For everyone going WTF at my tweets and RTs over Make Magazine CEO @dalepd's attacks on Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg), a short thread... 1/N
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What that means: they don't want to be associated with a woman maker who appears in videos with skin exposed. 4/N
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OTOH they seem to have no problem with women appearing as "entertainment" at events. This is not actually hypocrisy. 5/N
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Because "family friendly" is not about expression or non-expression of body image or sexuality. It's about presenting gender roles. 6/N
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"If you dress 'slutty', your career path is booth babe" is exactly the sort of "family friendly" message they eat up. 7/N
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What's not "family friendly" as "women are human beings who you have to accept as peers/equals regardless of how they dress". 8/N
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There is a very toxic culture that people like
@dalepd are marketing/pandering to when they exclude@RealSexyCyborg. 9/NShow this thread -
That toxic culture is the culture that uses "family" as a code word for backwards social values and gender roles. 10/N
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