Mail Order Housewives: Philippines
on iN DEMAND Pay Per View
on iN DEMAND Pay Per View
I can't even process this right now. We were looking at the listings and I thought I was going crazy. It was bad enough on the internet- now its on tv. I am so angry I can't even think straight.
(click on the pictures if you want to see them full size. It took me a little to do it. Even though I knew what was coming)
How does one react to this? Write letters to comcast? OnDemand? The porn industry?!?!
This should not be allowed. How does anyone think this is OK? And it is really scary that the idea of Mail Order Brides have embedded themselves into popular (or at least porn/fetishist) culture so much so that they have a movie about it?! This shows how commonplace and how marketable human trade and trafficking is. And how people exploit others for money. People using the Filipina body as an idealized image of all that is desirable, "exotic"- all while at the same time degrading it to "suit your every need". I knew mail order bride internet sites existed, but the fact that it is now in a movie is a whole other level entirely. Moving pictures. Complete control of bodies in motion. Maybe I am overreacting (I think not), but I don't recall any mail order brides excuse me, housewives movies available on iN DEMAND recently.
I think its also interesting how they chose "Mail Order Housewife" instead of "bride". They have even removed the slight honor "bride" gives through marriage rites and instead chose "housewife" which implies that Filipinas are there as workers who take care of the home.
I don't know what to do. I want to do something. Possibly involving me throwing the tv out the window- but seeing as it's not my tv and I will have a very angry roommate...not really feasible. I can't believe things like this happen. I mean can you excuse the porn industry just because it feeds on the basest and most vile of human desires? I say you can. I say that people should speak up and demand that things like this- disgusting, degrading, horrible, upsetting - movies like this should not be available "on demand". It is enough that you have commodified marriage? Is it enough that this is promoting what I think should be stopped. Its completely appalling. Something should be done. But I don't know who to blame. Everyone. Anyone. I know this might not help too much, but I think at least a letter writing campaign against iN DEMAND or something like that.
*Note: I just found out on the iN DEMAND website that it's "premiere" is today and will be playing until July 16. This must be stopped.
6 comments:
this is horrible.
i'm in for the campaign.
I'm in too. Let me know what I can do.
This is really disgusting. Another reason why I hate capitalism.
Thanks for the e-mail!
and let's not forget that other salient option for the righteously indignant: kill your television. no one's making you watch television--let alone choose "in demand" programming (get the concept? you only watch that particular programming if you CHOOSE)--you hypersensitive goober.
I don't watch television that much anyway. Its the mere fact of it EXISTING that upsets me more than anything. And I think it is the problem of that being available to any Tom, Dick, or Sally (who want to pay for it). Really, its just the magnification of the problem and moving it from one medium (internet) to another (tv).
P.S. I think it's ok for me to be righteously indignant. Someone's got to care about the oppressed people who are exploited-right? And who better than a privileged somewhat pretentious UC Berkeley undergrad sociologist bent on saving the world? =P
i think it's good to be righteous, D. at least you're not "self-righteous" like the name-calling anon above. "hypersensitive goober"? please.
Gladys, I think I know who the person was above and they were joking. But thanks for sticking up for me just the same. ^_^
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