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I’m out of the loop, what’s the pizza cake drama?
pizzacake is a woman with opinions. misogynists hate her for that. One time, she didn't handle that very well. Lots of people got banned on reddit. Now people here mostly bitch about her comics being "low effort" and such, which mostly just reveals "I don't have a legit argument to hate this person so I'm going to pointlessly criticise her work instead."
As I've said in another comment, if some rando did the same scenario in ragemaker and posted it, everyone would be all over how relatable it is.
That said, it is possibly to simply not like the artstyle, or to not find the scenario relatable, or whatever criticism a person might have. Divorced of context, those criticisms sound valid. With context though, it becomes obvious that it is popular to persecute pizzacake.
Y'all have got to join us in reality.
Yes, there are some misogynists who hate pizzacake because she is a woman exercising her agency.
That is not the majority of pushback against her, just the most disgusting and vocal.
The vast majority of criticism of pizzacake is towards her lack of punchlines, constant strawmanning, the unbelievable sycophants who follow and worship her and have turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake, and for pizzacake's pattern of poor behavior in interactions on reddit and elsewhere.
There is a lot of grossness surrounding the entire pizzacake topic, yes, that's undeniable. But to effectively chalk up all or most of the criticism as misogyny when a healthy majority of it sticks to the content of her comics or conduct in direct interactions rather than any extracurricular activities she may engage in, is just disingenuous as fuck.
I should clarify, I'm not claiming that everyone who is criticizing pizzacake is a misogynist. I am however saying that it is popular among misogynists to bully women artists and call it "criticism", thus, the presence of certain kinds of criticism indicates an increased likelihood that the "critic" is actually a misogynist, even if the criticisms at face value are legitimate.
I shouldn't need to have a law degree to write a comment in a comics forum.
Ah, I remember having these arguments about whether Star Wars 7 should have let Rey be a woman. Uh, I mean, a Mary Sue.
The parallels are stark indeed. Divorced of context, it's perfectly reasonable to accept the argument that Rey is a poorly written character (because she is). Normal, well adjusted people were able to accept that the sequel trilogy sucks for numerous reasons, Rey being a poorly written character being one of them, and then move on. The problem with this criticism isn't the criticism itself, but rather the people who bang on and on and on about it reveal that they didn't have a problem with the writing, they had a problem with a female character having agency.
"Mind what people do, not just what they say, for deeds will betray a lie."
I'm not on Reddit, I don't care what the subreddit is like.
fans of [thing] are on the subreddit of [thing] saying how much they like [thing]?! I guess I should hate everything then!
Your grasping at straws here man.
For some reason PCC:s supporters never mention that she threatened to sue a subreddit for making fun of her comics. "One time she didn't handle that very well" that's putting it very mildly. PC is just toxic
Is that what the narrative is now? I think the critics would have mentioned it last time, they were very thorough and even cited sources.
I didn't know who she was or her gender when I said I hate her art style is almost as much as Ben Garrison's.
You forgot to mention the frequency of her posts is to drive traffic to her onlyfans.
I only hear about her onlyfans from people who don't like her because she has an onlyfans. You advertise more than she does.
She has an only fans??! o.O zomg
Thanks lemmy566567 for letting me know! I'll check it out right now!
Which tier of her patron do you subscribe to?
My dude, are you calling me a simp? I didn't know she had a patreon before today, and I wouldn't be a subscriber even if I did. There's infinite porn available for free. Everything I know about pizzacake is from the comment sections (and included links) of the last 3 times one of her comics made it into my feed. I have some basic reading and comprehension skills, so it's not hard for me to quickly see exactly what's going on here.
I’m not your dude, guy.
My apologies for calling you a dude against your will.
Also, Guy is my father, but that's besides the point.
The rest of my comment still stands.
Is it pronounced Guy or Gee?
Guy, kinda like Hai, but with the G from Gif.
Jai?
You’re just slightly off, but almost got it.
She is a proud misandrist and a camgirl. Also the punchline of most of her comics is that impotent rage allows her to yell louder than any opinions she disagrees with.
All I know is she posts lewds to her Patreon and has lots of simps
I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do. Maybe I'm too European to lose my marbles over some nipples.
Like the green knight, for example.
She has an onlyfans
her comics are ~~mid~~ mediocre and you will catch a ban if you say that in r/comics
I wasn't aware we're bringing Reddit dramas to fester on Lemmy
That's her biggest platform by far, so I think what they said is fair game. Does Mastodon never talk about what happens on Twitter or BlueSky? The fact Reddit is a cesspool doesn't mean we should pretend it doesn't exist.
It doesn't mean we should imitate them either
But we're not...? Someone just asked "what's the drama?" and someone matter-of-factly said what the drama is. What makes you think anything here is imitating Reddit?
The rest of the comments under the post? Like half of them are recreating the same drama all over
Calling her comics mid as fuck? I mean they are, but that isn't "drama".
Bringing pizzacake to Lemmy and not expecting her sycophants to follow is like stealing a block of cheese from a rat and not expecting it to follow you.
I'll try not to let it happen again.
To be fair “your comic sucks” is kind of a dickish thing to comment.
Excuse me, I thought mid meant something along the lines of mediocre, not suck.
I’m being hyperbolic.
OK. I'm not being hyperbolic.
And you were correct
It does.
It does and doesn't.
It means 'middle', but to be 'middle' in a world of greats is to be lame and worth very little.
Think about it this way: when someone says something sucks, no one ever corrects them "nah, it's mid," like in a positive way.
It wasn't intended to be either a slight or a compliment.
If you ain't first, you're last? Nah. That don't make no sense.
https://youtu.be/20iio0wLpPA
I'm not making prescriptions, man, I'm just telling you how people use the word. You have to think about how people use hyperbole.
Mid is often used in reference to things that are culturally popular, and so is a way to denigrate them. In that way, the person is saying "actually, Marvel's not that good," or "eh, it's not really worth your time," or "you seem kinda stupid for liking trash media so much."
In other contexts, 'mid' can mean 'average' just fine: "Not good, not bad. Worth one go around, maybe." That's why I said it does and it doesn't.
People are reading something into it that I didn't intend, so I changed it. I'm not arguing about how other people use it or saying you are wrong.
Its kind of a dick move to start writing hate comments under a comic that you find mildy displeasing.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, if you have like.. actual constructive feedback go for it, but “this is mid/low effort” really isn’t helpful