Well, firstly, art teachers are not exactly known for their anti-feminism. Safe money is on her just being insufferable, especially given the fact that she deliberately left out what she said/did that got that response from the teacher, lol (or it's literally made up and she just made up the conflict in order to make herself the hero in a little tale).

Secondly, this is objectively a moronic response visually. Not only is it a dial (which implicitly supports the teacher's premise), but it is plainly obvious that there is a LOT of room on that dial between the two settings--this implicitly contradicts the apparent intention to communicate those two 'settings' as a binary proposition. Would have made much more sense to display it as a switch, a device that actually has only two binary positions.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While I agree with you on some of the above, I disagree with your choice to insult both the artist (“insufferable”) and the art (“moronic.”) It really weakens your point when you throw ad hominems into your argument. Your valid criticisms become clouded by an apparent bias, leading people to take your point less seriously.

[–] damnedfurry 0 points 4 weeks ago

I didn't insult the artist, I made an educated guess about details of the interaction based on the clearly-deliberately-omitted information.

I also didn't insult the art, I insulted the decision made in creating it, as it objectively (and I went into detail as to how) does the literal opposite of what it's intended to do, for no other reason than a lack of thinking things through even slightly.

[–] f314 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On the other hand, it shows that every step on the dial is a step towards being complicit in their own dehumanization. The teacher’s request seems to suggest that those are separate axes, whereas OP obviously does not think so.

[–] Duamerthrax 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the post is honest, this is an fine response. I'm always a little skeptical of ragebait posts, but I've had plenty of interactions with educators who run counter to what you would assume of their profession.

[–] damnedfurry 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's why I made my educated guess based not only on that's typical of a member of that profession, but that combined with the deliberate omission of what led up to the teacher's comment.

Those two factors together point much more strongly toward my guess than either of them would individually.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

You've never used a dial with only two settings before? Also, using a dial because the art teacher said to dial down? "Hey OP, switch down the feminism hur hur"