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Title: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Pete Svarrior on March 29, 2015, 10:41:03 PM
Lauren Barri-Holstein, actress and PhD student at Queen Mary University of London, decided to show a recording of her "feminist performance art concerned with the female body" as part of an introduction to a theatre class. Many students seemed displeased:

"It was surreal. I honestly didn't know how to react. I don't think I'll ever be able to look her in the eye in person, it's just weird."
"It's not even the fact we saw her lady parts, it's the fact I literally have no idea how the clip was in any way related to this module."
"It was just so extreme and I don't understand why it was in any way necessary."

While some were okay with it:

"I understand her aim is to actively gross out the audience and challenge us, which does actually make sense."
"She's really passionate about exposing our socially ingrained expectations, so I'm going to suspend my judgement and wait until I get to know her better as a teacher."

Here's a Telegraph article (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11489856/University-lecturer-plays-students-X-rated-video-of-herself.html) providing some more detail about the story. Now, without further ado, I present to you Splat!, helpfully censored and narrated by Youtube's very own Sargon of Akkad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFLl88OMWOY

Sometimes I really have doubts about my thoughts of going into academia.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Crudblud on March 29, 2015, 10:55:05 PM
As I was saying in IRC, this is exemplary of why the current avant garde is stupid.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Fortuna on March 29, 2015, 11:04:51 PM
This belongs on delusional artists on reddit.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Ghost of V on March 29, 2015, 11:08:41 PM
That was some of the most pretentious drivel that I've ever watched. What exactly am I supposed to be getting from this performance? It had something to do with feminism, or was this just basic shock art hiding behind a "meaningful purpose"'?
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Particle Person on March 29, 2015, 11:25:54 PM
Holy frick, that was hilarious.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Rushy on March 29, 2015, 11:36:51 PM
I always read the youtube comments before I watch a video. This avoids most situations where I wish I could "unwatch" things, and in this case I believe that I would very much like to unwatch this video, so I won't be watching it in the first place. Thanks, youtube comments.

Also, why do some students put up with this shit? If some crazy ass professor did shit like what the comments imply it is, then I'd just walk out. It isn't high school, you're paying them for an education, not bullshit.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: rooster on March 29, 2015, 11:44:00 PM
Down with the matriarchy!

That was stupid. It tried too hard to be shocking that it wasn't even shocking. I literally got nothing from that.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Saddam Hussein on March 30, 2015, 01:16:58 AM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Pete Svarrior on March 30, 2015, 01:23:53 AM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.
Ladies and gentlemen, Saddam reminding us why this kind of shit needs to continue to be called out as it happens.

No, Saddam, the channel is anything but mono-thematic, and the person you've ignored is not an MRA, unless you use that term to refer to everyone who has said anything bad about feminism ever. Which, come to think of it, you probably do.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Rushy on March 30, 2015, 01:24:45 AM
Saddam had to stop watching the video because he was triggered.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Saddam Hussein on March 30, 2015, 01:49:18 AM
He does seem to have some historical videos, upon a closer look.  His channel is simply mostly devoted to dumb MRA/redpiller/Gamergate/I'm-still-complaining-about-Anita-Sarkeesian-for-some-reason/wah-wah-won't-someone-think-of-the-menz stuff.  It comes down to the same thing in the end - a loser in a fedora raging about women who won't have sex with him.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Pete Svarrior on March 30, 2015, 02:05:01 AM
He does seem to have some historical videos, upon a closer look.  His channel is simply mostly devoted to dumb MRA/redpiller/Gamergate/I'm-still-complaining-about-Anita-Sarkeesian-for-some-reason/wah-wah-won't-someone-think-of-the-menz stuff.  It comes down to the same thing in the end - a loser in a fedora raging about women who won't have sex with him.
Give it up for Saddam, everyone. The man who managed to admit he was wrong, and then immediately followed it by being wrong again!

Just watch the video already. Don't be so terrified of someone you think you might disagree based on 5 seconds of listening.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Vindictus on March 30, 2015, 03:07:02 AM
He does seem to have some historical videos, upon a closer look.  His channel is simply mostly devoted to dumb MRA/redpiller/Gamergate/I'm-still-complaining-about-Anita-Sarkeesian-for-some-reason/wah-wah-won't-someone-think-of-the-menz stuff.  It comes down to the same thing in the end - a loser in a fedora raging about women who won't have sex with him.

I don't think you grasp some of the titles you've used here.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Particle Person on March 30, 2015, 03:12:56 AM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.

Here is the original (https://vimeo.com/67556847), for you and anybody else who might be triggered by the sound of a male's voice. I really, really recommend you watch it all the way through.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Tau on March 30, 2015, 04:00:00 AM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.
Ladies and gentlemen, Saddam reminding us why this kind of shit needs to continue to be called out as it happens.

No, Saddam, the channel is anything but mono-thematic, and the person you've ignored is not an MRA, unless you use that term to refer to everyone who has said anything bad about feminism ever. Which, come to think of it, you probably do.

Nah, I agree with Saddam. The narrator sounds like a complete m'lady. There's nothing wrong with criticizing someone for taking their feminism too far, but he seems like the kind of guy who gets sexual pleasure from complaining about the very concept of feminism. As for him not being mono-thematic, his promo video for his channel is him being proud of a bunch of people calling him sexist. I refuse to believe he doesn't have a fedora collection.

That said, stupid pretentious person did stupid pretentious thing. So crazy.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Blanko on March 30, 2015, 04:11:01 AM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.
Ladies and gentlemen, Saddam reminding us why this kind of shit needs to continue to be called out as it happens.

No, Saddam, the channel is anything but mono-thematic, and the person you've ignored is not an MRA, unless you use that term to refer to everyone who has said anything bad about feminism ever. Which, come to think of it, you probably do.

Nah, I agree with Saddam. The narrator sounds like a complete m'lady. There's nothing wrong with criticizing someone for taking their feminism too far, but he seems like the kind of guy who gets sexual pleasure from complaining about the very concept of feminism. As for him not being mono-thematic, his promo video for his channel is him being proud of a bunch of people calling him sexist. I refuse to believe he doesn't have a fedora collection.

That said, stupid pretentious person did stupid pretentious thing. So crazy.

Don't circlejerk, Saddam gets triggered by that too.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Pete Svarrior on March 30, 2015, 04:14:23 AM
Nah, I agree with Saddam. The narrator sounds like a complete m'lady.
If you judge a man by how he sounds and not by what he says, we're going to have to agree to disagree and never touch that subject again. I can predict no productive outcome, and if we try discussing it it's gonna end up the same as your contributions to the Ferguson thread.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Shane on March 30, 2015, 04:36:34 AM
My thought:

wtf why what and literally stop
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: beardo on March 30, 2015, 06:44:25 AM
there appears to be a furry on stage. didn't watch
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Tau on March 30, 2015, 01:12:31 PM
Nah, I agree with Saddam. The narrator sounds like a complete m'lady.
If you judge a man by how he sounds and not by what he says, we're going to have to agree to disagree and never touch that subject again. I can predict no productive outcome, and if we try discussing it it's gonna end up the same as your contributions to the Ferguson thread.

There is no way you seriously interpreted that sentence as me complaining about the sound of his voice. You know very well that I was talking about what he was saying. I think the narrator is a bit of a prick, based on how he described the video. On another note, how did that woman get accepted to grad school in the first place.

Pizaa, I feel like you're getting seriously personally offended by my disagreeing with you. I don't really understand why you are, but I apologize if that's the case.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Pete Svarrior on March 30, 2015, 06:41:12 PM
There is no way you seriously interpreted that sentence as me complaining about the sound of his voice. You know very well that I was talking about what he was saying. I think the narrator is a bit of a prick, based on how he described the video.
Your original complaint sounds like neither. It seems that you weren't focusing on what he was saying, but rather how he's saying it, and based on your clarification I'm still convinced that that was the case.

On another note, how did that woman get accepted to grad school in the first place.
She's a "feminist" in the UK. This stuff is all the rage now in some parts of Europe.

Pizaa, I feel like you're getting seriously personally offended by my disagreeing with you. I don't really understand why you are, but I apologize if that's the case.
Oh, not at all. I've noticed that people who disagree with me on these kind of subjects seem to think I'm angry or offended. I'm not, I'm just a prick.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Saddam Hussein on March 30, 2015, 07:31:11 PM
I did some research to see if anyone with more knowledge of the dramatic arts could properly interpret what was happening in that performance.  The results were inconclusive:

http://open-dialogues.blogspot.com/2013/03/review-splat-by-famous-lauren-barri.html

http://www.thisiscabaret.com/review-the-famous-lauren-barri-holsteins-splat/

This may be one of those things like deconstruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction), where only a select few people seem to be able to properly understand it.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Rama Set on March 30, 2015, 07:50:41 PM
I did some research to see if anyone with more knowledge of the dramatic arts could properly interpret what was happening in that performance.  The results were inconclusive:

http://open-dialogues.blogspot.com/2013/03/review-splat-by-famous-lauren-barri.html

http://www.thisiscabaret.com/review-the-famous-lauren-barri-holsteins-splat/

This may be one of those things like deconstruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction), where only a select few people seem to be able to properly understand it.

But have you watched it?  Maybe you will understand it if you just give yourself the chance.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Saddam Hussein on March 30, 2015, 08:15:50 PM
Are we still hung up on that dumb five-seconds thing?  I should never have said that.  Yes, I've watched the performance.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Theorist on March 31, 2015, 12:30:49 AM
Mute, play.  ;D

Saddam I knew you used a body double sigh, cheeky get.  :P
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: mister bickles on April 03, 2015, 10:22:43 AM
just more filth from feminists.....jew-controlled puppets pushing the jew agenda of nation wrecking and culture distortion;

the Bible says that a fountain cannot send forth both sweet water and bitter;

what spews out of the filthy jewish 'soul' is the most mind-numbing filth imaginable.....as you would expect from these Christ killers and anti-Christs;

nothing good can be said about jews......  :-X


the modern world is a jewish disease  :(
the "post-modern" world is a terminal jewish disease ☠ ☠


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnghY8Fol8s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T95azqKHjhE
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Hoppy on April 04, 2015, 06:49:02 PM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.

Here is the original (https://vimeo.com/67556847), for you and anybody else who might be triggered by the sound of a male's voice. I really, really recommend you watch it all the way through.
This video is truly a work o fart.
Title: Re: PhD student shows students X-rated footage of herself; viewers unimpressed.
Post by: Tau on April 05, 2015, 05:34:25 PM
I stopped watching the video five seconds in, when I realized I had been linked to a whining MRA screed.  I'm sure the performance itself is very stupid, but not quite as stupid as the sexually-frustrated loser who creates a YouTube channel devoted to ranting about how bitches won't have sex with him.

Here is the original (https://vimeo.com/67556847), for you and anybody else who might be triggered by the sound of a male's voice. I really, really recommend you watch it all the way through.
This video is truly a work o fart.

Damn, her channel is called "the famous Lauren Barrie Holstein". Even if she were actually famous, that would be pretentious. What a prick.
There is no way you seriously interpreted that sentence as me complaining about the sound of his voice. You know very well that I was talking about what he was saying. I think the narrator is a bit of a prick, based on how he described the video.
Your original complaint sounds like neither. It seems that you weren't focusing on what he was saying, but rather how he's saying it, and based on your clarification I'm still convinced that that was the case.

No, not at all. I was referring to his words. "Let's see how they desecrate memories of their youth and act out their daddy issues in public" and "which is not a surprise, since this is a feminist production" are two specific quotes that emphasize my point. I subjectively consider those to be things a neckbearded resident of r/atheist would say.