In case you missed it, during last night’s opening bit, Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the opportunity to make a few funnies about the rape allegations against Bill Cosby:
Lena Dunham, for one, thought it was hilarious:
It's like a puppet show. Two women comedians (so feminist!!!) make a rape joke (hey they're women!) and Lena Dunham (A FEMINIST!!) laughs
— ПFFT_GIRЛ (@PFFT_GIRL) January 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/wjlly2/status/554673089586278401
And Cosmo senior political writer and Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic is right there with her:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/554659985981210624
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/554676548264267776
In fact, Filipovic thinks rape should totes be mined for comedic material:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/554677246884331520
Salon assistant editor — and feminist, natch — Jenny Kutner agrees with Filipovic:
Last night's #GoldenGlobes were a master class in how to tell a rape joke http://t.co/4PqBMreiDj pic.twitter.com/B8lQWXjnn9
— Salon (@Salon) January 12, 2015
Kutner writes:
You might have heard already that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler “went there” at the Golden Globes on Sunday — that they pulled no punches when it came to the sexual assault accusations against Bill Cosby, that they poked fun at the comedian’s alleged history of drugging and raping nearly two dozen women. It was a good and uncomfortable move. As my colleague Sonia Saraiya noted, the jokes were “bold, brash, and refreshingly on-the-nose,” arguably the only way of handling such a sensitive topic in the first ten minutes of a Hollywood awards show. Ultimately, though, Fey and Poehler didn’t have to bring up the Cosby allegations at all; judging from the audience’s uncomfortable response, people might have been more comfortable if they hadn’t.
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To be sure, Fey and Poehler stood on stage and made not just one, but a series of rape jokes at the Golden Globes. And they managed to be both refreshing and transgressive in joking about something that’s all too often joked about in the wrong way.
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Three cheers for feminism, baby! The Left has a long history of using rape victims for its own gain; it’s not surprising libs will now use them as the butt of jokes.
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@WhyofCorso @JillFilipovic tell one to a rape victim, Jill. I'm sure they'll just DIE from laughter!
— ?dunc the halls? (@whduncan) January 12, 2015
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Rape is no laughing matter tho. Right, Salon? RT @Salon: Last night's #GoldenGlobes were a master class in how to tell a rape joke
— Sarah (@mamaswati) January 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/554688502751703042
Wtf? “@Salon: Last night's #GoldenGlobes were a master class in how to tell a rape joke http://t.co/qcDLgRiBEy pic.twitter.com/yPTYZTBoS1”
— The Brickhouse (@Brickhouse0733) January 12, 2015
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You really just posted that? #YesAllWomen @Salon
— Robert B (@PatriotBeez) January 12, 2015
Gee, feminism is a lot more fluid than we were led to believe.
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/554684506268246016
Relax, Jill. Maybe they were just joking! (See what we did there, honey?)
https://twitter.com/sunflowergirrl/status/554687875464175616
Just why. Why make a rape joke. Even if you're pretty sure you're punching up. Why.
— Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) January 12, 2015
So bummed as an Amy Poehler fan that she went ahead and read the Cosby rape joke off of the prompter for the world to hear. Dammit.
— Trey (@TreyIrby) January 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/farawayfergies/status/554469469041340416
!!! exploiting the struggle of rape victims for a joke is not "feminism" !!!
— elizabeth (@evfishman) January 12, 2015
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Asked … and answered:
https://twitter.com/ButtBlood/status/554688597669191681
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