About

The Plutocrat - Kahlil Gibran

In my wanderings I once saw upon an island a man-headed, iron-hoofed monster who ate of the earth and drank of the sea incessantly. And for a long while I watched him.

Then I approached him and said, “Have you never enough; is your hunger never satisfied and your thirst never quenched?”

And he answered saying, “Yes, I am satisfied, nay, I am weary of eating and drinking; but I am afraid that tomorrow there will be no more earth to eat and no more sea to drink.”

Random Post
Recommend

Search for content

August 3, 2011
Permalink »
atomicsocialist: akagoldfish: yesysabella: Oh how I love Fiona and her lovely comics. I’ve blogged this before commenting on how obnoxious I find it’s puritanical subtext and the fact it’s message is indistinguishable from those peddled in Christian-based abstinence propaganda, but it now occurs to me that at least one of the couples depicted is not biologically capable of procreating with each other. Thus the message makes no fucking sense what so ever; it reduces sex to mere procreation, yet the couple can’t procreate, so is it saying transpeople shouldn’t have sex at all or… something else? I really don’t know the answer; I’m not sure the person who drew it knows the answer either. So not only is it obnoxious, it’s also internally nonsensical. It is quite surreal really to see this sort of pro abstinence propaganda come from the other side.  I think that people are projecting what they like on this image: if you wanted to find a pro-abstinence message, it’s there. If it was meant for advocating relationships with sterile people, people could see that. Myself, I think it’s about “you don’t have to have kids if you don’t want to.” Sometimes (not always), people see what they want to see. I think this is one of those cases, so “propaganda” is not really the right word.

atomicsocialist:

akagoldfish:

yesysabella:

Oh how I love Fiona and her lovely comics.

I’ve blogged this before commenting on how obnoxious I find it’s puritanical subtext and the fact it’s message is indistinguishable from those peddled in Christian-based abstinence propaganda, but it now occurs to me that at least one of the couples depicted is not biologically capable of procreating with each other.

Thus the message makes no fucking sense what so ever; it reduces sex to mere procreation, yet the couple can’t procreate, so is it saying transpeople shouldn’t have sex at all or… something else? I really don’t know the answer; I’m not sure the person who drew it knows the answer either.

So not only is it obnoxious, it’s also internally nonsensical.

It is quite surreal really to see this sort of pro abstinence propaganda come from the other side. 

I think that people are projecting what they like on this image: if you wanted to find a pro-abstinence message, it’s there. If it was meant for advocating relationships with sterile people, people could see that. Myself, I think it’s about “you don’t have to have kids if you don’t want to.” Sometimes (not always), people see what they want to see. I think this is one of those cases, so “propaganda” is not really the right word.

(Source: fionafix-it)


(via nixonplumbingco)

Notes:

  1. nakedposers reblogged this from buttcleavage
  2. madredhead reblogged this from buttcleavage
  3. buttcleavage reblogged this from buildingmosaicsoutoflife
  4. skullundies reblogged this from missopeia
  5. deathismyboyfri3nd reblogged this from fionafix-it
  6. armedwithart reblogged this from faultedxintimacy
  7. myegotoldmeto reblogged this from absolutely-always
  8. feliceser reblogged this from evolventity
  9. evolventity reblogged this from stronglikeyou
  10. faultedxintimacy reblogged this from leximichelle93
  11. randle-mcmurphy reblogged this from stronglikeyou
  12. stronglikeyou reblogged this from metamelf
  13. lurking-intheshadows reblogged this from absolutely-always
  14. absolutely-always reblogged this from scienceyeah
  15. brancachino reblogged this from smuttering and added:
    #[bomb the music industry!] brought me full circle to one of Fiona’s drawings… today is shaping up really well.
  16. ieatbraains reblogged this from craft-and-destroy
  17. kyleeelaine reblogged this from aneverendinglovesong
  18. helpcyondigest reblogged this from solipsists
  19. solipsists reblogged this from hyperphagia
  20. hyperphagia reblogged this from chapelofthechimes
  21. aintnogravee reblogged this from marisajune
  22. marisajune reblogged this from thisisnotadrillipromise
  23. chapelofthechimes reblogged this from milquetoaste
  24. filthyandfit reblogged this from aneverendinglovesong
  25. carrion-shellac reblogged this from fuckyeahmenfolk
  26. heatherskyeee reblogged this from pussyfordinner
  27. atreeisatree reblogged this from aneverendinglovesong
  28. meeting-irony reblogged this from pussyfordinner
  29. caseoftornadoes reblogged this from pussyfordinner
  30. aneverendinglovesong reblogged this from buildingmosaicsoutoflife
  31. buildingmosaicsoutoflife reblogged this from butterfly-possum
  32. butterfly-possum reblogged this from pussyfordinner