Comments on: Tangerine (2015)

By: RJHJR

RJHJR — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:16:12 +0000

In one low income black neighborhood I lived in, the women referred to the female crotch as a “fish”. I just assumed that using the word in the film to refer to ciswomen was analogous to calling a woman a cunt, and just as insulting. But when I think about it, I need to know more about speaker, audience, and general usage before coming to a conclusion. A movie is too superficial to allow a definitive conclusion about word usage in a neighborhood on the other side of the continent from me.

If your partner is cheating, but feels committed to your relationship, you can tell them that the third party has to go, and leave it to them to take care of it. In the case of Sin Dee Rella, I think there was more commitment on her side than on Chester’s. So she had the choice between giving up the relationship and driving off the competition. I’ve seen similar things happen when cis people of both genders had cheating partners. It has less to do with misogyny than with the choices forced on you by asymmetrical commitment.

By: Juniper Fitzgerald

Juniper Fitzgerald — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:09:48 +0000

In reply to ATP.

I’m not sold on the idea that the most persecuted people on the planet have the power–in terms of relative structural privilege and social capital–to be misogynistic.

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:05:13 +0000

But how can you ignore the misogyny ? Woman = “fish”, trans women stalking the “fish” to confront/punish her v.s. the cheating boyfriend ? WTF ?

By: ATP

ATP — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:39:58 +0000

“Fish” is a misogynist term used to describe women within the Black gay male ball scene/culture. It’s offensive and hateful