bellchronicles

Raimundo and I were discussing the presentation of gender in commercials (yes, not even in offline conversations do I abandon this topic!), and I mentioned one of my pet peeves about the fantasy genre. "The women are always wearing bikinis! Leather bikinis, metal bikinis--"

"I always wondered about that," Raimundo said. "Maybe it's for mobility?"

And then I laughed and laughed and laughed. "Just think about who the target audience is."

"Adolescent boys," he said. "Got it, you don't need to say more."

"Oh, it's not just for adolescent boys."

One of my favorite things about Raimundo is that he understands my indignation (over politics, gender and sex politics, etc) once I've explained it. I wish everyone everyone like that, it'd make my life simpler. But. But. But. Someone actually thought women wear those leather bikinis for eased mobility! ("What about the men? Hadn't you wondered why didn't *they* wear only underwear in battle?" "I hadn't thought of it!") And if Raimundo thought that, I can only imagine how many more do...!

ETA: *DIES* Okay, I don't know how this'll be taken out of context, but there's a none of this out of the blue. From our chat conversation:

RAIMUNDO: I cannot start writing that god damned paper!!!
ME: WRITE, BITCH
RAIMUNDO: bitch
RAIMUNDO: is that ok?
ME: stick a pineapple up your ass
RAIMUNDO: uhsauahauhauhauhauhauhauhhua
RAIMUNDO: yours
ME: mine is reserved for the watermelon
RAIMUNDO: uauhauhauhauhauh
RAIMUNDO: mine is reserved for the little cherry
ME: jaldkjfaldkjfadf
ME: but then someone will have to pop it!

I then I had to teach him what that meant and why. Good times.