male rape. where males rape other men through the rectum with their penis. it happens a lot in prisons. happens during wars. male rape isn’t necessarily about one’s sexuality, like any other form of rape it’s about power. it’s sometimes it’s carried out as a form of sexual assault on gay men by “straight” men who are homophobic - “same sex rape”.

In this article below, John Mayer becomes frustrated with his interviewer and threatens to “sodomize” the interviewer’s editor. I don’t know if the editor is gay or straight, male or female, but the implication is that he’s going rape the interviewer’s editor’s rectum.

then NY Mag publishes a post, “JOhn Mayer threatens so sodomize us.” It seems Ny Mag is flattered that such a star would threaten to sodomize them - as if NY MAG is proud that they incited such a visceral response from a celebrity like John Mayer.

so it’s interesting to me when the male rape discourse is legitimized in popular culture. My take on is that in our society, we express our feelings in terms of violence and sex and that kind of expression is seen as a form of power. so when John Mayer threatens the use of violence with his penis, his level of respect is increased because it reinforces the image of him being a bad-boy sex object. He can get women like Jennifer Aniston and then break up with her publicly and also threaten to male rape someone - he’s cool huh?

It’s just absurd to me that this kind of language is seen as funny, ironic, or powerful. Male rape then appears to be legitimized in these instances - where as rape of a woman’s vagina is always seen as criminal - but rectum rape here is seen as “cool.” we all know that John Mayer will not go out and rectum rape the editor - but it’s the very reaction by NY MAG that concerns me and the non-reaction by the media - what would the reaction be if it was a black actor who said this - or let’s say a black athletic star. It’s never acceptable to threaten the use of violence on someone, but there is a double standard and this John Mayer case illustrates this race standard.

It’s just absurd to me that this kind of language is seen as funny, ironic, cocky, or powerful. Male rape then appears to be legitimized in these instances - where as rape of a woman’s vagina is always seen as criminal - but rape by men who are upset of a person’s rectum seems to fly with the audience.

I just can’t seem to think how it is cool to have a celebrity essentially say that they want to use their penis and “forcefully” stick it into someone’s rectum.

John Mayer Threatens to Sodomize Us [NY MAG]

What do you think about health care? Would you take the public option?
Have you ever heard me play guitar? I’m really fucking good. You know what I’m bad at? Answering questions about public health care. This is not in my wheelhouse. Do you have any questions about music? I almost got a mad need to lighten up. You need to lighten up, because the questions you asked me were all troublemaking questions. If someone gave me the Nobel Peace Prize, and I didn’t deserve it, I would just shut my mouth and enjoy the hell out of it.

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These are questions my editor wanted me to ask. I’m trying to build my journalistic career here.
You’re not building a journalistic career. You’re making yourself look like a moron and you’re not a moron. Who’s your editor?

Jada.
Jada is making you sound like a moron in front of people.

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You don’t always have to rhyme, though.
I’m going to forcefully sodomize your editor.

via fabska

These are advertisement for luxury items (watch, belt, sunglasses) for a men’s magzine, Officiel Hommes China.  ARe these ads more indicative of China’s increasing interests in butts or luxury items?

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I found this out while in Shanghai! Look Time.com names the Know Your Meme site as one of the top 50 Websites of 2009. When the show first launched early last year I listed my fave episodes. I knew that it was going to become a popular site even back then!

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So kenyatta produces a show called Know Your Meme. The entire show documents popular internet memes.  Memes are like genes, but instead of holding and replicating genetic information, memes are units of cultural information. The show’s style is like Jon Stewart’s Daily Show but instead of reporting on the whole world, they report on the internet.Yes the internet is a CONFUSING WORLD! How do we make sense of all the popular youtube videos and lolcats and emails about YoDawg? That’s why we need a show called Know Your Meme!

The on-screen team consists of Kenyatta, Jamie, and Ellie. And the behind screen magic consists of great internet researchers, editors, and camera people.

Now if you are wondering what what is the significance and wonder of documenting online ideas - then you must do two things right now:

1.) watch some video on Know Your Meme

2.) read Kenyatta’s interview, Life After Memes,  on Pop Tech. He discusses memetic activity as cultural practices. He also challenges Susan Blackmore’s notion that memes are bigger than people and actually control people. Kenyatta’s article essentially makes the point that memes do not control society, memes at the end of the day require people to have a life on the internet.