Punkass Pimpage
Published by punkass marc April 18th, 2007 in Punkass!Does this count as the first official “magazine-style” review of our site? I think it does!
I admit, AlphaBeta.com, a self-described “men’s lifestyle portal,” isn’t the first place I would’ve guessed I’d see a positive review of our site. Several of their articles send up the typical red flags associated with such communities (”how average dudes can land hot chixx!” etc.).
Though the review avoids the “f” word and instead primarily categorizes us as liberal (also a fair label), I’m thrilled to see a site that targets men encouraging its audience to check out to a feminist-friendly site like ours. As far as gender-based dialogue goes, I’m going to chalk this up as a sign of progress. Men’s Health himbo Steve Zinczenko could learn something from these guys.
Also, is it sexist to refer to something as “pimpage?” It is, isn’t it? Even if you’re doing it semi-ironically. Damn. I suck.
Not cool. On _so_ many levels.
Are we really that cynical? I get told I am all the time, but I never feel cynical.
Also, I feel I am more offended by the term “himbo” than “pimpage” if only because one of my pet peeves is gendered language for ungendered activity. This drives me especially mad when people put the word “man” in front of something, like man slut or man purse, as though the man part is supposed to somehow distinguish or mitigate the slut or purse part.
If you’re a slut, you’re a slut. Same with bimbo.
Glad I could offend.
You’ve got a lot of practicing to do if you want to reach the Offending Olympics. This is minor-league stuff you’re giving me.
[Rocky training theme]
I don’t agree with the whole hard to navigate thing. This blog and all blogs that use similar templates are among the easiest to read. “Hard to navigate” would be, say, TPMCafe.
Are we really that cynical? I get told I am all the time, but I never feel cynical.
Cynical=insufficiently enamored of your god-given role as fuckhole and housekeeper.
Didn’t they mention that you’d occasionally get flowers?
Maybe one of the tricks to “getting a woman back to your place” is pretending to be a feminist?
That is, by the way, my favorite article on the site. I like how they think we’ll “fall for” the “I’m a good guy ‘routine’” if they don’t have copies of Playboy lying around. Whatever. I dig Norman Mailer and well aware of the fact that any guy who does the “I’m a good guy” routine is either full of shit or a genuine bore.
Didn’t they mention that you’d occasionally get flowers?
Bullshit, I was a doormat for years and the only guy who ever gave me flowers without first being told to do so by his mother was a 4-yr-old Japanese boy.
Oh, and when I broke that other guy’s heart. That was apparently worth one (1) rose, which obligated me to two (2) months of listening to him try to whine his way back into my heart.
Quite possibly the problem is you don’t grovel enough. What seems an Olympic effort for a feminist-minded young lady like yourself is actually just the amateur division of feminine simpering and kow-towing.