Not that anyone cares, but ...

[quietprofanity]

On reflection, I really fucking hate Y!Gallery. I know this may make me sound like a homophobe, but that site really blows. To me, the site proves that slash/yaoi isn't inherently feminist. I've always believed it CAN be, but it seems a disturbing amount of artists there co-opt the worst traits of mainstream porn, like the soul-crushing de-humanization, rigid and heteronormative gender roles (even if they're cross-dressing, it's usually MONDO-MUSCULAR BUTCHES or weepy ukes) and racism/fatphobia.

I mean, sheesh. I'm cool with erotic pictures of large guys, but calling it "Fatty McButterpants"? (And I don't care if it's a King of Queens joke, it's still icky and insulting, especially when paired with a group for oogling large guys.) Or a community that advertises itself as Lots of Black Men Cumming on a White Guy? Oh, and the shouta. Yes, that's ... that's great. Yeah. Ugh. The misogyny in a lot of written stuff was bad enough, but Y!Gallery seems to wear its lack of political awareness like a badge of pride.

I know people have their kinks, but I think a lot of the shit there is gross and not funny. Also, it's not edgy or groundbreaking. It's just pathetic and backwards.

Plus, the search engine sucks butt, 9 out of 10 people don't know basic anatomy and the "you can choose what type of criticism you want" option is stupid.

Fuck Y!Gallery. I hate its face and I don't care if you think I'm a humorless feminist for saying so.

Comments

[sarajayechan.livejournal.com]

I made the mistake of looking at a group for a fairly old fandom and the owner right-out admitted to having "a severe allergy to" the female lead. D:

[imayb1.livejournal.com]

I don't really have much opinion about Y!Gallery (other than finding their wanky tendancies amusing) because I don't generally go there. However, I agree with your rant because it isn't truly limited to that site. I see similar stuff on yaoi_daily comments, too.

There's almost a sense of... since the fans are already dealing in a fringe interest, they have license to ignore political correctness that doesn't offend their own delicate sensibilities. Heaven forbid anybody bring up opinions of yaoi, but everything else is fair game?

[47nite.livejournal.com]

The rampage of supposedly idealized men still doesn't bother me as much as how EVERY cartoon/comic strip/video game character EVER created eventually gets "bishounenified" and proceeds to go through the motions much to the squealing delight of these kids who think they're celebrating diversity ...by turning everything into a near perfect replica of Loveless (or the like) .___.