bemusedlybespectacled:

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highmaintenancewhitegirl:

i’ve had this fantasy SO MANY TIMES

A good example of a rape joke that’s funny, in my opinion. Because the victim isn’t the butt of the joke, the ridiculous idea that our society makes it dangerous just to have a vagina is the butt of the joke.

emphasis mine because it’s WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING ARUGHESIF

but fucking Wanda Sykes. What an awesome lady.

Tosh: This is how you do a rape joke.

She is a beautiful human being because she UNDERSTANDS. Tosh, you do not. At all. Ever. You don’t even TRY. You’re just a misogynistic asshole who believes rape is what women deserve for speaking up about it.

Exactly: the joke is not that rape is funny, but that for people with vaginas, even the simple act of JOGGING is impeded by rape culture.  Fuck all the comedians who don’t get this.

I’ve posted this gif set about a billion times before, but it’s just… so important!  Guys, it IS okay to talk about assault in a comedic setting, but there’s a way to do it so that it’s actually funny and empowering and clever (what Wanda Sykes does) and a way to do it that is nothing but victim-blaming bullshit (what almost every other comedian who is trying to be “edgy” does…).

In my opinion, THIS is edgier.  This is more bold and more daring.  Because it’s pointing out something that happens all the time and that is COMPLETE bullshit.  This is a real truth.  This is an uncomfortable and yet NECESSARY discussion.  Wanda Sykes nails it and I’m not at all surprised because it’s true that, as a woman, this kind of shit colors everything we do.  Even more so if you’re a woman of color or queer. 

WANDA SYKES IS BRILLIANT

NUFF SAID

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