this is siwon's bitchface for you AFP

So I guess I don't normally comment on these things, but this time, I really have to just put it out there because it bothers me enough that I want to make a statement:

Amanda Fucking Palmer, I am not a fan.

In the interest of full disclosure, the first I ever heard of her was that she was dating (and is now engaged) to writer Neil Gaiman (of whose works I am a fan, though I am reserving judgment about whether or not I am fan of him as a person). Then unfunnybusiness, fandom_wank, and sf_drama has sort of fed me the rest of it. Which colors me slightly biased since those are all reports of her fail, but there you go. Maybe she should work harder at not failing so hard.

You know what, AFP?
- the see-through dress and stripping at an awards show was not really a problem (it was upon request of the media, after the awards ceremony, and the flash didn't help)
- Evelyn Evelyn, however, rubbed me all the wrong ways; it is offensive in so many ways and you playing it off as edgy and artistic does not make it okay
- and now? You decide you don't support Lady Gaga's product placements in her Telephone MV so you tweet, and I quote, "ironic product placement is only ok if you take no money & beyond that give all the income to something ironic. like the Klan."

As in, the KKK.

Really? NO.



You are doing it wrong.

Ugh.

I'll let the links do the talking because they make the point far better than I ever could. Read and learn. The internet is "real life", folks. What you say here does reflect who you are as a person. It does impact how people see you. And in AFP's case, it does affect the people who will or will not buy your music or support your career or what have you. I've never been one of those people but, hey, now I know I never will be.

ETA: Write-up on sf_drama