#apritalk

I wanted to give my opinion on this matter and I know I’m kinda late but I’ve been reading up on this just recently, and, fuck it, this is my blog, I’ll say whatever the fuck I want, whenever the fuck I want.

A little background before I begin. Project Greenlight is a show that resurfaced 10 years after it’s beginning with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. It was a show that gave a short film script to a bunch of aspiring film makers and would ultimately choose one to direct it based on which one would do the best job.

Well one script included a black female prostitute, and the argument was made that instead of looking at merit for who would do a better job directing the short film, i.e who has the intellectual skills to tackle this film, they should look at who has the best perspective based on superficial attributes such as race and gender.

The problem I have with the woman who made this argument is that if we base who should direct the film off of superficial features and not merit, the competition loses its competitiveness. Anyone from any background should have equal standing on the matter. There’s no competition anymore if only black or female directors are considered to direct that particular film. 

“But Sleepy! Doesn’t diversity matter to you, you racist?”

Absolutely. But I actually side with Damon on this. Diversity matters on screen because if the story takes place in fucking China and the characters are obviously meant to be Chinese, they should of course hire Chinese people. Common sense. (Which is why I dislike that movie with Damon in it that takes place in Asia and he plays an Asian role. See, I can agree with people on certain topics but still criticize them on others. Huge fucking surprise)

But we choose actors because actors are meant to do just that: Act. They’re by definition, superficial roles. And if some happen to be playing characters they resemble in real life, good for them. But acting is just that- acting. For example, non transgender people could of course portray trans people in film because that’s the principle: People doing roles that they do not resemble in real life. That’s what acting is.

What we don’t want is the technical aspect to be governed by these same ideas. If say a black person is less qualified and shows less promise than the white person to direct a technical off screen position, hire the white person. If the black person is more qualified and shows more promise, hire the fucking black person. It’s as easy as that. But hiring directors based on superficial features is a terrible, horrible idea. Because it supposes that the color of someone’s skin or what genitalia they have matter any degree more than ability to direct, which is the whole concept of the show Project Greenlight. As a woman, it’s kind of offensive that someone would choose me because I’m a woman and not take into account my skills. And if my skills did not match up to others being considered for the role, I wouldn’t spout misogyny or sexism, because this show has nothing to do with that. I would much rather be held to the exact same scrutiny as my fellow competitors and be treated the same as them. Y’know,

Equality.

The idea is that if we hold people from every group to the same standard, we have leveled the playing field. And that’s the point Damon was trying to make. And it is the job of the people who are interested in competing for certain roles to become qualified to hold them. It’s their job to take the responsibility of working the same as everyone else to reach their goals. Not propose that they be given the roles based on which group they come from.

You absolute FUCK HEAD, you called everyone who disagreed with you a god damned BIGOT. You alienated half the fucking country, people make fun of you for acting like children and blatantly ignoring facts.... like children do. You shout people down, the word “trigger” has been made a common word used as a joke! Because overemotional sjw’s used it to the point where it became its own parody!

Idk, between being a woman, living in a predominantly female house, and being sexually and romantically attracted to the female gender... it’s really hard to be me. Sometimes I lie awake at night hating myself for having a vagina. My pillow is stained from all of my bitter self- loathing tears, and I cry so often I now consider it exercise. 

Navigating life outside my room is a nightmare. Women. Women everywhere. Laughing, flipping their hair, talking about ... about womanly things... having vaginas and shit. it’s sickening.

And don’t even get me started on my girlfriends. Each and every one of them holding my hand as if I want their girly germs on me. Their beautiful faces smiling, glowing, stir up a feeling in my heart I can only describe as animalistic rage. When I kiss them I immediately soak my lips in bleach afterwards, contemplating just downing the whole bottle.

What’s it feel like to hate women so much? 

Let’s say one of my guy friends talks to me about how “all women” do something that’s bad. Well, what if I don’t do that? Isn’t that a generalization too? And I guess I personally wouldn’t give a shit because I’m not an easily offended twat, but what would most of you say about it?

“Making generalizations about women is bad.”

Great.

Then why is it okay to do it to men? Surely not all men do any one single thing, they’re not some hive mind.