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Columbia Law SJWhore Cynthia Luo whines about GoT "rape"

Disturbing Use Of Rape In 'Game Of Thrones' By CYNTHIA LUO ...
fishy glittery degenerate space
  05/20/15
"took extraordinary and disturbing liberties with the o...
Canary ungodly community account
  05/20/15
What happened in the book was worse
Lavender razzle-dazzle whorehouse
  05/20/15
Of course, she defends her right to suck miles of White Cock...
fishy glittery degenerate space
  05/20/15
So, powerful people don't get raped. Got it.
twisted pit water buffalo
  05/20/15
Johnsmeyer should tweet her https://twitter.com/scluo ...
fishy glittery degenerate space
  05/20/15
can't we apply this to almost anything? Cynthia @scluo &m...
Carnelian sneaky criminal
  05/20/15
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fishy glittery degenerate space
  05/20/15
These shitlibs know their views are completely incoherent, r...
Talented Mildly Autistic Sanctuary
  05/20/15
Having a chick get fucked by dogs and cleaned up by theon is...
Bright resort
  05/20/15
More to the point, the show has already gone much farther wi...
odious death wish gunner
  05/21/15
the world doesn't have a systematic murder problem (except o...
Trip National
  05/21/15
lol
Mahogany Pocket Flask Public Bath
  05/21/15
lol women. some dingbat whining about a stupid HBO soap ope...
very tactful galvanic idea he suggested brethren
  05/20/15


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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:14 PM
Author: fishy glittery degenerate space

Disturbing Use Of Rape In 'Game Of Thrones'

By CYNTHIA LUO

"Game of Thrones" uses sexual assault to oppress women

As an avid fan of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice And Fire" book series, I am shaking with anger at the ending of Sunday night's "Game of Thrones" television episode. The TV series, which is adapted from Martin's book, took extraordinary and disturbing liberties with the original work and especially one of the main characters, Sansa Stark.

After surviving arguably more terrifying and abusive ordeals than any other character in the book, Sansa Stark gets raped. She is a complex character who often gets overlooked in favor of her more fashionably tomboyish sister, Arya. But as a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence, the amount of growth and development and healing that Sansa has managed to go through makes her, by far, a more interesting character. And to take all of that growth and all of that strength and to force her through that final scene just spits upon all that.

Further, the show's writers went out of their way to put Sansa into the final scene. In the book, it's another character who suffers this sexual assault.

Unfortunately, it's not just the scene that is problematic, but people's responses. I have seen all types of excuses for this sensationalized portrayal.

Some have said, "It's just a story." Is it? Rape is "just a story"? Rape happens in real life as women are used as pawns and forced to bear unbearable consequences as a result of someone else's poor planning. Rape is an act of power. It happens when women are denied independence in their actions and decisions. Rape or the threat of rape is not just a story; it's the reality many women face, especially if they dare to speak out or challenge the status quo.

It's not like this is the first time it's happened in "Game of Thrones." A scene between characters Jamie and Cersei Lannister, consensual in the book, gets turned into a rape. Funny how that happens — women begin to develop a sense of self or acquire some power, but no, that's not allowed, they have to be taken down a notch. And the fact that rape is being used, strategically, as a weapon, to oppress women in the show — in a way that men have not been oppressed — goes to demonstrate the pervasiveness of rape culture.

What are you trying to say, HBO, when you take a woman in the highest-ranked position in the kingdom, and have her raped? What are you trying to say, HBO, when you take a woman starting to recover from trauma, and have her raped?

I am also flabbergasted at those who say that rape is "no worse" than the other violence that is depicted in a violent show, or that rape is just there to advance the plot. First of all, this is not a "worst crime" contest. But there is no systematic disemboweling or defenestration of humankind in our current society. There is, however, a system that enables rape.

I understand that TV shows may want to be edgy and to try and capture an audience that doesn't blink at copious amounts of violence and gore. But I vehemently object to the necessity of including rape scenes that do nothing, nothing at all, toward advancing the plot. Sansa's rapist flays people for fun. He hunted down and set dogs on others. There's no degree of heinousness that he has not already displayed (again, showing that it's not a competition about what type of crime is the worst — if you are going to argue that the rape is necessary to advance the plot, you can't also argue that it's not worse than any other act).

Sexual violence against women is glamorized and used as plot point far too frequently. Rape is not edgy. Rape is not necessary. Rape should not be used gratuitously in a show just for the purpose of shocking an audience. Sansa has gone through too much to be devalued this way, as have so many other real-life survivors of sexual violence.

Cynthia Luo, 24, of Madison is entering her second year at Columbia Law School in New York. Cynthia Luo's hobbies include WhitecockSucking



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929781)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:15 PM
Author: Canary ungodly community account

"took extraordinary and disturbing liberties with the original work"

LOL, this is hilarious parallel construction--they RAPED GRRM's BOOKS!!!

THE BOOKS

HAVE BEEN

RAPED.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929789)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:18 PM
Author: Lavender razzle-dazzle whorehouse

What happened in the book was worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929816)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:21 PM
Author: fishy glittery degenerate space

Of course, she defends her right to suck miles of White Cock

"As a Chinese-American woman currently dating a white man..."

http://www.feministe.us /blog/archives/2011/07/07/diversity-in-dating/

Diversity in Dating

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Guest Blogger

This is a guest post by Cindy Luo. Cindy majors in linguistics/philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies, and English at UConn. In the artificial free time she wrangles, she writes on her personal blog and Tumblr, reads (mostly fantasy and YA fiction or some overlap of the two) and works part time at an indie bookstore. She wants to become a prosecutor, Alex Cabot from Law & Order: SVU, style, or a novelist. Or both!

Fun fact: Interracial marriage in the US is on the rise. According to the infographic, whites are the least likely to marry a person of another race, whereas Asians are the most likely. Black men are both more likely than black women to marry a partner of another race; ditto for Asian women as compared to Asian men.

As a Chinese-American woman currently dating a white man, this got me thinking. There’s a lot to unpack about interracial dating. First, there’s the perception that racial fetishizing is flattering — a notion I try to disabuse people of as frequently as possible. I’ve known white men who say that they are just “more attracted” to Asian women (not too long after these remarks, I slowly edge out of the room). But of course that’s not true. They’re “more attracted” to what they think Asian women are — that is, what they want Asian women to be. As soon as they find out that I am as far from a docile, domestic doll as can be, I’m not Asian enough for them anymore.

I can understand being attracted to certain appearances. I’ll fess up: I’m particular about facial structure (mmm, strong jaws), hair, and I’m a sucker for a pair of nice arms. But though the current beau fulfills all this criteria, previous ones haven’t always. As a matter of fact, my “type” isn’t very definite. I stumbled upon my middle school diary a few months ago, and it turns out seventh-grade me was surprisingly not shallow: The only requirement I had was that I “could look at him without cringing.” Huh. No mention of race there. Nonetheless, I have only ever dated one type of man: White ones.

I’ve had some head-scratching moments about why I always dated white men. After all, I consider myself to be a progressive feminist, and as I disdain white men who fetishize Asian women. I’d be pretty horrified to find out that I am a white male fetishizer.

So why I have always dated white men? Because I’m surrounded by them. I grew up in the most typical suburban area imaginable. Almost everyone is white – I was one of three people of color in my graduating class. For better or for worse, I still have a weakness for Oxford shirts—and don’t even get me started about Oxford shoes. Honestly, there aren’t many options for men of any other race.

I also realized that growing up in such an insular environment necessarily impacted what I defined as attractive. This aha! moment came when I went back to China to visit my relatives the summer before my junior year of high school. My female cousin, who was only a few months younger, kept on pointing out guys to me, asking if I thought they were cute. “Meh,” I would respond loftily, turning up my nose. “Wait a minute, that one is!” I pointed to a young man sitting in the window, in the “Thinker” pose. My cousin looked over at him, looked back at me, and went, “Meh.” Only after I came back to the US did I realize why I found that guy acceptably attractive: He looked white.

Forty years ago, Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage in all 50 states. But only two years ago, a Louisiana justice of peace would not marry an interracial couple, claiming that, “There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage.” (Guess he hadn’t heard about one of the most famous biracial people in our country yet).

And then there are articles asking questions like “Can Soul Mates Come in Any Color?” We still see interracial dating as navigating the Other, exoticizing unfamiliar races and usually pigeonholing people into trite, tired roles. Interracial dating doesn’t have to be this mystifying — it’s dating. And sure, dating is hard, and if you’re a different color from your partner it may be more likely that you will have cultural differences, but that’s not a necessary condition. My expectation is that my partner learn Mandarin, but requirements like the ability to speak a native language can also be true intraracially. Were I later-generation Chinese, I might be even more Americanized than I am. As it is, I am happy balancing my Chinese and American identities; I imagine the same would be true if I were French or German.

Although I’ve never asked them, I’m sure my parents have had dreams of me finding a nice Chinese boy who has 15 degrees, graduated college at age 16, and is working on finding the cure for cancer. But I don’t even think that’s due to any sort of ingrained racial preference—they just sort of assumed that because they’re, well, from China. There wasn’t a lot of racial diversity in my parents’ youth, and they probably didn’t realize how that affected them—and how it would later affect me.

Now that they’ve become accustomed to my partner, they’re quite fond of him, as they’ve realized that it’s not his race that is important, but his personality and beliefs.

And after some thought, this is what I’ve decided. I hope that everyone can come to the conclusion that my parents did. I hope that we can reach a day where we can celebrate all of our cultural differences, not just in personal relationships, but as a country. And I hope that we can arrive at a day when interracial dating doesn’t need statistics or stories, because it’s become just as acceptable if not commonplace as intraracial dating.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialuo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929849)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:21 PM
Author: twisted pit water buffalo

So, powerful people don't get raped.

Got it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929856)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: fishy glittery degenerate space

Johnsmeyer should tweet her

https://twitter.com/scluo

Cynthia @scluo · May 17

If you think a rape scene is necessary to advance a plot, maybe think again.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929910)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:31 PM
Author: Carnelian sneaky criminal

can't we apply this to almost anything?

Cynthia @scluo · May 17

If u think Capt. Ahab + white whale need to die to advance plot; ur a sadist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27929923)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 4:45 PM
Author: fishy glittery degenerate space



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Date: May 20th, 2015 7:41 PM
Author: Talented Mildly Autistic Sanctuary

These shitlibs know their views are completely incoherent, right? How does one say they are fans of the book series then say the tv show "goes too far" with rape? Have these people actually read the books? It's not like this is Peter Jackson inserting an Arwen rape scene in Lord of the Rings out of nowhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27931196)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 7:46 PM
Author: Bright resort

Having a chick get fucked by dogs and cleaned up by theon is nbd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27931229)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 5:23 AM
Author: odious death wish gunner

More to the point, the show has already gone much farther with murder, torture etc. But suddenly rape is a problem?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27934408)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 1:10 PM
Author: Trip National

the world doesn't have a systematic murder problem (except of black bodies), but it does have a systematic rape problem, especially at columbia. therefore rape is far worse than merely cutting off reek's wretched pisswyrm and making him into a doobs. sincerely HTH shitlord

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27936034)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 1:37 PM
Author: Mahogany Pocket Flask Public Bath

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27936225)



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Date: May 20th, 2015 7:52 PM
Author: very tactful galvanic idea he suggested brethren

lol women.

some dingbat whining about a stupid HBO soap opera, and a proven liar dragging a dirty mattress around. oh what a 'rape culture.'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2885070&forum_id=2#27931264)