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The latest entry in the controversial Defame: Orlando blog - to my surprise? - crossed the line. While I know it's meant to "poke fun" at things - and in my opinion - usually is pointed at things worthy of "funpoking - this time it has crossed the line with a couple of things.

The latest post was a sort of parody of the Orlando Weekly's Best of Orlando annual feature - this time though, it's more of a "worst of orlando" blog post.

The usual hipster-shit content was abundant - who did what, where photographed by which club photographer and the dumb shit they wear. If you've ever read Defame you're already familiar with his/her style. So now, disclaimers and fairness aside, I present to you the formal call out on Defame: Orlando's Line Crossing:

First Line Crossed:



In the "Worst Fashion Accessory/Clothing Choice" category were many things i agreed were bad fashion choices - especially considering my standing as a knower of "good fashion." HA. Anyways, one item on the list there was "Jen Waylen. I wouldn't even touch her with your dick." I'm pretty sure they're referring to Jen Whalen, who is, in my opinion, firstly, not a "fashion accessory/clothing choice," and to call her one simply reduces her character to that of an objectified commodity that apparently has a trendiness to it that multiple people are drawn to. This is a bullshit way to attack someone who has been nothing but nice (an really funny to boot) to me and everyone i know. Secondly (sequentially, not in order of importance) her sexuality/sexual behaviour is of no one's business but her own. For all the shit talking i've heard about her, it's been mostly from men who, like defame says later in the same post, put her down for being with "too many people" or something of the sort. It's important to recognize first the societal double standard that exists that rewards men for "studliness" and demeans women for "sluttiness." The terms are the same with the distinction lying at the lines between the genders of those whom are given those titles. This makes both of their use unacceptable and the mental process that gave rise to their use, indeed bigoted. If you're a man who uses the words "slut," or "skank," or puts down women who you think have too much sex or sex with too many people - I say check yrself and quit that bigoted bullshit.

Second Line Crossed:



"Keri Smith - Worst Fixed Gear Kid/Worst Pretend Crust Punk Who Lives Off Of Parent's Income/Worst Myspace Friend Whore/Worst Fake DJ"

Seriously, some reader added this category and it's totally fucked up
To start - Keri's not the worst fixed gear kid, not even jshred who defame called the worst one (curly hair, glasses, bianchi hat) is the worst (or even bad, he offered me his pake when mine got stolen - great guy!), and really who care's who the worst one actually is - it's not Keri. And not to sound like the whole "i did it before it was cool thing" but me, keri, greg from stardust, adrien and davidson were the first kids here with fixies that i saw - i didnt' even start seeing them in front of ibar/bbq bar until maybe a year and a half later and that's her cred too. Period.

Next, the "Worst Pretend Crust Punk Who Lives Off Of Parent's Income" category can be immediately dismissed because again i can understand making fun of snobby kids whose parents buy them everything, but parental support to hardworking kids isn't available to be made fun of. Keri does a lot for Black Box - booking shows, running shows, maintaining a literature distro (a feat i failed at twice) working a full-time job. Fuck whoever thinks they know better then her what type of punk she can listen to or associate with based on her parents. Whomever sent that is kicked out of punk. Officially.

Myspace friend whore? who cares? I like friends too.

Fake DJ? Really? How can one be a fake dJ?
1. Pretends to spin records or play music? She doesn't do this.
2. Pretends to mix up shit and generally practice Turntablism? I've never heard her make any claim to be a scratchin' funky dj
3. Play bad music? I suppose that could be assumed as true from the parallax of a dumbfuck clubby who listens to dj tiesto all the time - viva la descendents!

Third (or Tertiary) Line Crossed:



"Worst community idea gone bad: Critical Mass. Hey awesome, let's raise awareness about bike riders and bike safety in Orlando, let's all get together once a month and ride. That's cool, but then you get the scene kids into it, that have to kick cars, spit on cars, act like assholes because they're on a bike or make it a total fashion scene, fuck you."

My commentary:
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Maybe they need this:


Ryan