I was never a huge Ren & Stimpy fan in the first place but I feel like it only really worked under the unique conditions of the original show - 90s weird gross-out humor combined with it being one of the first in a new generation of cartoons combined with themes that may not have been explicitly adult, but that a…

When you condone and apologize for assholes, you are enabling them.  We denounce this behavior precisely because ‘being toxic’ is not necessary in creative fields, and there are plenty of healthy examples to counter the narrative that assholeishness is either necessary or desirable.  These people are so creative? …

NEWS FLASH: Not everyone is an asshole in creative fields and continuing to excuse their behavior only makes it more common. 

Anyway, if what Us Weekly’s source says comes to pass and DeGeneres dips out of her titular show, there’s a possibility that Late Late Show host James Corden will step in to take her place, at least according to Page Six.

Her face.

If that workplace has become so toxic their first stop should have been HR not fucking twitter.

The people behind the scenes of Ellen’s show aren’t working in bumblefuck with no unionization or human resources. They’re grown ass people that I’m sure have held other positions before they got hired for the Ellen show. If that workplace has become so toxic their first stop should have been HR not fucking twitter.

Never trust a woman that’s cheeky with war criminals.

I wouldn’t say I’m enjoying it, but don’t you find it mildly amusing?

so... they’re thinking about replacing a terrible person with another known terrible person, james corden?

“She knows she can be tough at times,” the source continued, “but believes she works hard and is extremely creative and that it’s a privilege to work for her and be around her.”

She is starting to look a lot like her war criminal friend, George W. Bush.

Amazing how many people are glossing over the fact it is otherwise available as non-premium product. I guess that doesn’t fit with wanting to be outraged.

I know a chap who has the book on DnDBeyond, I’ll ask him what it looks like now.

Reading that description I don’t understand how she’s problematic.

I don't have the original module handy. Was there a disabled character in it?

Have you played DnD? EVERYONE as the potential to cast spells in that game. So if the hypnosis and evil eyes are spells, and those spells are in everyone’s spell list, then no, it isn’t racist. Cliche a bit? Sure. But spells are just a thing that exist in DnD. There isn’t a stigma attached to it like IRL. The idea…

“It wouldn’t be racist if they made it a spell they cast rather than a innate power...” is certainly a stance. Its a bad stance, but its certainly a stance you’ve apparently are taking.

the module still gives the Vistani abilities to curse and hypnotize players or cast spells like Evil Eye, which, along with unrevised art that heavily conjures stereotyped imagery of the Romani, leans into tropes that suggest the Romani have mystical, dangerous powers, tropes that have been used in the past to target…

I know it’s a bit late and may not get the eyeballs that SDCC did, but maybe io9 could organize an Artists Alley of its own? You guys have done a fantastic job historically in showcasing small-time creators of genre art. Maybe pick 5-10 a day and give them a boosting post with links through to their content? I would…

Yeah wish the O’Neill panel got more play on sites. Very touching.