This is an interesting case. If he had initially used the six-character abbreviation of the word instead of the six-character word, we wouldn’t even be talking about whether the comment is racist.

Conan was designed for dudes by dudes. Women designing men as pure sex objects for it’s own sake wouldn’t really make him. He’s a male power fantasy.

False equivalency. It’s common to see this argument, but no, Conan isn’t a sex object. He’s a power fantasy.

He gets declared male power fantasy rather than sex object.

.is Conan not a sex object decked out in a loin cloth with bulging muscles?

On the flipside (and I’m biased being a writer), I think nearly everything including this is worth thinking about and therefore writing about. 

What a great article about how someone can have a variety of complex, nuanced—and, most importantly—evolving viewpoints about not just a divisive topic, but all the sexist/misogynistic baggage around that character. Thank you for writing this.

Naga... Naga... Naga... Not gonna work here anymore, anyway!

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I think between siding with an obviously evil, lying witch who wants to take over the keep, kill everyone who passes by, and steal their stuff or weird old men who are raising a child in a keep and apparently charge a toll for a bridge that their family may or may not have built, the choice doesn’t seem too difficult.

“Peer reviewed”? Really? That’s the standard? OK bro. Here are D&D’s designers explaining that its growth/renaissance is being driven by women (D&D’s playerbase is now almost 50% women, compared to 20% back in the 3.5 days, and maybe 5% back in the 1980s), oftentimes cosplayers. And that moving the game away from…

will be even better when we get smart paper or roll up screens so you can grab and go.. rather than trying to play on a delicate 42 inch flat screen that is just waiting for a mad player to slam down on the board and crack it.

I’m hype for the inevitable D&D 5e supplement that is going to come out that details the setting and some player options.

He still has Nebula. You all still have Nebula!

Captain Marvel is avoiding this problem by being set in the 90's, so it again doesnt have to even touch on his AoS ressurection.

Yeah, because who wants a comic book movie to be fun?

That... sounds like more trouble than it’s worth.

That... sounds like more trouble than it’s worth.

What he’s doing is checking into a non-premium movie, walking up to the box office and purchasing a premium movie. Because Moviepass only uploaded enough to his debit card to cover the non-premium movie, there is a balance and he is paying it. While this technically works, it is a violation of Moviepass’s Terms of…

You really have to factor in customer service into these comparisons. I love my moviepass. had it for a few months now, but GD, do they dislike having to get back to you on ANYTHING.

this screenshot said it all. I am all of these expressions.