Sex(ist)+Texts

Erin, I'm not sure if you've pursued anything with the Chris Brown Tweets but if you're still thinking about it I would love to join. It fits in perfectly with our discussions last night. When we were talking about that young girl who was sending naked pictures to boys and she was okay with it, but the more important thing to understand is why she was complying. . Perhaps we could examine WHY these girls are saying those things. Whether they are joking or not they are saying a lot about how they view themselves and their worth and value if they would lend themselves so easily to a man that would beat them up because he's attractive. We could work in the history of how women became independent and free of men because maybe the class doesn't know the details. What do you think? -Kayla

Hello everyone, Thanks for the support and ideas. I will be thinking about how to expand on the tumblr very soon, while trying to keep it focused and accessible. We talked about how to start contributing on this tumblr, and this is my how to:

First of all, get a tumblr account. It will make it really easy to link to the (Sex)ist Texts page.

If you were looking at 'Texts From Last Night' you would see a tumblr button at the top right hand corner of each text, if you press that (and you are signed in on your tumblr) it will bring up a page where you can write a description of the text. At the bottom left of the page there is a drop down menu which you can pick the tumblr you wish to post it to. If you go to the Advanced menu button located on the bottom right there it takes you to a page which you can pick whether to publish the post automatically or save it as a draft. You can also add tags to the post.

When you are examining the texts consider whether the text really shows a degrading attitude toward women. After reading hundreds of texts I see a lot of variations which may come from women to women, and although are still a statement about how women view themselves as sluts and whore I'm not sure I want to include them yet.

Thanks again, Jordan

Hey everyone,

Jordan I think this is a very inspiring topic that you chose for your digital project. I have read "Texts from Last Night" many times and you are right, some of them are funny to a certain degree but there are others that go way beyond the line. I think one way you could look into this as well is to see if any of the sexist comments were put under the "best" or "worst" categories listed at the top of the website. This could demonstrate how certain people condemn the comments while others promote it. That being said, for each of the comments people can also give it the thumbs up or thumbs down so that's also something that could be discussed in your project.

Erin, I hadn't heard about the Chris Brown tweets before but that is ridiculous. I was very confused as to why they would even have both Rihanna and Chris Brown present at the Grammy's (especially with their performances so close together). The fact that the Grammy Association agreed to place them in the performance lineup seems to underestimate the severity of the situation, especially given that Rihanna had to go to the hospital after the incident in 2009. The people who tweeted these comments about Chris Brown are just saying that what he did was right and acceptable.

Sarah

I know these aren't from "Texts From Last Night" but they are pretty disturbing tweets regarding The Grammys and Chris Brown... I kind of thought they fit under this general category... What are we doing to our women that makes them think it's okay to say things like this? There is something seriously wrong with the world between tweets like that and a lot of the sexist tweets you talk about in your blog. I know that some of the TFLN are potentially "made up" but these are not. These are real tweets from 25 women. I'm so sad. Chris Brown Tweets Erin p.s. It's actually upsetting me so much that I feel like just doing a separate dig. project on it. I love your blog but this is in a league of its own... I would love to collaborate with you if you were interested in doing this as a second project? I'll talk to you about it tomorrow.

Hey Jordan,

I think, //Texts From Last Night,// is a really great site to use and I think your project is off to a great start! The other day actually my sister and I were discussing the whole, "Shit Girls Say", phenomena and I think that perhaps looking into that realm might be interesting as well. I just find that it undermines and generalizes the female population and yet so many females I know are happy to embrace it. There may be potential there for some more content to analyze. Also, I don't know if you have heard of this site, Betches Love This ? Anyhow, I have not really looked into this site all that deeply, so I am unsure if it is satirical or not (does anyone know??), but regardless, I think you should take a look at it. It paints females in a very frivolous way, and I came across this site from it making appearances on my Facebook minifeed, so I know that females of our demographic are site-participants. I hope these sites open up some other possibilities for you, if they don't, I apologize! But, if you ever need any help I think this is a great project and I'd be more than happy to get involved.

- Alanna

Jordan, I think it is very commendable that you are exploring a topic like this. I have been on countless websites that "poke fun" at females in a very derogitory and negative way. It seems like society is taking a step backwards in terms of the strides we have taken in previous years in regards to sexism. Definately keep up the good work! I really like your comments also, they get the your point across perfectly!

Taylor

Hey Jordan,

I was checking out the Tumblr, and it's awesome. I showed a couple of friends and they loved it, too.

Your comments are short and on point. Great responses as opposed to reactions.

Keep it up!

Connor

Hey Everyone, This is the project I that have been working on for the past few days. I have been gathering examples of sexism from 'Texts From Last Night' and putting them into a tumblr feed called Sex(ist) Texts. I was inspired to do this because as I was reading this website with friends I noticed how sexist and degrading many of them were in a sexual context. When you look at the tumblr you'll notice a lot of them have similarities in subject matter it's because I would be searching for them instead of browing through hundreds of pages.

If anyone wants to join me in posting texts from last night into the tumblr please feel free. Also I am very open to help on my commenting, because I am often speechless about what many of them say.

My tumblr feed for them is Sex(ist) Texts

Let me know if you have any ideas, or want to incorportate other public share websites into the mix.

Thanks, Jordan

(P.S. I don't want anyone to feel like I am condemning the practices mentioned in the texts, only the attitudes toward them.)