I don't get it.

[lederhosen]

I don't get all the fuss about the 'Open Source Boob Project' business.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's skeezy and obnoxious and all. I just don't get why Some Guy On LJ being skeezy at a con is suddenly provoking such a flurry of posting, because my understanding is that there are lots of skeezy people on LJ - quite a few of whom go to cons - and generally it doesn't attract anywhere near this level of attention. If it was Orson Scott Card or somebody else famous (or even Brendan Nelson) I could understand, but not this.

(I think what this boils down to is that a lot of people seem to view the originator of the concept as a Somebody, and I've never figured out what makes him any more noteworthy than all the other folk on LJ who have opinions and aren't afraid to post them. Therefore I just write him off under the "lots of people are idiots" umbrella category.)

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[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

Because all of the people who are making it a big deal can't talk to Bill O'Reilly, or Israel's president or the Justice Minister. Because it's not just ferrett, it's all the other folks on LJ who can't seem to understand why the open source boob project is insulting and demeaning. It's because of the backlash against feminism has generated a backlash of its own, because women are sick of being told to accept this sort of thing and if we don't we're insane or over reacting or prudish.

It's causing one hell of a splash, and even those of us on the outer fringes of LJ are feeling the resulting waves.