I finally got myself (read: I made Jani get it and pay for it) a new CD-DVD burner after making my previous one stuck. It wouldn’t even respond to the emergency opening procedure nor would the aid of a sharp kitchen knife (or nail scissors) do any good — it was stuck beyond stuck. I don’t really get exactly what I did to break it that badly… swapping discs 20 or so times while installing The Sims 2 with all expansion & stuff packs is probably the act that made the drive head for the equivalent of Hell for computer parts.

The new one is a Samsung (a brand I’ve always been happy with), so far seems to be quiet & co-operative enough. I’ve yet to taste the burning process but since I have to back-up the Champions Online installer (…I just can’t stop mentioning that game, can I? While I’m on the subject, check out the hero cards I made for Preah Lha & Pepper Dew!), I believe I’ll be doing just that in a moment. The best part? It has Lightscribe! ♥ ♥ ♥ I’ve wanted a Lightscribe drive since ‘07 but they’ve always been hellishly expensive. This one was marked down to 35€ so breaking the previous POS drive couldn’t have come at a better time. ♥

And now, the main reason I was inspired to write in my exhausted state of mind are two questions I’ve been posed in the past week that’ve left me all kinds of …

1. Why do you objectify women? All your art has skimpy-clothed and provocative women, and your game characters follow the same theme. I’ve also seen you post pictures of yourself in very little clothing? Why? Have you no shame? How can you call yourself a feminist?

First off, I don’t objectify women for the sake of objectifying women, if that’s what the question is. I enjoy & appreciate a more burlesque view on female beauty and I don’t see a reason as to why women should wear turtlenecks and ankle-lenght full skirts all the time. I think the female body is an extremely beautiful creation in all its forms and should be appreciated as such. I don’t see women as objects, nor do I see men as objects, nor children, nor pets, nor your next door neighbor’s goat. If one wishes to display their body in a provocative fashion, one should damn well be allowed to do so.

Second, I have never, under any circumstances, claimed to be a feminist. I’m not, and never will be. I think that’s something for other women, but not me; I’ve always been a tomboy and think of myself as a (very gay) guy, pretty much. I think the world needs feminists, just like it needs schauvinists, but I’m neither. I consider all creatures on Earth equal.

And no, I don’t have any shame on this issue. I don’t feel I need to apologize to anyone for liking the necklines plunging and the skirts short as far as women go. You got it? Flaunt it.

But on the subject of feminism… every time I state I’m not a feminist (GASP. HORROR.), I get someone screaming my ear off about how I’m pushing all women back to the middle ages. How am I doing that? I don’t act against feminists, do I? How do I harm other women by simply not choosing to fight that in particular war? Women’s rights, amazing stuff right there, but there are plenty of women who take the ideology of feminism way too far and I feel like feminism in general has slowly turned from seeking equal rights to somehow trying to make the female out to be better than the male which is just bullcrap. I believe we’ve all been made for different purposes, not to compete with each other over every little thing so we can be “equal”. Yes, women and men have different innate abilities and men are more drawn to physicality while women are more emotional and are generally more physically frail — why is this considered wrong and why does it need to be changed? If thinking that every single creature is equal but different for a reason makes me a threat to all women everywhere , fine. So be it. I’d rather represent the entire human race rather than just the gender I happened to be born as by wild chance. Being female does not automatically make me a feminist. Please do not draw such conclusions. Thank you.

2. Why do you blog about gaming so much? It’s annoying.

Um, because I am a… hardcore gamer? o.O What should I write about, butterflies?

You’re in a gamer’s blog… you can expect to see gaming entries a-plenty. Logical, no? I don’t see a reason in having a blog that I pay for every month just so I can discuss things that don’t interest me in the slightest. Fashion? I know jack shit about that. Make-up? All I know about it is that I have a lot of it and wear a lot of it. I’m not even going to try to come across as an expert on a subject I know absolutely nothing about. I know about gaming, so I write about gaming.

So just… get.. over… it…?

…why do people have this constant need to try and get people to be exactly like they themselves are? Why must everyone fit a certain role that’s being spoon-fed to them? Just so the world can be easier to understand?  *sigh*