tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.comments2023-12-03T19:42:57.562-08:00QueerBlackFeministandreana clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829984046889391837noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-80018711751967170742021-05-04T14:38:30.538-07:002021-05-04T14:38:30.538-07:00Thank you for sharing! It was one of my favorite m...Thank you for sharing! It was one of my favorite movies when I was 12. But I thought about how they treated the little brother felt weird... like he's a child. Why are they not treating him as sweetly as they treat olive?Bellaisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349162579309634367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-56314920352074263372021-02-20T18:19:49.062-08:002021-02-20T18:19:49.062-08:002021 and it has aged SO POORLY. Wow. Just nails-on...2021 and it has aged SO POORLY. Wow. Just nails-on-the-chalk-baord bad racial politics. The rest of the movie was cute and funny, with some great lines, but I'm like "why doesn't the black adopted son say ANYTHING or have really even a personality??" It feels like his own adopted parents treat him like a joke. And the only other black character is a reference to Huck Finn? And the whole "I know he wasn't Mexican but I couldn't help but speak like a Mexican stereotype to him"...blech. megan.kerinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591770049089677829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-20579934447112780682021-01-27T21:33:23.495-08:002021-01-27T21:33:23.495-08:00So glad to see this post. I just watched Easy A, m...So glad to see this post. I just watched Easy A, mostly because of Emma Stone. She somehow managed to be charming, but so much about this film made me queasy. I continue to be amazed at the casual racist and sexist attitudes and stereotypes in film. And the fact that people defend it. You expressed what I was have trouble articulating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-21609601018251378622020-11-07T12:02:09.800-08:002020-11-07T12:02:09.800-08:00i just watched the movie for the first time and wh...i just watched the movie for the first time and while there were good parts about it, i was mostly repulsed by it. They represented black and LGBTQ+ people horribly and as an Asian, they really overdid asian stereotypes. There was the scrawny east asian nerd, and the cheap indian guy who only cared about seeing a girl doing it and what not. It honestly was not okay, but nobody except for this post, seems to mention it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12241540413165224330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-6907861997919079242020-07-08T10:43:35.737-07:002020-07-08T10:43:35.737-07:00Watched this movie for the first time today and I&...Watched this movie for the first time today and I'd say "it hasn't aged well", but this was still bad writing back then. Such bad messages about race and LGBT sexuality.--https://www.blogger.com/profile/18338927566189797604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-20495204025754332392020-05-30T05:21:17.451-07:002020-05-30T05:21:17.451-07:00Yup, same as many, I rewatched this movie with a g...Yup, same as many, I rewatched this movie with a group of youth and was having trouble finding the words to explain what I found problematic so I googled "Easy A movie messages about race" Thanks!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860563821001093429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-40370277379653542352020-04-13T01:05:27.161-07:002020-04-13T01:05:27.161-07:00I also ended up here after googling "Easy A+r...I also ended up here after googling "Easy A+racism"...thanks for writing this piece.Cecilianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-82381080262162752152019-04-30T16:25:58.990-07:002019-04-30T16:25:58.990-07:00Good god, thank you! Someone is finally saying it!...Good god, thank you! Someone is finally saying it! I'm so sick of these "nice guys" who think Díaz is such a great hero in afro-latino literature. It's so fucked up! Just another example of men trying to pat themselves on the back and failing miserably at how sexist and homophobic they really are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-91795559813153894102018-09-18T10:37:32.205-07:002018-09-18T10:37:32.205-07:00This post is spot on. I love this movie, think it&...This post is spot on. I love this movie, think it's completely funny, and this post is still spot on. I had major eye roll at every part you're talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-82450648523749822792018-09-15T14:13:03.578-07:002018-09-15T14:13:03.578-07:00Just rewatched this and totally agree. Thanks for ...Just rewatched this and totally agree. Thanks for writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-41766647614762155262018-05-05T16:59:06.149-07:002018-05-05T16:59:06.149-07:00As a cis man I always liked Diaz because his chara...As a cis man I always liked Diaz because his characters seemed much more real to me than anything I'd encountered in fiction before. I've known many Yuniors. In fact I can't think of a fictional character more familiar. I thought Diaz was putting what everyone knows and we still try to hide - that a large majority of our culture thinks like Yunior. I feel like so many men like to avoid or deny their sexism, so I thought Diaz making his character so blatant with it was bold. To me the critique was that Yunior's sexism was so ingrained in him that he destroyed everything good in his life simply to make himself feel "like a man". I still believe this. But it makes me all the more furious. To think Diaz could think he can treat people like shit in real life, slightly fictionalize it, and use it an example of the dangers of toxin masculinity is maddening and heartbreaking. It's so much easier to tell everyone else to do better than to do so yourself. I was a huge fan (that beautiful, beautiful prose). I was so excited by his talent and voice for the diaspora that I gave him too much credit. I saw him for what I wanted him to be. I read things he never said. I've always loved the idea that no two people ever read the same book, because we all read it in the language of our past. I clearly let my past give a shoddy translation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464517755408222933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-72388686808285054882018-05-05T16:57:57.265-07:002018-05-05T16:57:57.265-07:00As a cis man I always liked Diaz because his chara...As a cis man I always liked Diaz because his characters seemed much more real to me than anything I'd encountered in fiction before. I've known many Yuniors. In fact I can't think of a fictional character more familiar. I thought Diaz was putting what everyone knows and we still try to hide - that a large majority of our culture thinks like Yunior. I feel like so many men like to avoid or deny their sexism, so I thought Diaz making his character so blatant with it was bold. To me the critique was that Yunior's sexism was so ingrained in him that he destroyed everything good in his life simply to make himself feel "like a man". I still believe this. But it makes me all the more furious. To think Diaz could think he can treat people like shit in real life, slightly fictionalize it, and use it an example of the dangers of toxin masculinity is maddening and heartbreaking. It's so much easier to tell everyone else to do better than to do so yourself. I was a huge fan (that beautiful, beautiful prose). I was so excited by his talent and voice for the diaspora that I gave him too much credit. I saw him for what I wanted him to be. I read things he never said. I've always loved the idea that no two people ever read the same book, because we all read it in the language of our past. I clearly let my past give a shoddy translation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464517755408222933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-71538494740992928572018-05-04T13:36:34.587-07:002018-05-04T13:36:34.587-07:00Really insightful and, yes, prescient. Thanks And...Really insightful and, yes, prescient. Thanks Andreana.Professor Griffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951392768310588001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-21332163571726947202018-05-04T10:00:09.252-07:002018-05-04T10:00:09.252-07:00I knew it! I had heard similar things prior to wri...I knew it! I had heard similar things prior to writing this post all those years ago. And, his recent New Yorker piece about his own abuse felt off. Maybe he was preparing for this...andreana clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829984046889391837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-78259645664330565982018-05-04T08:03:50.125-07:002018-05-04T08:03:50.125-07:00Your writing is very prescient. I don't know w...Your writing is very prescient. I don't know why so many fans/apologists are surprised to hear the allegations that are coming out today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-30713878685591165602017-09-08T01:55:13.215-07:002017-09-08T01:55:13.215-07:00The essential thing is that we LOVE everybody - bl...The essential thing is that we LOVE everybody - black and white (and any colour in between), 'gay'. 'straight' 'bi-' or whatever. None of us is entitled to judge another human being, just because they may think or act differently to us.Patrickhttp://yahoo.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-72496820657833694192017-04-26T13:23:36.348-07:002017-04-26T13:23:36.348-07:00ooh. legacy. yes. <3ooh. legacy. yes. <3queerblackfeministhttp://queerblackfeminist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-78252955143390870782017-04-26T13:11:55.653-07:002017-04-26T13:11:55.653-07:00Thank you for this. I miss those days and want to ...Thank you for this. I miss those days and want to make sense of where we go from here. What is our legacy?Micia Moselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129668162290996774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-56246777563643978952016-08-19T09:47:16.545-07:002016-08-19T09:47:16.545-07:00He's writing women that way because that's...He's writing women that way because that's how the male characters have been conditioned to see them. As someone mentioned before, it's a critique of machismo. I've watched a lot of his lectures and even met him once (super nice, btw). He's one of the most progressive, thoughtful, amazing writers we have. <br />Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288278088281834300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-31507149468734136682016-07-26T23:01:14.394-07:002016-07-26T23:01:14.394-07:00Awesome! I love queer love!Awesome! I love queer love!queerblackfeministhttp://queerblackfeminist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-72826559569293728062016-07-26T21:48:02.632-07:002016-07-26T21:48:02.632-07:00thank you for this! i've been struggling with ...thank you for this! i've been struggling with feeling ok about my own upcoming queer ceremony of love, feeling sooo very many of the complicated things you articulated. and this really helped. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-3560183022976817062016-07-23T16:08:54.902-07:002016-07-23T16:08:54.902-07:00Thank you for writing this. I have read a few of h...Thank you for writing this. I have read a few of his books and the "women are sluts but I love 'em" trope got old. I won't be buying another one of his books, because there is such a focus on women in each of them but the women are such one-dimensional characters to be manipulated and/or tossed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-27694001394136328172016-07-18T13:52:50.390-07:002016-07-18T13:52:50.390-07:00I thought your post was very interesting, and was ...I thought your post was very interesting, and was curious whether you have listened to his interview/podcast with the New York Public Library? For me, that (along with maybe the end of "A Cheater's Guide to Love") was the moment that cemented his writing as critique instead of an expression of sexism/machismo/misogyny. In it he addresses how the character of Yunior is often based on his own moral failings as a young man. As a result, I read the books in a much different context: as a sort of public therapy/confession for past indiscretions.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291913534248263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-33867737391357644332016-06-09T08:43:26.217-07:002016-06-09T08:43:26.217-07:00I'm still crying every day and look for new mu...I'm still crying every day and look for new music and interviews to discover on the Internet with him and about him. I wake up with his songs in my head and can't get them out of my mind all day, every day.... I'm obsessed with him, he was the greatest and nobody can ever replace himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3416480746157493203.post-37530896319319417832016-05-07T14:38:57.807-07:002016-05-07T14:38:57.807-07:00Have loved some of Diaz's essays in the New Yo...Have loved some of Diaz's essays in the New Yorker and his interviews on NPR, etc., but have not been able to get through his books because of the sexism. Too painful. dtropphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624254523101109577noreply@blogger.com