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Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:13 am
by Eraser
lol, I hadn't heard of this game but it sounds like it's brilliant... moreso because it pisses off feminist activist groups.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/fem ... ss/1232315

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Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:34 am
by MKJ
old.. rofl..

also, why give her the attention? choke on a fatty, fatty

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:06 am
by yum
Omg!

This is looks to be the ultimate game for Feeders

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:00 am
by Whiskey 7
Eraser wrote:


........ it pisses off feminist activist groups.


This has to be a winner :up:

How did you hear about it Eraser :confused:

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:57 am
by +JuggerNaut+
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Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:10 am
by Pext
lol... why is this sexist?!? it's just against fat people. some of them happen to be women ...

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:18 am
by +JuggerNaut+
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Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:59 pm
by Eraser
Whiskey 7 wrote:How did you hear about it Eraser :confused: [/color]
I use Yahoo Mail and noticed the article on the news page when you log out of Yahoo Mail.

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:35 pm
by r3t
maybe they should create a game based on this and katamari: first feed the girl, and when she's big enough roll her around to pick up stuff...

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:41 pm
by seremtan
Pext wrote:lol... why is this sexist?!? it's just against fat people. some of them happen to be women ...
oh boy...

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:44 pm
by Underpants?
i'm thinking it was lazy sarcasm

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:58 am
by Therac-25
it's not "against" anyone.... you're trying to save the whale, not beach her....

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:16 pm
by iambowelfish
A couple of posts by female game bloggers does not constitute pissed off feminist activist groups.

I don't personally have a problem with the game, but yes, it does seem to be the case that fatness is looked down on more in women than in men, and no, the fact that the concept was created by a woman doesn't necessarily stop it being sexist against women.

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:22 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
yet, nobody cares that the main male character in most sitcoms are depicted as the dumbass and not the female. if roles were reversed, that would sure raise some hell.

people just need to quit crying about shit and relax.

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:32 pm
by Foo
Fatness is looked down on in women more than in men just as weakness is looked down on in men more than women.

Beauty and power are female and male defining characteristics, respectively.

Duh.

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:03 pm
by MKJ
if this game had a slim princess as a main character, these cows would be crying about how games are guilty of the same crime the modelling world is.

boo fucking hoo. if you cant stand being fat, eat one less pie a day instead of lashing out

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:17 pm
by iambowelfish
Juggernaut wrote:yet, nobody cares that the main male character in most sitcoms are depicted as the dumbass and not the female. if roles were reversed, that would sure raise some hell.
I'm pretty sure someone cares enough to have written about it. There's certainly been a few articles about how the latest crop of Apatow comedies feature lovabley irresponsible loser men, and smart, responsible, but shrewishly humourless leading women.

Maybe you should care too, if you think it has wider influence on society. It seems like maybe you secretly have an opinion there.
Juggernaut wrote: people just need to quit crying about shit and relax.
This was just a couple of people expressing their opinions on their blogs. You honestly think people ought to be more relaxed than that?
Foo wrote: Fatness is looked down on in women more than in men just as weakness is looked down on in men more than women.

Beauty and power are female and male defining characteristics, respectively.

Duh.
That's a fair, if simplified assessment of the status quo, yes. What's your point?

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:31 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
PFsht, getting pissed off at that game is like getting pissed off at this shirt..

http://rumplo.com/assets/contrib/tees/0 ... /946-1.jpg

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:51 pm
by seremtan
MKJ wrote:if this game had a slim princess as a main character, these cows would be crying about how games are guilty of the same crime the modelling world is.

boo fucking hoo. if you cant stand being fat, eat one less pie a day instead of lashing out
u mad?

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:58 pm
by Tsakali
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yet, nobody cares that the main male character in most sitcoms are depicted as the dumbass and not the female. if roles were reversed, that would sure raise some hell.

people just need to quit crying about shit and relax.
good example :up:

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:43 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
iambowelfish wrote: Maybe you should care too, if you think it has wider influence on society. It seems like maybe you secretly have an opinion there.
no, actually i don't care, it's just something that's obvious. I understand that the american sheep are greatly influenced by what's on network television, but i do not fall into that category.
iambowelfish wrote: This was just a couple of people expressing their opinions on their blogs. You honestly think people ought to be more relaxed than that?
people cry on blogs too.

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:15 pm
by MKJ
seremtan wrote:
u mad?
bit miffed is all

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:19 pm
by tnf
MKJ wrote:if this game had a slim princess as a main character, these cows would be crying about how games are guilty of the same crime the modelling world is.

boo fucking hoo. if you cant stand being fat, eat one less pie a day instead of lashing out
but my thyroid doesn't work right!

Re: Fat Princess pisses off feminists

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:28 am
by Eraser
I am SICK of playing as a masculine, steel eating macho men in first person shooters! It's SEXIST!