I admit I thought the same thing as I was reading, but then it occurred to me: Saldana (for example) was probably cast for her “exotic” (non-white) looks. So non-white = alien. Paint her green or blue to avoid the pesky “political” connotations of her actual skin color and voila! A sexy alien we can all be comfortable…

That or since she was in one of the biggest sci-fi movies (Avatar) and is now part of another long going, really popular sci-fi franchises (Star Trek) they hired her because she brings the geek cred. Like how many sci-fi/fantasy/horror movies went with Sigourney Weaver because OMG! Ripley!!!

I figure Saldana was cast as Gamora because she’s slim with a great, fit build and manages to be very athletic while keeping her seductive smoulder. And then they painted her green because Gamora IS green.

The stupidest thing about this particular instance of censorship is that the teacher is speaking about the artwork and the anatomy in the only proper way. She’s right- comparing O’Keefe’s work to “ladybits” or “peepees” or whatever is diminishing of both the art and of women in general and the girls in the class. It…

We live in a society where someone can lose their job for saying the proper name of a body part that at least half the population has.

His statement is basically a thought exercise in removing any agency on his part from the narrative.

If it takes you a 29-page letter to defend yourself... dude. You have way too much defending going on, buddy.

But her decision to shame me in the press and direct my ouster has destroyed my professional reputation.

“While I personally would like to put this case behind me, I also think this complaint raises some fundamental questions that our society deserves answers to.”

That’s a lot of dignity, eloquence, and integrity, especially for someone at a Republican candidate’s rally.

I don’t even like Max Landis that much and I concede his handling of Superman is absolutely superb.

An ultimatum would be cutting your nose to spite your face, although it was said that she would not be onscreen with him, which is pretty much like shooting your show on the foot already (is any of it true?).

Wow.

I’ve been around him for work events and he’s sort of an over the top goofball in a way that I could see being annoying if you weren’t really in the mood. Ultimately harmless, though! All of his former Firefly cast members love him, too, and I can’t see them faking it this long if there was any bad blood.

I bet the girl who filmed it will get a harsher sentence than the guy who actually committed the rape. Because that’s the world we live in. No, wait. I just hope the guy gets sentenced at all. THAT’S the world we live in.

“Caught up in the likes.” For fuck’s sake.

AGREED.

Believing in extraterrestrial life automatically means you have bad taste in fictional depictions of extraterrestrial life?