Deep thoughts on Fat Princess, part I

[resist_entropy]

So I was scanning the headlines and what did I see? "Feminists cry foul over Fat Princess."  (Article provided in its entirety below.)

You know I'm going to read something that begins with "Feminists cry foul," for I am immensely fond of feminists crying foul.

Interesting hook for the story, guiding people to think that feminists are the only people

Comments

[austingoddess]

"A bit of crow"...I *so* rolled my eyes at that snottier-than-thou gem. Like saying 1 woman on their side has betrayed our woman-as-one defense.
Maybe she has an inflation fetish. Maybe she's terrified of being fat. Maybe she is fat and fucking loves cake. Maybe the money was too good. Don't know, don't care...it doesn't change things in the slightest. Jeesh.

You said it, sister

[resist_entropy]

LOL at "snottier-than-thou."

I agree that we don't know the motives of the female game designer (and that it doesn't change things).

This isn't even (necessarily) a girls against the boys thing. Whipping out ('scuse me while I whip this out) an unpopular word like "feminist" is a sneaky way to shut up anyone who is offended but doesn't want to be painted a feminist. There goes the sympathy of most masculine and many feminine types.