddenly I was reminded that I’m in an industry where men write articles for men, and any women who happen to show up really aren’t expected to be there.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> If you read an article where the author says “that’s training bra thinking,” obviously the author is envisioning women reading the article. If you read an article where the author says “that’s smol pp way of thinking,” obviously the author is envisioning men reading the article. Again... no? If you read an article where the author says "that's training bra thinking", the author is female. If you read one where the author says "that's smol pp thinking", the author is male.
- ksenzee 1y agoAll right then. What a fascinating way of looking at the world.
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- tomhow 1y agoPlease don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html