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yvanehtniojMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:35am
Renner told Entertainment Weekly that “it was not meant to be serious in any way. Just poking fun during an exhausting and tedious press tour.”

Just a coupla boys letting off some steam via misogyny, what’s the big deal?
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  Lady Hazel of Wassernameyvanehtnioj
  4/24/15 10:42am
  This only furthers my belief that Jeremy Renner is really and truly an asshole.
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  CarnyAsadayvanehtnioj
  4/24/15 10:49am
  Evans, at least, managed an actual apology. Tip for Renner: “just blowing off steam” is not the same as “I screwed up and I’m sorry.”
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LindaMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:38am
Tony Stark was a WAY bigger slut than Natasha Romanoff.

Are we really giving this much press to a fucking joke about a fictional person?
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  Adebisi's hatLinda
  4/24/15 10:49am
  It was a dumb attempt at being funny, but I’ll never get how this is being labelled misogyny.
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  LindaAdebisi's hat
  4/24/15 10:58am
  Me neither, and I’m a woman. Of course I was such a big slut back in the day they retired my number.
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DudeBro69Madeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:34am
They are obviously joking and answering a question about shipping psuedo in character (but not really). If anything, this comes across like making fun of people who can’t get over being jilted. Perhaps they shouldn’t have said it, but after watching the video, I fail to see any major aggressions.

I feel like a lot of the outrage comes from people not watching the video
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  andsmokeit is mrs tormund giantsbaneDudeBro69
  4/24/15 10:42am
  yeah, like on surface before watching the video i get why people are pissed by the language.
  
  but in context, its come across much less harsh
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  chynameDudeBro69
  4/24/15 10:46am
  If the Marvel movies and merch had better female representation, this probably would have been a non-issue—two tired and punchy actors who said something stupid without thinking. But since it happened the same day as the news that Black Widow has been left off of nearly all the movie merch (and the issue of female characters being left out in general has been in the news as well), their dumb comments ended up carrying a lot more weight.
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andsmokeit is mrs tormund giantsbaneMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:39am
okay i’m admittedly biased here (we all know my love for chris evans runs really deep), but i feel like the outrage for the whole thing is disproportionate. Yes, it was a dumb-ass thing to say. It was a juvenile answer to a fucking dumb-ass question. i mean really. what is even a real answer to that question?

also, this on a whole different level, but why does she need to be paired up with anyone in the first place? like heaven forbid she not bone someone because she’s the one girl and girls always be wantin’ a man. i love joss wheadon but he always falls into this trope
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  panUNDEADdroid7andsmokeit is mrs tormund giantsbane
  4/24/15 10:46am
  i love joss wheadon but he always falls into this trope
  
  Both Buffy and Faith were pretty man free by the end of the series. Buffy had really gone away from trying to make it work with romance, focusing on Dawn and being a slayer instead (an idea which they continue to reinforce in the comics). And sure, Faith was hooking up with Robin Wood, but she was very adamant about letting him know “it is what it is” and keeping her boundaries.
  
  I haven’t watch much of Angel or Dollhouse though, so I don’t know how he handled that. And Firefly...eh, I won’t go there lest the whole internet hate me.
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  WyllaManderlyandsmokeit is mrs tormund giantsbane
  4/24/15 10:46am
  I feel like I'm falling into two camps here. Like, honestly the outrage over it feels kind of... Manufactured. It's like people heard it and were like "Oh, here's something we can be pissed off about." Like a dumb joke in an interview doesn't deserve nearly this much attention.
  
  HOWEVER, it definitely raises a point about MCU. She's being called a slut for basically interacting with dudes only, but who the fuck else is she gonna interact with? All the other women that they've put on the Avengers team? All 0 of them? Guh. I think Marvel themselves are a much bigger problem than Renner and Evans, who essentially seem to be pretty harmless frat bros.
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CassiopeiaSDMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 11:18am

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Peggy Carter will not tolerate your misogyny.

Seriously though, I am at least glad Evans sincerely apologized. Captain America is one of my favorites, partially because he has a history of fighting against social inequality, and I’d hate to look at him and see someone who unabashedly slut-shames his colleagues. How’d Jeremy Renner respond?
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  manybellsdownsipsPiglioGriglioCassiopeiaSD
  4/24/15 11:37am
  Renner’s “apology” was in the vein of “I’m sorry if you were offended it was just a joke”. Not good.
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  CassiopeiaSDmanybellsdownsipsPiglioGriglio
  4/24/15 12:09pm
  Eh, well, he was always one of the weaker actors, and Hawkeye’s easily the least interesting Avenger (as seen in the MCU, not the comics), so who really cares what his opinion is. The most interesting thing about his character was his relationship with Black Widow, so if he doesn’t respect her, fuck him.
  
  Maybe he’s bitter about the Hawkeye Project. If so, we should make more pictures for the Hawkeye Project.
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fighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian SrMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:37am
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  wafflesfriendsworkfighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian Sr
  4/24/15 10:39am
  
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  Lady Hazel of Wassernamefighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian Sr
  4/24/15 10:41am
  After seeing Bronson, I would absolutely not fuck with Tom Hardy, but I would fuck Tom Hardy.
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fabulousgiraffeMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:32am
If Jezebel can forgive Trevor Noah for his sexist and racist tweets, they can forgive Evans and Renner for what they said
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  DudeBro69fabulousgiraffe
  4/24/15 10:35am
  Noah was much more offensive than this.
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  Madeleine Daviesfabulousgiraffe
  4/24/15 10:57am
  Can’t speak for all of Jez, but how exactly would I forgive Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner when I’m not angry enough (read: not angry at all) to require forgiveness?
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Feminist KittenjoyMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:36am
This was totally a tale of two apologies: 1) Evans apologized for being offensive while 2) Renner apologized that you were offended by something that wasn’t meant to be offensive, why are you so sensitive, can’t you see that we were just joking around, jesus.
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  mocenaFeminist Kittenjoy
  4/24/15 10:43am
  Further evidence that Chris Evans is actually Captain America.
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  HaHaYouFoolFeminist Kittenjoy
  4/24/15 10:48am
  Yes. I get a lot of heat from people (men and women) who get frustrated and offended when I point out the existence and unacceptability of these kinds of bullshit sexist comments (“Gawd, it’s just a joke, can’t you lighten up??”). And I always say, “Look, I’m not asking for perfection. Our society is screwed up, and we all - even me - make these mistakes sometimes. All I’m asking for is that we recognize it when it happens, and then take genuine responsibility for it.” Evans did that. Renner did not. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t even care (that much) about the joke. It’s the non-apology that makes me mad, because it reveals just how much he doesn’t understand the issue. And THAT’s the heart of the problem.
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Mitch ConnorMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:36am
Renner’s non-apology was worse than the offending comments. Evans’ was gracious and appropriate.

Tom Hardy is a beautiful weirdo. If you haven’t seen his old myspace photos, do it now:

http://www.rsvlts.com/2012/10/01/tom...
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  Feminist KittenjoyMitch Connor
  4/24/15 10:39am
  Posted the same in the greys. It was a textbook example for how to properly apologize and non-apologize to the same offense.
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  goat-cheeseMitch Connor
  4/24/15 10:46am
  Thank you for making my morning with the Tom Hardy MySpace stuff.
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artless.dodgerMadeleine Davies
4/24/15 10:39am
1.) Give Blue Ivy a reality show and cancel Patti Stanger. I think Blue Ivy would be a lot more open to short/pale/red-headed/curly-haired women and would not shame them as Patti does.

2.) You can murder me anytime, Tom......in the bedroom.

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  theworldofmarlaartless.dodger
  4/24/15 10:48am
  Dammit, why you gotta post that gif? I’ve got work to do today...
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  artless.dodgertheworldofmarla
  4/24/15 10:53am
  Do no work today. It is Friday.
  
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