LOL! Of course I’d expect an author to look at the content, he’s the one writing and/or publishing it, isn’t he?

@Des Nice, that’s the same impression I got.

I’m guessing you’re the type of loser who likes his women barefoot and pregnant. You come across as uneducated, antagonistic, and misogynistic.

That or a shill…

I would have made the identical comment had it been a female blogger. Disingenuous is disingenuous, regardless of what restroom you use.

My hubby, for one, would never write of something as an “inspiration” that he did not even watch through. But he’s a Quaker, and has an extremely high standard of integrity.

Integrity counts. And frankly, it is not the worst thing that some people still expect it.

Seventeen minutes of straight up porn would have been more inspirational and not as degrading to women.

I wonder what part of the video Trent found inspirational? And is this the “art” that he showing his kids?

(N.B. I’m aware that many sexual assaults don’t involve male perpetrators and female victims, but the video is about a man assaulting women, so I’m sticking with that.)

You’re also right that there’s no such thing as a thought crime, but (1) once you take your thought and make a movie about it, and people give you awards for it and post it on the internet and call it inspiring, you’ve ventured pretty far out of “thought” territory and into “action” territory, and (2) likewise, it’s not a thought crime for *me* to point out that the video is based on a contemptible premise. Freedom of thought (or speech or expression) does not imply freedom from criticism.

I’m guessin’ you’re the types of broads who love to argue with your men just to demean them. You come across as petty, bitchy and unstable.

Inspiration: Beauty is the naked body of thin white females between the ages of 18-24.

Totally offensive. Sad Trent posted it; even sadder that (like @kc mentioned) the most likely explanation is that he never even watched it. Some inspiration.

It is a portrayal of fantasy. There is no such thing a a thought crime. The objectification is absolutely there, even if the object is adored but taken advantage of. But that is the entire basis of the porn industry; objectification of women is neither rare not fringe in mainstream America. The film is supposed to be metaphor for hidden in plain sight beauty, but yes, it definitely had a creep factor as well.

Anyway- I have no idea why it is on a finance blog.

And FYI- in art school, we tended towards extremely fat models, who had fabulous folds and wrinkles to draw with contour lines, or bodies with a lot of character. These bodies would have been considered extremely boring for sketching purposes.

I find the video contemptible because the art student regards the women’s bodies as public property: He thinks his desire to create art is more important than their right to choose for themselves where and when to take their clothes off. Even though what he’s doing is imaginary, this is presented as a positive thing. For someone to find it inspiring because he’s creating art, they’d have to agree with the premise that women’s bodies are public property, and regarding them as such is a positive thing. And I find that equally contemptible.

Now I am really hoping that Trent didn’t actually watch the video all the way through, because if he did, he’s saying that he finds sexual assault inspiring.