Lady Agnew (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ladyagnew) wrote,@ 2006-05-25 23:53:00 |
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hearting on Joss Whedon, Firefly fandom and Equality Now
God, I adore Joss Whedon. Not only just as one of my favorite popular artists working in any medium right now (the others are Haruki Murakami, Alan Moore, Terry Pratchett, um, Aimee Mann and maybe the Flaming Lips) but he says things in interviews like this:
Everybody knows there is a little girl inside of Joss. I literally grew up wishing that I were a woman. That doesn’t necessarily give me any great insight into women — in fact, many women I know have gone, "You’re an idiot for wishing that!" But I’ve always felt a great affinity for women on various levels. In particular, I think, a level of sensibility, in that I was raised by a very strong, smart, delightful, extraordinary woman.
and this
Well, I had lovely long red hair — less and less of which I have every day — and delicate features. I was quite cute! Something went horribly wrong somewhere, but that’s OK. But there was a sense of oppression, of not being taken seriously, of physical fear; there were certain things that I had in common — I was very close to my step-sister as well, she was the best friend I had in my family growing up. Plus, I’m super-gay, something my wife has come to accept and even enjoy. It’s just something that has always been a part of me. And so I have, I think, a kind of a feminine sensibility.
Joss got feted and honored by Equality Now, an organization that "was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses."
He was a special honoree at their New York benefit "honoring men on the front lines" and all for pretty much telling Firefly/Serenity fandom that this was a cause very dear to his heart, very special to his mother's memory, and encouraging us to support the organization; in a little, humble way, the fandom has adopted the organization with the special logic of, well nothing we can do can save the show, we might as well put our love into something productive and honorable. When fans raised $8,000+ to buy the original browncoat Mal wore on the show for Fillion and lost out on the bidding, Fillion directed us to give the money to Equality Now. And on June 23rd of this year, which happens to be Joss's birthday, there are planned benefit screenings of the Big Damn Movie to raise money. It's kinda crazy and just -- fandom doing something in the cause of feminism? I kinda love it.
I kinda love it a whole lot.
God, I adore Joss Whedon. Not only just as one of my favorite popular artists working in any medium right now (the others are Haruki Murakami, Alan Moore, Terry Pratchett, um, Aimee Mann and maybe the Flaming Lips) but he says things in interviews like this:
Everybody knows there is a little girl inside of Joss. I literally grew up wishing that I were a woman. That doesn’t necessarily give me any great insight into women — in fact, many women I know have gone, "You’re an idiot for wishing that!" But I’ve always felt a great affinity for women on various levels. In particular, I think, a level of sensibility, in that I was raised by a very strong, smart, delightful, extraordinary woman.
and this
Well, I had lovely long red hair — less and less of which I have every day — and delicate features. I was quite cute! Something went horribly wrong somewhere, but that’s OK. But there was a sense of oppression, of not being taken seriously, of physical fear; there were certain things that I had in common — I was very close to my step-sister as well, she was the best friend I had in my family growing up. Plus, I’m super-gay, something my wife has come to accept and even enjoy. It’s just something that has always been a part of me. And so I have, I think, a kind of a feminine sensibility.
Joss got feted and honored by Equality Now, an organization that "was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses."
He was a special honoree at their New York benefit "honoring men on the front lines" and all for pretty much telling Firefly/Serenity fandom that this was a cause very dear to his heart, very special to his mother's memory, and encouraging us to support the organization; in a little, humble way, the fandom has adopted the organization with the special logic of, well nothing we can do can save the show, we might as well put our love into something productive and honorable. When fans raised $8,000+ to buy the original browncoat Mal wore on the show for Fillion and lost out on the bidding, Fillion directed us to give the money to Equality Now. And on June 23rd of this year, which happens to be Joss's birthday, there are planned benefit screenings of the Big Damn Movie to raise money. It's kinda crazy and just -- fandom doing something in the cause of feminism? I kinda love it.
I kinda love it a whole lot.
