Comments on: Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis (Part Three: Woman)

By: Joanie

Joanie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:47 +0000

I love this, thank you Cara for posting this. I have always been a Yoko fan and seeing those so called “John Lennon fans” hating her and MOST of them says “oh why did he marry that Japanese girl and not a British girl?” and they say that she’s ugly and other people EVEN says, which I think is so rude and disrespectful to John, says why can’t Yoko be the one who got killed and not John. When I heard people saying this I JUST can’t believe they are a John Lennon fan. They just don’t see that Yoko change John for the better, I mean he didn’t see woman as objects anymore and we wouldn’t have John’s solo career and his wonderful songs and most of his songs are inspired from Yoko. They don’t EVEN listen to John Lennon, he even said that “why can’t anybody believe we are in love? and he said “Listen, if somebody’s gonna impress me, whether it be a Maharishi or a Yoko Ono, there comes a point when the emperor has no clothes. There comes a point when I will see. So for all you folks out there who think that I’m having the wool pulled over my eyes, well, that’s an insult to me. Not that you think less of Yoko, because that’s your problem. What I think of her is what counts! Because — fuck you, brother and sister — you don’t know what’s happening.”

I swear if Yoko was blonde I think people wouldn’t be too cruel to her…..

By: joe mignogna

joe mignogna — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:47:49 +0000

I don’t understand why people say that Yoko Ono is ugly. She was the first woman i ever saw naked, i don’t want to say how old i was but it made a serious impression on me. She’s like my Betty Grable or Marilyn Monroe only fortunately for me my pin-up girl was naked. She IS the image of a woman to me. She is a rarity because most japanese women are petite but she has all the curves in Tokyo. Thank you Cara, it’s nice to have a site where we can discuss the one thing about Yoko that no one gives her credit for showing her naked body. joe mignogna magnolia nj

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:45:24 +0000

Although Yoko has done some wretched things i.e. her treatment towards Julian; I believe your blog was spot on. I always find it hilarious how people crticize Yoko’s looks acting like John was god’s gift to beauty or something. I do believe that Yoko is so hated because she was an other, and on top of that a woman who refused to keep quiet. All the blame is put on her, and none of it is put on John.

By: Friday Hoyden: Yoko Ono — Hoyden About Town

Friday Hoyden: Yoko Ono — Hoyden About Town — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:41:28 +0000

[...] history, and explains why exactly Yoko didn’t break up the band. But I probably like Part Two and Part Three the best, which respectively go into the falsehood, racism and misogyny behind the idea that Yoko [...]

By: Yoko Ono on Yoko-Hate : The Curvature

Yoko Ono on Yoko-Hate : The Curvature — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:18:55 +0000

[...] good interview, and great comments to chew on. Particularly, while I did cover the issue of Yoko’s treatment when she dared speak, I neglected to discuss how her lack of speaking was also treated as a sign of evil intentions. [...]

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:08:05 +0000

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By: AshKW

AshKW — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:19:54 +0000

I continue to enjoy these, Cara. Thanks so much for writing!

I always felt sorry for Yoko, and Heather Mills, for that matter. I knew (and still know) very little about the Beatles, but I couldn’t believe either woman was the awful witch they were made out to be. I’m glad to see I appear to be vindicated about Yoko, at the least.

By: Betty Boondoggle

Betty Boondoggle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:53:25 +0000

“I saw that you mentioned Heather Mills. I know she has been portrayed as psychotic in the newspapers but these accounts re really making me question that portrayal.”

Too right. There’s an unspoken assumption that Paul McCartney is a Beatle! A great musician! how could HE be an abusive misogynist! Clearly that bitch was just after his vast wealth!

It always rang hollow to me. Maybe she was just after his money, or whatever.

And maybe, just maybe, an abusive misogynist can also be a great musician.

By: Johann Heyss

Johann Heyss — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:43 +0000

Those are amazing posts, your clarity of thought is remarkable, congratulations!

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Linkfest — Hoyden About Town — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:10:49 +0000

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