Didn't the whole "make me a sandwich" thing start with Cartman on South Park becoming ubiquitous only thereafter? Correct me if I'm wrong, but are we not taking a line from the lightening rod of deliberately impolitic characters and somehow elevating it to an actual, historical mantra of patriarchy? I swear, there is literally no sector of visible nerd-dom these days that has not been completely commandeered by the self-righteous puritans of political correctness who scramble over each other like fetid rats to be the first to condemn this or that as racist/sexist/homophobic/etc. and then afterwards congratulate themselves for being so heroic and progressive.
I'm sure this video is just meant for fun, and we should assign no real gender politics to it, but still, seeing Wonder Woman make a sandwich in a kitchen is hard to process in its horrible, horrible misogynist ramifications. All I know is this:
• There's no way that accent is real. She makes Sofia Vergara sound like Judi Dench.
• I don't expect this to be The Mary Sue's new favorite YouTube video.
• Is it better or worse that Wonder Woman is making the world's simplest sandwich? "Step 1: Put ingredients on bread. Step 2: Uh, eat it."
• Meanwhile, DC Editorial doesn't see a problem with this video, except Wonder Woman should have offered to have had emotionless sex with the sandwich afterwards.
• Chances of Superman and Batman watching football in the next room: 100%
• That sandwich is fucking terrible. Come on, Wonder Woman -- if you're going to throw your entire gender under the bus, at least do it with a sandwich that doesn't involve bologna or American cheese.
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"Go make a sandwich" jokes are seriously lame even by internet standards. What's even worse are people who think that they're being ironically funny by making those jokes. If you're going to be a sexist idiot, at least try to be clever or original about it.
Wow. That was horrible! I think I made it through about 30 seconds before her accent drove me off. She makes Maria Conchita Alonzo sound eloquent. It's like Salma Hayek had her tongue amputated.
If I want to watch a chick with a big rack make food, I'll watch Giada. At least her food is worth eating... and she has a lot more cleavage!
seems like everyone got something different from this video-
I had horrible flashbacks to an ex who would try to cook in that dainty manner so as to not muss her nails and/or make her fingers smell like whatever she was making (cause hand soap was such a strange concept?) - it took her like 30 mins to make a sandwich and it drove me insane. And no I never told her to get in the kitchen, she would insist despite being an awful cook. The girl was one of those insecure gotta take care of my man and look good for him at all times type (oh no if he sees me without makeup he'll bail! ) that sound so good on paper but are some of the most obnoxious people to ever co-habitat with. So I left her and swore of high maintenance girls for good - rant over... thanks for your time internets
If you can't stand the heat, Rob...
...Stay out of the kitchen.
Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a sandwich that needs my attention...
I thought the whole point of the "get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich" joke was specifically to mock that patriarchal sexist attitude, to show how stupid and silly it is. I always felt a true misogynist wouldn't deign a mere woman to be capable of making a sandwich the way he likes it. Demanding a woman make a sandwich suggests that the man is incapable or otherwise unable to do it himself, which hardly speaks to the male gender's alleged inherent superiority.
Or am I giving people too much credit?
I just watched this and it made me think of the "wonderful woman" up there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Dear AW'ing women of the internet: put your focus into something and become great at it. THEN post it on the internet.
Thanks, The Rest of Us
I couldn't finish the video. I didn't care so much about the "woman in the kitchen" deal as the fact that she can't even make decent comic book talk. Or think mixing Italian dressing and mayo is a good idea. Ick.
Someone get me a Wonder Woman outfit; I want to out-sandwich this bitch.
Uh, it's just some chick in WW cosplay sandwiching it up. I could not give less of a shit. Now, if it was an actual panel in an official DC comic, that'd be something to get riled up at, yessireebob. *smokes corncob pipe in disdain*
Wonder Woman made 40 sandwiches, except that instead of bread, she used the Lasso of Truth, and instead of filling, there were badguys. That's as many as four tens. And that's awesome
"Wonder Woman should have offered to have had emotionless sex with the sandwich afterwards" - are we still making fun of Red Hood #1?
It's more to do with the imagery; woman makes sandwich, misogynists cream their pants because a strong, independant woman who don't need no man is making a sandwich in the kitchen.
It's because 'get in the kitchen!' and 'make me a sammich' is an olde used misogynist thing back in the back olden country, where men didn't cook and women did; possibly around the time when independency started showing up.
This is all silly, however, as this isn't Wonderwoman at all. She might as well just be another attention *ahem* using her body to grab both at men and some women's love of breasts, and the lovely voluptiosity of them in a tight, this-doesn't-seem-to-be-working one-piece costume set.
Also, if she's making a sandwich, she's forgetting the very basic ingredient you must have in a delectable sandwich: steak sauce.
"It's because 'get in the kitchen!' and 'make me a sammich' is an olde used misogynist thing back in the back olden country, where men didn't cook and women did; possibly around the time when independency started showing up."
What is exactly wrong with women cooking?????
What next? We can't portray womne holding a baby? WOmen being inside a house? From now on the only images of women allowed are of them sitting in a C.E.O.'s desk or holding a punnel in a lab?
What is this? A planet where monkeys evolved from men?
Nothing's wrong with it; not inherently, anyways. The problem stems from when strong, independant women -- see: Wonder Woman, Power Girl, Big Bertha -- are depicted in fiction, there are plenty of misogynists who probably cry foul.
Mostly due to the fact that they aren't barefoot pregnant in a kitchen somewhere. In and of itself, the act isn't wrong by any stretch of the imagination; however, it's been used so much by the primal side of the male population, that such an act is taboo-ish, especially involving a well-beloved and strong woman such as Wonder Woman, and to a degree, Power Girl.
All this is moot, truthfully, as the act itself is harmless and this isn't as misogynistic -as- its' portrayed to be, but there's plenty subsective minority of nerds creaming their pants at a Wonder-Woman wannabe who probably glanced at the local hentai or porn section of the internet and saw the deliciously sexy costume, adopted it and then posed as Wonder Woman to get attention.
Because otherwise, it would just be another cute-girl-in-costume-shoves-breasts-into-camera video. Even though that is precisely what it is.
Long story short, misogynists need to shut the fuck up and eat some of their own bananas, and people should stop taking this shit as seriously as they do, at least in terms of nerdery. In terms of politics, take it as seriously as possible.
Because fuck politics.
Sorry I couldn't make it more then a moment into the video before I could picture Yanosh Poha from Ghostbusters 2 in that Wonder Woman outfit. That accent is a killer.
DAMN YOU BRICKEN!!!!!!! MY VENGEANCE WILL BE SWIFT AND TERRIBLE!! . . . .and mostly made of cheese.
"I love Green Lantern because he is so hawt, and I know I like Spider-man too, I would like to be full of that spider thing that they pull out, you know the white thing, y'know what is the name?" "It looks wonderful like me WONDERFUL WOMAN!"
Oh dear, god...my mind. I agree with Rob that is a fucking terrible sandwich, I mean where is the bacon? Salami? gummy bears? Powdered sugar? Rat poison? Chocolate laxatives? Blood of a virgin maiden? You can't call that a sandwich if it doesn't have the BARE essentials.
You think that's bad, you should see the video with Batman making Vichyssoise...it's not more sexist, but his accent is even MORE unintelligible.Hey...I sense a contest theme! :D
So am I the only one who noticed that at around 1:26 she says "no no, lemon pledge'
poor excuse to feminine kind. -_- shame on herand shame on all women that let themselves be demeaned ****s
I thought she was going to do something with heroin after the first ten seconds of talking. I was disappointed.
All this over a girl acting goofy in a video. And we wonder why people still make fun of us nerds.
It's a stupid video of some girl who wants attention, nothing "sexist" or "misogynistic" about it.
Nothing wrong with a woman making a sandwich, for herself or others. It's about offensive as a husband pushing the furniture.
"...and we should assign no real gender politics to it..."
"gender politics"? You've got to be kidding me. Use of that term is completely incompatible with having a Y-chromosome.
What, you thought politics was about philosophy, ideals and values? No sir, it's about whether or not you have a vagina.
Judging by what people in politics have been talking about lately - yes. It is completely about whether or not you have a vagina.
Although that WOULD be a pretty neat trick if you could make it like one! No giving birth to twins does not count!
Just remember: you get to decide what vaginas are for, as long as you don't have one.
I'd just like folks to keep their philosophies, ideas and values outta my vagina. I mean, it's not a clown car or anything . . .
About time a woman in comics knew her place. It's barefoot and in the kitchen... stuffed in a refrigerator. Actually, DC could learn from this video. It isn't enough they took away Diana's no man origin and made her confront some daddy issues. They should totally have her in the kitchen making Steve a sammwitch. I mean DC already has enough strong female characters. Starfire is sleeping with her male teammates and there's talk of new team members she can sleep with. Just like the other orange creature known as Snooki, she clearly is a modern female role model for the 21st century. Now that's some progressive female empowerment I can get behind. Keep up the good work, DC.
Funny. I was just reading Wonder Woman The Conplete History by Les Danirls. One old golden age panel they have is wonder woman being chained to a stove in the kitchen. I am kinfa rekinded of that.Though despite all the bondage imagery and overtones, creator Marsten was unconventional and rather progressive. Aside from living with basically two wives, he said with the inventions of the 20th century, women would throw off the yolk of house work servitude and become the dominant gender. Of course DC tends to ignore such progressive and radical messages Marsten said he was trying to promote and spread through the then new and popular medium of comics.
In other news, Snooki is pregnant.
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