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Llencelyn · **Joined:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:04 am **Posts:** 258

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Here is one way you can fight rape culture. If you have just watched a movie with a rape scene:

1. Go to the Wikipedia page
2. Note the scene’s description
3. Note that it likely does not use the word “rape,” but probably instead says “have sex,” “seduces,” or “love scene.”
4. Revise the description of the scene and use the word “rape”
5. Go back in 6 months and return it to “rape,” as a rape apologist or rapist has by now has revised it back to “love scene”
6. Repeat

This idea is great! I can't believe I never thought of it. The closest I've come is modifying pronouns to be gender neutral. Does anyone else have suggestions along this line?

Quixotess · **Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:02 am

Llencelyn wrote:

Does anyone else have suggestions along this line?

Yes, I do. TV-Tropes is a brilliant source for discovering new works and artists, but unfortunately it is very US-centric (with a large subset of Japanese anime/manga), white, and so on. I have resolved to look up TVTropes entries for any works that I have recently read/watched/&c by or centering people from marginalized nations, or works by or centering racialized people, &c. If those entries exist, I add to them. If they do not exist, I make them. I also add their tropes to the main trope pages. This should increase their exposure. It has not been a very long time since I made this resolution, but here is one page, for the book Funny Boy, that I made myself.

Eirwyn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:47 am

I just saw Paranormal Entity, which has a vague rape scene...

Spoiler: show

The Wikipedia article doesn't mention the rape at all, so I'm wondering if I should go ahead and put that in there or not, at least to warn away people who don't want to see that? What do you guys think?

Learn Hexadecimal · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:27 am

I'd say go for it, Eirwyn. It seems reasonably clear from the evidence you've given.

Eirwyn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:09 pm

All right, it's done.

Edit:

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Paranormal Entity, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.

Oh fuck you, Wikipedia.

Llencelyn · **Joined:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:04 am **Posts:** 258

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did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot

Seriously? What the heck. More clearly identifying something in a plot summary is constructive by definition! Is there any way to submit a complaint or something?

Eirwyn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:48 pm

I don't know, let me look...

Edit: Here we go. I can report the Clue bot's edit and try to go back and do it again. I guess I have to wait for a response after the report. I hope it goes over well.

Llencelyn · **Joined:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:04 am **Posts:** 258

Good luck!

Eirwyn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:57 pm

Thanks! I think I succeeded. It's been minutes and the change I made hasn't been reverted back. I'm going to keep watching it, though.

MomTFH · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:53 am

Way to go!

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