Sunday 7 February 2010

Lähiövalaat/Suburban whales

Tehdessäni eilen etnografisia nettiseikkailuja eräälle tunnetulle maahanmuuttajakriittiselle foorumille, ja myös kestosuosikkini Johanna Tukiaisen blogiin, opin kiinnostavan uuden käsitteen, jonka olen ajatellut ottaa käyttööni: LÄHIÖVALAS. Termin synonyymi on TUULIPUKUVALAS, mutta mielestäni siinä on liikaa kirjaimia. Termi viittaa ylipainoiseen yksinhuoltajaan, jolla mahdollisesti on lapsia useammalle maahanmuuttajataustaiselle miehelle ja joka on luopunut ulkonäkönsä tuunaamisesta. Kolmas herkullinen sukulaistermi on SIDUKKAMURSU.

Koska lähiövalaat harvoin vikittelevät poliitikkoja, heistä on vaikea löytää kuvallista todisteaineistoa. Kaarina Hazard on saanut äskettäin kantaa kunnianimeä dissattuaan edesmennyttä Tony Halmetta. Mutta Kaarinan tapauksessa nimitys osuu vain häneen fyysisesti - ei suosittu mediakriitikko ja näyttelijä voi oikeasti olla lähiövalas, hänellä on siihen liian monta fania. Etsisin termin genealogiaa suomalaisesta viihdemaailmasta laajemmin. Eija Vilppaan esittämä Pirre teki tuulipuvusta suurta taidetta 80-luvulla, ja ohjelman nimikin on kuvaavasti Fakta Homma (vrt. Hommafoorum). Valitettavasti Pirren mies oli perussuomalaisen prototyyppi, ja hänen ruumiinmuotonsa on liian anorektinen, mutta Pirren asenne kelpaa.

While making ethnographic excursions yesterday to a well-known "migration-critical" internet forum, and also to my long-term favourite bloggist Johanna Tukiainen's diary, I learn an interesting new concept worth using and manipulating: SUBURBAN WHALE. The synonym is WINDSUIT WHALE, but I find the Finnish variant of it has too many letters. It refers to an overweight single mom, who possibly has children fathered by several men of migration background, and who has given up tuning her looks. A third delicious near-synonym is CIDER WALRUS.

Because suburban whales in this country rarely make passes at politicians, it is difficult to find pictorial evidence of their existence. Kaarina Hazard, a media critic and actor, who recently publicly insulted the dead extreme right politician Tony Halme, was given the badge of honor, but the term only describes her physically. Kaarina is far too popular and intellectual to embody the character. I would start looking for her in the genealogy of Finnish entertainment world more widely. The character Pirre (middle in the picture above) performed by Eija Vilpas, transformed windsuits into a work of art in the 1980s, and even the comedy show's name suits well the context of this decade. Fakta Homma and Hommafoorum (the extreme right site) play well together. Unfortunately in the series Pirre was married to a prototype of a basic Finn (image: seated on the right), and her body mass index was too anorectic. However, her attitude is perfect, telling a tale.

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Because suburban whales in this country rarely make passes at politicians, it is difficult to find pictorial evidence of their existence. Kaarina Hazard, a media critic and actor, who recently publicly insulted the dead extreme right politician Tony Halme, was given the badge of honor, but the term only describes her physically. Kaarina is far too popular and intellectual to embody the character.
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