You all might recall that I responded to the New York Times review of A Game of Thrones by Ginia Bellafante about two weeks ago. At the bottom of that post, I had a screencap of her Wikipedia page, which had, at the time, been edited in response to her review. For fun, I decided to compile all the most amusing sentences and changes since the 15th of April.
As of April 15, 2011 (22:08 PM)(it was promptly removed):
Often shows a skewed and limited perception of women.
As of April 15, 2011 (22:24 PM)(also promptly removed):
And loves bashing the fantasy genre and has a skewed outlook on life.
As of April 15, 2011 (22:40 PM)(again, removed — let’s just assume everything is eventually removed at this point):
She is a bad critic.
As of April 16, 2011 (7:11 AM):
Ginia Bellafante (born March 31, 1965) is an ill-informed and bizarrely sexist American writer and critic, for the New York Times,[1] New York Observer,[2] and Time (magazine).
As of April 16, 2011 (21:27 PM):
Ginia Bellafante (born March 31, 1965) is an American writer and critic, for the New York Times, also weirdly anti-feminist[1] New York Observer,[2] and Time (magazine).
As of April 17, 2011 (5:33 AM):
She is also weirdly anti-feminist and believes that the interests of women can be put into boxes.
As of April 17, 2011 (16:03 PM):
Her 2011 review of the Game of Thrones TV series was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.
As of April 18, 2011 (20:03 PM):
Bellafante’s writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Salon.com critiqued a 1998 Time cover story on feminism by Bellafante as “poorly thought-out”, and her 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.
As of April 18, 2011 (20:12 PM):
Bellafante’s writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Bellafante’s 1998 Time cover story “Is Feminism Dead?” was critiqued by Erica Jong[4] and described by Salon.com as “poorly thought-out”, and Bellafante’s 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.
As of April 25, 2011 (7:29 AM):
Her writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Her 1998 Time cover story “Is Feminism Dead?” was critiqued by Erica Jong[4] and described by Salon.com as “poorly thought-out”, and her 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story.
And there you go. Interesting how these things develop, no?
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You all might recall that I responded to the New York Times review of A Game of Thrones by Ginia Bellafante about two weeks ago. At the bottom of that post, I had a screencap of her Wikipedia page, which had, at the time, been edited in response to her review. For fun, I decided to compile all the most amusing sentences and changes since the 15th of April.
As of April 15, 2011 (22:08 PM)(it was promptly removed):
As of April 15, 2011 (22:24 PM)(also promptly removed):
As of April 15, 2011 (22:40 PM)(again, removed — let’s just assume everything is eventually removed at this point):
As of April 16, 2011 (7:11 AM):
As of April 16, 2011 (21:27 PM):
As of April 17, 2011 (5:33 AM):
As of April 17, 2011 (16:03 PM):
As of April 18, 2011 (20:03 PM):
As of April 18, 2011 (20:12 PM):
As of April 25, 2011 (7:29 AM):
And there you go. Interesting how these things develop, no?
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