Comments on: Interview with Suicide Girls

By: BWS

BWS — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:28:49 +0000

I imagine I’m going to get shot down, but I’m not one of the ‘yay suicide girls’ commenters. I am sex positive in my life and outlook, and am stating that fact so people don’taccuse me of being a ‘prude’ for my criticism.
But I personally feel that SG is not helping progressive empowerment of women, despite the women (not “girls”) being in control of their own material, and all the ‘extra’ content in the form of interviews with people such as you Phil.
My opinion is that until women are regarded by society at large first and foremost as people whose most important characteristic is their brain and personality, rather than sexual creatures whose looks in fact are the thing to be celebrated, SG will be acting to maintain negative stereotypes rather than deconstruct them. So sadly I won’t go and read the interview because I don’t want anything to do with a site that promotes the “women can be smart AND sexy!” trope because it’s dull and not progressive. Can’t we just be smart?
This is my personal point of view and I respect Phil’s opinion and right to post the link to SG on his own blog. As a reader who loves the blog, I’m simply giving feedback here.

By: diogenes

diogenes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:38:58 +0000

@Kris #7 that’s hilarious. Maybe the B.A. will do an interview for kink.com next?

By: Neuromancy

Neuromancy — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:34:37 +0000

If I can take somebody by the hand and say, “Look over here. Look at this thing right here. Isn’t that awesome?” If I can achieve that every now and again, that’s it, I’ve got it made.

^^This is half of the reason I want to do science. I would love to spend the rest of my days finding out cool stuff, then running around going “Look at this cool stuff I found out!”

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:55:25 +0000

First Felicia Day and now S-Girls? Today is a Very Good Day

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:56:08 +0000

You did fine, Phil. It’s good stuff and I ‘ve always had a thing for s-girls.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:43:34 +0000

It didn’t sing to you? I hadn’t figured you for a _The Green Berets_ reference.

By: shane

shane — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:40:24 +0000

I’m glad you finally worked it in at the end of the interview Phil. You are a SG… smart, tatts, pale skin….

By: Thameron

Thameron — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:56:06 +0000

But Doctor it should be obvious by now that not everyone wants the truth and for those people it is a very negative thing indeed and they will resist having it force fed to them.

The truth is for people who are beautiful, young, intelligent, healthy and rich. They are ready for it and will welcome it. For everyone else there is the soothing balm of fantasy, of one stripe or another. Except for those poor sods who are for whatever reason immune to those drugs and have no choice but to look at reality full on.

By: A.

A. — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:48:47 +0000

Nabokov gave an interview with Playboy, I don’t see why you shouldn’t give an interview with SG

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:59:40 +0000

“I’ve been a fan of SG for a while — it gives a strong, nerdy voice to decidedly non-mainstream thinking in a wide variety of topics”

Well, yeah, back in my high school days, we would read Playboy for the interviews…

By: Dr. Cuddles

Dr. Cuddles — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:45:35 +0000

Sure you have an article on the suicide girls website, but you’re nobody until you’ve got your own photo spread on the suicide girls website.

By: Keith Bowden

Keith Bowden — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:47:52 +0000

SG is so NSFW that work filters have blocked it. :rolleyes:

lol

By: Ben H.

Ben H. — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:39:15 +0000

Phil,
I greatly respect you for not being afriad to do an interview with SG.

Mad props.

Ben H.
Houston, Texas

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:36:58 +0000

This is why my motto is “Doubt begets certainty” (DVBIVM CERTVM GIGNET). If you never doubt, you don’t really know.

By: death ray

death ray — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:33:54 +0000

Phil, you just got a little cooler.

By: LarianLeQuella

LarianLeQuella — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:59:11 +0000

I was going to say something, but then clicked PICS and now I totally lost my train of thought…