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Mindy is wrong. Anyone sensing SJW / Feminist overtones shoehorned in?

posted 9 years ago by electronicoffee
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*beep* Mindy has always been about 'oh I'm gonna meet the right guy' from the FIRST EPISODE. She's always been about 'finding mr. right, having babies, being taken care of' for her ENTIRE LIFE and since the series began- then she finally gets what she wants and he doesn't want to get married, doesn't want to be a dad, but she wants that and let's it happen and pushes him into it all- then when it comes time to pony up and be a mom and pop out a few kids (ie: her original plan) she's suddenly acting like he's an *beep* for wanting all of the things she said she wanted. This is typical feminist *beep* rhetoric. Mindy is the *beep* up one here. Mindy wanted X and when she got X it wasn't good enough and she's punishing her man for wanting what she made him want. He finally turned into what she wanted and it wasn't good enough and now she's gonna be a bitch and move out on him. *beep* it, if she leaves him I'm SO done with this show. She's gone from being 'ms. pretty in pink rom-com princess to IMMA STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMYN MMMHMMM"

'Cause I ride like Kelly Bundy, Yo I keep that *beep* nasty~ (Spank Rock)

[–] hilaryjrp 9 years ago

Your tone is so offensive I'm a dumb-ass for responding, but insofar as the series has changed its genre: you're right.

You're right, that is, unless the genre was never supposed to be comedy at all but satire. If it was intended as satire--and it sure as heck could have been--then it succeeded at exactly what it aimed at. But that's still changing genres, because if it looks like a duck, quacks, and walks like one, then it's a duck. And The Mindy Project was supposed to be a comedy.

[–] electronicoffee 9 years ago

It's not offensive but thanks for your reply.

'Cause I ride like Kelly Bundy, Yo I keep that *beep* nasty~ (Spank Rock)

[–] kendrah66 9 years ago

Like the other poster, I'm sure I'll be sorry for answering this due to the "It's all an evil feminist plot" tone of your post. But here goes.

Sensing? Mindy was always a feminist. It's no secret. Any woman who goes into a challenging, high-powered career such as medicine is pretty much guaranteed to be a feminist. Maybe not by some misogynistic definition where some men want to say that all feminists hate men and marriage but under the normal definition of wanting women to have the same opportunities men have, get paid for their work, be able to get into med school just like men, yup, feminist.

Wanting to be married and have kids and being a feminist aren't mutually exclusive. Many feminists are, in fact, married and have children. That's how new feminists come into being.

Mindy (the character) said in the last episode of season 2 that she'd never quit her job and would hire a nanny for any babies. I'm thinking her main reasons for wanting to leave it at one baby at this point isn't so much a change of mind but because Danny is trying to trap her into staying home by having more babies right away. If he'd just calm down and let her do her job and have a second baby within a normal length of time (let's say 2 years apart -- she has that egg-freezing opportunity right at her fingertips), she would likely have another baby.

In fact, Danny is the one who changed his mind about only wanting one child at most. This probably feeds Mindy's suspicions that he is only doing it to trap her.

[–] activista 9 years ago

@kendrah666

Any woman who goes into a challenging, high-powered career such as medicine is pretty much guaranteed to be a feminist. Maybe not by some misogynistic definition where some men want to say that all feminists hate men and marriage but under the normal definition of wanting women to have the same opportunities men have, get paid for their work, be able to get into med school just like men, yup, feminist.

That's true to some extent---also, if a woman isn't a feminist before she goes into an all-male field, she sometimes will be after having to deal with all the sexism thrown at her (there's so much online testimonies from women in the STEM fields about how they have to deal with major sexism all the time there.)

[–] dreamgavino 9 years ago

women are allowed to change their minds.. also, I think it's the other way around maybe DANNY is the one punishing Mindy for turning him into something he didn't want to be in the first place hence the push for another baby and being against Mindy's job

Do you even go to this school?
No.. I just have a lot of feelings..
Ok go home

[–] hilaryjrp 9 years ago

maybe DANNY is the one punishing Mindy for turning him into something he didn't want to be in the first place hence the push for another baby and being against Mindy's job

This is a very interesting theory, it really is. Kind of like the Duggars and cranking out one baby after the next, and you wonder if breeders of such proportions actually *like* children or like producing them. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

[–] dreamgavino 9 years ago

I was being sarcastic because this:

Mindy is the *beep* up one here. Mindy wanted X and when she got X it wasn't good enough and she's punishing her man for wanting what she made him want.

was so farfetched and I wanted to throw something that's just as ludicrous

Do you even go to this school?
No.. I just have a lot of feelings..
Ok go home

[–] hilaryjrp 9 years ago

Ha!  Me dum  But you may be dummer . Just kidding--but there's such a thing as overcompensating. People who really regret having reproduced feel that as long as their lives are "ruined," why not ruin them more. I'm serious and knew a couple such as this quite well, whose children never stopped suffering for having ruined two otherwise perfectly fine lives.

That's why Mindy isn't only a heroine for standing her ground, she's a frikkin' superheroine.

[–] activista 9 years ago

@electronicoffee

This is typical feminist *beep* rhetoric.

No, it isn't, dear. You just showed you have no understanding of feminism (like way too many people on this board.) Those are decisions she chose to make. Also nobody made Danny get with her in the first place---that was his choice to be with her. Sound like you're just taking out your own issues with women on this show,lol.

[–] electronicoffee 9 years ago

First off, you dumb *beep* I'm gay, so no I don't have 'issues with women'. Secondly, I was a feminist WAY before you were. I was protesting for female and gay rights in the 80s, and I sincerely doubt you were so I'm A LOT more educated on what ACTUAL feminism (second wave) is. This new feminism (neofeminism / third wave feminism) is *beep* female entitlement and female privilege in the first world and has no goal or reasoning behind it (most REAL feminists from the second wave don't respect third wave feminism, that's a fact -honey). And SHE made Danny get with her, moron. SHE pushed him every step of the way, originally he even said it wasn't a good idea for them to date. "Those are the decisions she chose to make" yeahhhhh and she's changed her mind constantly while expecting us to respect her decisions; she's constantly pushed for one thing then when she gets what she wants she changed her mind and now is punishing danny for it. *beep* her *beep*

'Cause I ride like Kelly Bundy, Yo I keep that *beep* nasty~ (Spank Rock)

[–] activista 9 years ago

@electronicoffee

First of all, I've always considered myself a feminist (and have been for years and years now) so you didn't even have to go there and call me names like some little spoiled know-it-all-brat,because you don't even know me. I don't need any damn lectures from you about it. And, sorry, but no one can push you into a relationship unless you want to be there in the first place. You aren't telling me a damn thing I didn't already know about. Also, I haven't seen the show since it got canceled on FOX, but I watched it most of the time it was on there, and frankly, the show was really convoluted and unrealistic at times----half the time, the characters didn't act anything like real people would act,anyway.

[–] lacrucita2-2 9 years ago

To add another angle to what everyone else has said; because all other posters have nailed explainf feminism; the Mindy character has evolved, as most people do. Nobody who has spent so much of her life to become a successful Doctor would suddenly give it up. I know I wouldn't suddenly give up my career. That doesn't mean you also give up on your other dreams, she's making it work by hiring a nanny and sharing responsibilities with her partner, like so many people do. And just to reiterate what someone else said, it's satire, whenever she expresses that her only desire is to be taken care of, it was a joke in the narrative of the show.

[–] electronicoffee 9 years ago

Mindy saying "she expresses that her only desire is to be taken care of" is totally satire is *beep* Her character is incredibly vapid and prone to creature comforts and being taken care of. IN REAL LIFE someone like mindy would NEVER have gotten through medical school.

'Cause I ride like Kelly Bundy, Yo I keep that *beep* nasty~ (Spank Rock)

[–] lacrucita2-2 9 years ago

Again you're missing the point of people changing and growing up. Also, Mindy Lahiri isn't a real person.

[–] Katje1313 9 years ago

and pushes him into it all- then when it comes time to pony up and be a mom and pop out a few kids (ie: her original plan) she's suddenly acting like he's an *beep* for wanting all of the things she said she wanted. This is typical feminist *beep* rhetoric.

Huh? So feminism, according to this statement, is saying you want something and then complaining when you get it? You say you fought for female rights in the 80's. Are you sure there weren't just some feminists mixed in with the fight for gay rights? I ask because most feminists of any wave would recognize that traditional assumptions about parenting have always been part of the agenda. Many men have said that they would love to spend more time raising their children, but as of yet, they simply don't get the opportunity. Equally, many women are happy to be stay at home moms and many are not. The goal is to get all parents, no matter their sex, to have the opportunity to raise their children and to have careers, according to their own preference.

Then there's your assertion that Mindy said she wanted one thing and now she no longer does. It's this idea that people decide what they would like to do in the future, once they have children, is somehow set in stone. We all know parents who were sure they would choose one thing (stay at home or go back to work) only to change their mind once they had the child. For the very simple reason that you can theorize all you want, you can't know what you will decide, or even what is best, until you actually have the child. And there is no shame in that.

This article was posted to the board by another poster, but it is a good take on why both Mindy and Danny seem to be struggling to find a solution:

http://msemmystvtalk.com/2016/01/09/the-mindy-project-what-a-girl-wants/

[–] irehawk 9 years ago

They are trying to insert too many challenges, like this topic that you mentioned, for both her and her show, in order to earn more money quick rather than getting discontinued in the wrong time.