Good point! I sent her a message, if she says no, I'll delete it.

Snow wrote:

Did you get her permission before posting a link to her stuff?

You have to ask permission for posting links? I mean, if she pasted the article here, I'd get it, but the link directs to the original source

It's standard operating procedure on the internet to share with other users content that may be of interest to them. It's called 'hotlinking,' and I fail to see why it would be a problem to do this on IRG, given it's the basis of distribution of information on the internet.

So...as far as I'm concerned, no, there's no call for explicit permission to post the link. It'd be different if it was the full content of the article and not attributed to the original writer as you say. Is it really a thing now to ask if you can share someone's publicly posted content with other people in public?

I think I can understand it to a small degree? People on Tumblr probably enjoy getting recognized on Tumblr, as opposed to outside sites, since reblogging is a two way street. They spread your content and you can follow it back and see what the response is, including if it's derogatory. It seems like a vanity thing to me. But really, its free advertisement as long as credit is given.

I will say however, unless it becomes a rule here, I would be willing to post links to Tumblr posts without permission. If the author wants to cause drama let them? Tumblr may be used for private purposes but it is still a public place. Unless they make their Tumblr private there is no reason to get in a tizzy.

QueenOfJebri wrote:

I didn't know you were on this forum~! I've liked a lot of your responses to some of the Revolutionary Confessions posts.

So here is a thread for further discussion of the ethics of linking content.

As far as the review itself…  I tried reading it.  I got halfway through the first episode, and it doesn't really hold up in terms of academic rigor or well-done analysis for me.  Like, right off the bat, we get this sentence: "It’s very weird because of its allegorical and symbolic nature, but ultimately very rewarding."  That… I get what's trying to be said, but that's… that's not a very clear way to go about saying it.  The language is pretty content-poor.  It rather reminds me of Undergraduate Grading Bingo.

Why is there a but in that sentence?  How are the two clauses contrasted, and what does that contrast tell the reader?  What the hell does "weird" mean in this context?  Aren't "allegorical" and "symbolic" pretty much synonymous here, so isn't "allegorical and symbolic" kind of redundant?  Personally, I would have written it, "While the surrealist nature of the show is a barrier to easy comprehension, the layered symbolism renders itself readily to a wide array of deeper analysis."  Or, if I didn't want to sound like a pompous douche, "While the imagery of the show is difficult to understand, if you take the time, the understanding is worth it."

It's very much an exhaustive play-by-play of the action, rather than picking out significant events and delving into them, and it seems to take "feminism" in… a place that it makes me a bit sad to see feminism taken.  It's very… judgey.  Like, "It’s also a real lapse in judgement not to inform her friend Wakaba that the guy she’s crushin’ on is a jerk who abuses his girlfriend."  I dunno, somehow I doubt that "Oh, that guy you don't even have the confidence to actually tell me you like is a jerk, you should stop liking him" is going to get very far with anyone, let alone Wakaba.

It's great to see so much enthusiasm for Utena springing up, but I think I'll give this one a miss.

Moral of the story: unless Sebastian Stan is going to be ripping doors off of armored cars, anyone telling me I'll probably like something is likely to be wrong, because I'm a contrarian like that.

Kita-Ysabell wrote:

It's very… judgey.  Like, "It’s also a real lapse in judgement not to inform her friend Wakaba that the guy she’s crushin’ on is a jerk who abuses his girlfriend."  I dunno, somehow I doubt that "Oh, that guy you don't even have the confidence to actually tell me you like is a jerk, you should stop liking him" is going to get very far with anyone, let alone Wakaba.

Am I the only person who thinks Wakaba may well have been aware of the way Saionji treated Anthy, but chose to conveniently overlook it because a) she put Saionji on a big pedestal and b) she had a bad case of internalised misogyny? After all, if I recall the scene correctly, she did see Anthy nursing a bruised cheek, even if she didn't see the actual slap take place.

I do love Wakaba, but last I checked, even she isn't exempt from the rule that nobody in SKU is totally innocent.

As for ladyloveandjustice's reviews themselves, I've seen some of them around on Mark Watches. I think she makes some interesting points, but in short, I agree with her on some things and greatly disagree with her on others (especially her anti-Saito ranting, even moreso because it comes paired with the mentality that Ikuhara can do no wrong; I find her view on Tatsuya to be overly harsh, too).

One day I'm going to write that bloody essay about Chiho Saito and her part in BeBapas. Mind you, I'll probably get bored and abandon it like all of the others I started.

Decrescent Daytripper wrote:

crystalwren wrote:

One day I'm going to write that bloody essay about Chiho Saito and her part in BeBapas. Mind you, I'll probably get bored and abandon it like all of the others I started.

I'm not really sure why she gets so much hate. The Utena manga might be her weakest comic I've ever read, but even so, her contributions to the entirety of Utena, manga, TV, movie, etc is immense.

Honestly? I can't help but feel that a significant part of it is that she is a she. The vast majority of the hate that reigns down on her comes from other people of the female persuasion, and women are vicious to each other. Seriously, it's why I prefer to work with people who have Y chromosomes.

Snow wrote:

Does all the hate for Saito stem solely from her veto on openly stating the nature of AxU relationship in the series, or are there other reasons too?

From best I can tell, there's an ongoing belief that her contribution is solely confined to the manga, and that the manga in question is thin on plot. (Accurate in the latter, wildly inaccurate in the former.) Other than that, I don't believe so.

For the sake of being on topic: the analysis is pretty hit or miss for me, to be honest. I like some of the points she makes, but I think she's WAY off in others. My opinion may be tinted a little due to her responses to people on other topics (where has she been unreasonable and mean), though...

Jacrad wrote:

QueenOfJebri wrote:

I didn't know you were on this forum~! I've liked a lot of your responses to some of the Revolutionary Confessions posts.

Hello there! I'm glad you've enjoyed my confession responses. I keep finding out that more and more Utena fans have checked in on my responses and thoughts on things on tumblr, and that just makes me really happy! (or at the very least, that i'm not being COMPLETELY irrational with my thoughts. )

The major ones I have were already covered by MikoGalatea.

SeizonSenryaku wrote:

Also, (not only you, I mean all of you) read this post: It's like she's screaming (I HATE MEN, THE WORLD SHOULD BE ONLY-GIRLS. SCREW YOU, DISGUSTING MEN!) -______-'
http://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/ta … -is-a-dork

Eh, I read that stuff as more "male characters are okay as long as they're completely useless eyecandy because that's what female characters are in a lot of stories, and role reversal is what we need in fiction to make it more girl-positive." I personally disagree with that line of thinking, but whatever.

QueenOfJebri wrote:

SeizonSenryaku wrote:

Also, (not only you, I mean all of you) read this post: It's like she's screaming (I HATE MEN, THE WORLD SHOULD BE ONLY-GIRLS. SCREW YOU, DISGUSTING MEN!) -______-'
http://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/ta … -is-a-dork

Eh, I read that stuff as more "male characters are okay as long as they're completely useless eyecandy because that's what female characters are in a lot of stories, and role reversal is what we need in fiction to make it more girl-positive." I personally disagree with that line of thinking, but whatever.

Is it just that I'm bad at Tumblr, or does that link just go to a set of affectionate posts about Tuxedo Kamen fail, with no particular implications for whether men are disgusting?