asimplechord

So many things to like about music as a hobby and as a fandom.

There's new stuff to squee about every day. ( Like... )

Anyway. This fandom. People are mostly friendly. And there are lots of shiny pretty things to admire.

But at the same time, there are some not-so-cool things. ( In which I babble about one of these things. )

J and I were sitting in the living room the other morning, caffeinating ourselves, randomly channel surfing until we hit MetalMania on VH1. We watched for a bit while we talked about Books and Movies and Other Important Stuff.

Then she looked at me and waved at the tv and said that 80s and 90s glam rockers would probably be sources for tons of fodder with respect to gender role-playing and entertainment. If anyone were interested.

Why, yes. Indeed. I pointed her at the pile of books near the top of Mount To-Be-Read.

Actually, it'd been a while since I watched some of the "classic" videos they showed, and I'm still sorting out some of the stuff that bothered me and why, but here's what I'm thinking about.

1) the motif in the credits, which included silhouettes of a bikini-clad woman

2) the men in the videos, when they crawled around on the floor, did it in a playful way; somehow it came off as submissive (or completely sexual) when women did it

3) in two hours, a single female rock artist's video aired

I'm trying to figure out why these things should bother me more than, say, listening to the lyrics of Lying Is the Most Fun... or I Write Sins Not Tragedies, songs that basically call the women Ryan Ross wrote them about whores.

Shouldn't modern misogyny bother me more than decade-old sexism?

Thoughts?

Random: a baby gecko found its way into the house. The cats usually spend the evening trying to get through the window pane to eat geckos, so this? Will not end well.

I read Supernatural: Nevermore last night. ( characterization discussed, but no plot spoilers )

I've got a couple of Weasley twin drabbles to post in a bit, if my frikkin' internet connection holds.