tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post72562421720964764..comments2023-08-16T09:39:08.120-04:00Comments on femonomics: Femonomics reads the internet: Phoebe Prince, sluthood, race and sympathyCoca Colohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05951066922977616639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-41393219035998373502010-07-30T09:10:54.730-04:002010-07-30T09:10:54.730-04:00Yeah, the piece really rubbed me the wrong way. I...Yeah, the piece really rubbed me the wrong way. It's one thing to say, look, what these kids did isn't that different than what a lot of kids do every day, and they're only being prosecuted in this case because someone died, and there's no way to show that their bullying was directly responsible for that because she was troubled before. Plenty of people have made that argument, which I still have some problems with. But this piece goes out of its way to say "but Phoebe was SLUTTY and therefore deserved to have drink cans thrown at her and be cornered and called a whore." Her sleeping with their boyfriends (who were 18, may I remind you) should have ZERO bearing on whether their actions were appropriate, or even criminal.Coca Colohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951066922977616639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-50091141459625253542010-07-29T22:04:24.895-04:002010-07-29T22:04:24.895-04:00From the Slate piece: "I've wrestled with...From the Slate piece: "I've wrestled with how much of this information to publish. Phoebe's family has suffered terribly. But when the D.A. charged kids with causing Phoebe's death and threatened them with prison, she invited an inquiry into other potential causes. The whole story is a lot more complicated than anyone has publicly allowed for."<br /><br />Now, it may be true that this journalist is publishing this story because 'the truth must out.' But it is hard to disentangle true motives when there is so much upside for the journalist. It's a salacious piece - a pretty young girl, sluttiness, <i>consequences</i> - sounds to me like someone's making pretty good copy. So you have to ask, is the journalist really looking out for one group of mispersecuted kids, or simply exploiting another child's tragedy for pageviews?mongoose6https://www.blogger.com/profile/17517485576276212600noreply@blogger.com