I thought we as a society were past this...
Playboy loves Co-eds (and who doesnt, but thats beyond the scope of this entry). In my time here in madison, once during my freshman year and this spring Playboy has come to madison, selected madison students and published them in their magazine. Both times there was articles on various reactions to them coming here during the screenings, and then again when the issue came out later. This springs "Girls of the top party schools" edition just came out.
Playboy models meet fans, sign magazines at Capitol Centre Foods
They came, they signed a few magazines to nervous hs townies and older guys and who knows who else. Just skimming the article I would have sworn I thought this quote came from a stodgy old out of touch administration member...
“I think that symbols can lead to ideas and representations and if we show that UW-Madison is a school that parties by objectifying women, I think that has a powerful symbol that some people could use in a physical, very real and damaging way”
I mean, doesn't that sound typical of the crap people who confuse their job as a school administrator with "morality rule-maker." But in this case I was shocked to see it wasn't, it was Devon Heim, the Coordinator at the Campus Women’s Center, a UW senior. Unless Devon is getting finishing her undergrad degree she gave up on in 1965, that means she is likely no more than 24.
This baffles me to no end because I read quotes like that all the time and mentally react with "wow your out of touch with the modern young generation. But in this case all I can react with is "WHAT THE FUCK! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GROW UP? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU EVEN THINK OF SAYING SOMETHING SO FUCKING IGNORANT IN A FUCKING NEWSPAPER. SWEET BUTTERED BUDHA I DIDNT THINK PEOPLE WERE SO BACKASSWARD ANYMORE."
Ok now that I got that out of my system... I can get down to a more civilized response... Devon, I know you probably have some sense of reason, so I'm going to appeal to that here... No one is going to think UW-madison got its #1 ranking by objectifying women and no one who's been here for a saturday night (or a friday or thursday for that matter) thinks this place is a fucking Mardi Gras party every night. Yes symbols can be powerful, but this is not going to translate to anything damaging. No female student is going to feel any more sexual objectified tomorrow than they did 2 weeks ago, and no male student is going to think their chances of finding a lose woman is better tomorrow than 3 weeks ago because Playboy said the same thing as the damn US News and Reports did months ago.
Playboy models meet fans, sign magazines at Capitol Centre Foods
They came, they signed a few magazines to nervous hs townies and older guys and who knows who else. Just skimming the article I would have sworn I thought this quote came from a stodgy old out of touch administration member...
“I think that symbols can lead to ideas and representations and if we show that UW-Madison is a school that parties by objectifying women, I think that has a powerful symbol that some people could use in a physical, very real and damaging way”
I mean, doesn't that sound typical of the crap people who confuse their job as a school administrator with "morality rule-maker." But in this case I was shocked to see it wasn't, it was Devon Heim, the Coordinator at the Campus Women’s Center, a UW senior. Unless Devon is getting finishing her undergrad degree she gave up on in 1965, that means she is likely no more than 24.
This baffles me to no end because I read quotes like that all the time and mentally react with "wow your out of touch with the modern young generation. But in this case all I can react with is "WHAT THE FUCK! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GROW UP? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU EVEN THINK OF SAYING SOMETHING SO FUCKING IGNORANT IN A FUCKING NEWSPAPER. SWEET BUTTERED BUDHA I DIDNT THINK PEOPLE WERE SO BACKASSWARD ANYMORE."
Ok now that I got that out of my system... I can get down to a more civilized response... Devon, I know you probably have some sense of reason, so I'm going to appeal to that here... No one is going to think UW-madison got its #1 ranking by objectifying women and no one who's been here for a saturday night (or a friday or thursday for that matter) thinks this place is a fucking Mardi Gras party every night. Yes symbols can be powerful, but this is not going to translate to anything damaging. No female student is going to feel any more sexual objectified tomorrow than they did 2 weeks ago, and no male student is going to think their chances of finding a lose woman is better tomorrow than 3 weeks ago because Playboy said the same thing as the damn US News and Reports did months ago.
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