As an attorney, let me tell you something the MRAs are not going to say: a HUGE number of the fathers who seek shared or total custody do it because they want to pay less child support. Then they dump the kid with their mom or even a sitter because they would rather pay a stranger than their ex.

I vote for her cheekbones as Best Feature of 2013.

If Kate Winslet's children and their fathers are all happy with the arrangement, then it's no one's business. If one of the fathers wanted to be more involved, his child felt the same way, and Kate Winslet was obstructing that somehow, I might be mildly concerned.

Yeah, but that's like saying, we shouldn't have an Af-Am house on campus, or a South Asian heritage group, or a Gay-Straight Alliance. Everywhere should be safe and inclusive for everyone! It's not, so acknowledging the reality and creating safe spaces is the best possible start, no?

Of course we want the entire convention to be an open and inclusive space, but I don't think it hurts to bring to light the many, many issues the industry has with being inclusive and actually making a productive area for people focus on these issues at the convention itself. Why is this so bad? Why can't we be…

Okay. Wait. I has a confused. It doesn't sound to me as though they are segregating anything. It sounds like they are creating an information station where underserved populations within the gaming community (read—not cis-straight white dudes) can get info on panels/etc that are being presented throughout the weekend…

You do realise that this is a 60000+ person conference with admission open to the general public, correct?

Except the entire industry is notoriously ignorant of diversity issues. Thus the need for a space to address that ignorance in an open environment. How exactly do you propose to address the issue without raising it? Got anything constructive to offer?

Who says the issues are being shunted off to other spaces? In past years, diversity issues have been discussed in exactly the same presentation spaces as all other gaming-related issues. (It's a gaming convention, after all). I don't have any inside information, but I'd be deeply surprised if this year all…

Because that's how cons work? Topics of interest receive booth space and events. Since this is a multi-con policy, the events and panels were not listed there. You're assuming they won't. Why not both?

Because we're still talking about those issues, more than ever, warranting additional focus?

Wait. How does a space that's specifically designed to be inclusive - with no evident restrictions on who can show up - qualify as a "segregated lounge"?

They have zero requirements to acknowledge/encourage diversity, yet they're devoting space (that could have been rented out to make more money) nonetheless.

It was posted in the subreddit for men's rights. Pretty clear that's exactly who this is.

i watched this happen in real time on Reddit last night. the MRAs were in on it, too.

White Feminists: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS?

It's pretty telling that the only way they can get all those false rape accusations they whine about is to manufacture them themselves.

I really wish that people could learn to differentiate between malnutrition and starvation.

...wait, so they used ONE couple? Why is this even news?

If they do indeed make a new movie they need Noomi Rapace to reprise her role. I did not buy Mara as Lisbeth.