I think it's good that they are making progress. Looking at it again, the NYT article was more focused on children's books. Here's the link if you're interested in their statistics:

This is a very important message. There was a NYT article not that long ago about the lack of minority children's characters in books and TV. All the top-voted NYT comments were saying "this is a non-issue because kids should be able to have role models that aren't the same race as them, and it's racist to imply…

+1. And also kids would have an easier time paying off loans if they got off their lazy butts and found a job. A stable salary is easily available for any graduate these days.

I've noticed that you can tell who has read the books and who hasn't based on whether they call her Khaleesi or her real name.

Hannah is the only character that makes this show worth watching. All the other characters are "the uptight one" the "naive one," etc. Hannah is the ugly and messy truth of being a human being, the parts that are hard to face in yourself. None of the other characters really connect in that realistic way for me.

It's anti-feminist because we don't have a perfectly balanced society, and so it affects women's choices more than men's. Women are impacted more by these kinds of policies, because they tend to have a disproportionate amount of parental responsibilities. Work inflexibility is one force keeping this imbalance going.…

Seconded. Actually, ideally I would like a separate Gawker blog for this.

Choice is an important part of feminism. If we say that some personal choices are more valid than others just because someone is a woman, then we are basically saying that there is only one "right" way to be a woman. The goal of feminism is to have an equal world, yes, but it also should be one where women feel free…

Mayer's decision was anti-feminist because requiring "facetime" disproportionately hurts women's opportunities. In a perfect world, office decisions would affect men and women equally, because both would already have equal family responsibilities. Unfortunately, that is not the case, and work inflexibility is one of…

Kathie Lee's points make no sense. Just because someone has the right to do something, that doesn't make it feminist. I have the right to freedom of speech, and I can say "women are inferior," but that doesn't make my statement feminist.

This is a really good explanation and 100% accurate. Thank you for articulating this so well.

That explanation makes more sense, but the OP was talking about minorities who believe in their own inferiority. So by this definition, they would still be racist, because they believe in the power structure, even though they are also a victim of that power structure. Like the way some women believe in patriarchy. Or…

I want to like Elizabeth Warren but I just can't get past the fact that she misrepresented herself as Cherokee.

I've been a fan of theirs for a long time, but I like this new direction.

Love Coco! I couldn't believe she made that "classy" outfit actually work on the runway.

Song is dragon rider by Two Steps from Hell

I read the Killing Moon, which seemed like it had all the elements that I like: cool characters, an interesting world, unusual magic... but everything just felt so empty and I tried to care, but just couldn't. It was really strange.

What?? That's horrible

You can't protect children from all the bad messages in life. Princesses are far from being the only problematic part of culture that women have to deal with. Giving kids "the tools to navigate" is probably a lot more helpful than just forcing them to shun all the problematic parts of life.

Does anyone have any advice for an atheist with very strongly Catholic in-laws? We don't usually discuss my personal beliefs, but I don't really know how to navigate the tension sometimes about lifestyle and raising children.