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“Lileks’ Post of the Week” for sure!
I’m reporting and commenting on the important issues of our time, dadgummit!
It’d make more sense for her to demand they call the ladies “Womandalorians”.
Heck she might even have my support on that.
C.U.- thanks! I had seen a post or two about this earlier.
Also-thanks for introducing me to Julie Bell’s artwork. Her X-Men series is particularly well-executed. Interesting that she used to be a bodybuilder.
I’m going from memory, but I believe she was a protege of Vallejo, so she definitely shows that influence.
The ancient Greeks sculpted their armor to look like an idealized form -and their armor was far from useless. Now, the interesting question is -does anyone know what the armor Elizabeth wore at Tilbury looked like?
(I’d imagine most armorers would try to avoid the saddle point, but obviously a woman’s breasts would have to be accommodated by the cuirass.)
As for Sarkesian, the most relevant point is that the super fan feminist who just wants sf/f to respect the women is apparently unaware that Bo-Katan and her armor have existed since 2011. Maybe she just isn’t a fan and we should stop paying her any mind?
She’s an annoying self-promoter who has been trying to destroy various fandoms for several years now. Not content to let people enjoy what they want to enjoy, her goal is to destroy the things that people like because she’s a fun-murderer.
Why can’t I follow this post?
Also, Sarkeesian’s most recent endeavors have proven fruitless. So every so often she comes on Social Media to point out something Offensive to Some Minority with the implication that she’s there to help (for a small large fee).
Being offended on behalf of others can be profitable.
Ask Robin DiAngelo.
Boob armor is standard for all computer RPG female warriors, regardless of actual breast size. What I want to know is, does Mr. Mandalorian have an anatomically correct armor codpiece . . .
Another example of the great bane of our age, Mandaloriansplaining. The patriarchy may be dead, but there still seems to be a lot of twitching going on.
Same here.
For armor protecting from melee weapons, you want to redirect attacks away from vulnerable points without creating new ones. The biggest difficulty here is the region just below the … chesticles. That might tend to capture more than its share of thrusts. That’s okay, as long as it is strong enough to maintain integrity.
If you are protecting against ballistic or energy weapons, no problem.
Even commenting isn’t causing a follow.
Apparently my writing is too awful or something.
That’s why the Shadiversity videos above are good. One of his points is that such armor needs to be well-made, which would hold true of any such armor.
Huh? Critics complain because the armor follows the contours of the person wearing it? I used to listen to a medical podcast by a leftist female medical doctor who complained on occasion about the lab coats of the early 2000s (when she was in medical school and a new practitioner) because there were not female versions that conformed to the shape of females. She found the lack of female-specific lab coats a sign of the oppressive patriarchy. [I stopped listening when she joined the ranks saying that being “female” depended on how a person thought rather than the person’s physical characteristics. How can I take seriously a “medical doctor” that denies basic biology?]
I guess that means oppressive patriarchy is in the eye of the beholder.
And who said we wouldn’t be united in the culture wars to come?
I think all womandolarians should feel free to have their beskar molded to accomadate their particular physiques.
I enjoyed these videos!
And sarkeesian is a hack.
Her social credit does seem to be overdrawn. The geek community has been getting tired of watching people ruin their favorite properties while also scolding them for actually choosing to enjoy something else. Sarkeesian still has her followers, but I’ve noted that the reactions have been a lot more negative to her latest rant and more have been calling her on it. Of course, her supporters look down over their noses and call her critics uncouth ruffians, to which they also called on their behavior.
I take it as a somewhat hopeful sign that most people really don’t care for the Lefty Internet Scolds.
Mandalorian, or any other armor problem. There is a solution.
Five things:
1. Terrific post, @cudouglas. Really enjoyed it even though sci-fi isn’t so much my jam.
2. Why in the world wouldn’t a wearer of armor want it to be as comfortable as possible? If chick Mandalorians have boobs (and maybe this is the actual point of contention, that they shouldn’t?), and if they wear armor, then their armor should pretty obviously fit around their boobs.
3. I can’t follow posts either, for some reason.
4. The tweet in question should be cause for celebration across this great land because if Mandalorian boob armor is a problem, then all of the real problems must have been solved.
5. I think I saw Mandalorian Boob Armor open for Stryker (or maybe it was the other way around) back in ’82.
You know you have a good life – when all you can complain about are the boobies on the depictions of fictional characters.
Also these complaints are being raised by non star wars fans. Bo Katan, has been a character on Star Wars: Clone Wars since 2011 – without a peep. (played by Katee Sackhoff on that show as well)
…not to mention space suits.
I think there’s only one response to that: Hooray for Wally Wood!
One can choose to have boobs on their armor, but would it really provide any real comfort or benefit? Certainly if one is crafting a full body armor for a woman you would have to take generally wider hips to waist ratio into account. But then again such armors are always tailor made to the wearer.
I think if one wants to ask what a practical and realistic armor for women would look like I think all you have to ask yourself is what does it look like now? Do women in the Army wear any differently shaped bullet resistant vests than their male counter parts? I think we see that NASA also doesn’t make space suits with any kind of womanly shape to them.
The crafting or imagining of womanly shaped armor is simply an artistic choice, to make female characters wearing armor still appear female visually for the benefit of the viewer. I think so long as artists and creators are giving their female characters armor that actually covers their body in a protective manner then that is good enough.
Not being one I’m not certain but IIRC the answer is yes.
That’s because the technology we have doesn’t allow for it yet. If we could do something more like scuba gear…well, it would be more that the shape was visible through the outfit, rather than designing the suit to fit the body shape.