Well, that DWTS news is delightful!
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Except Disney execs came right out and said that they changed the title of "Tangled" in order to obfuscate the female heroines. They felt like the ultra-femme title of "The Frog Princess" hurt the film's performance, and they didn't want to turn boys off from seeing a film with a princessy name. You cited four…
That's excellent context, but I don't think it necessarily undermines the point of the article. If Disney used to reference their female characters in the title but has recently adopted a policy of obfuscating them, that's also deeply troubling.
If you're including TV shows - Aeryn Sun.
I was just thinking the other day about who my dream all-female-badass team would consist of.
Okay not to be a nitpicker but in the original story the boy being rescued isn't the heroine's brother, but her best friend. It's a story about platonic love, which makes it even more powerful in my opinion.
HEY LAYDEEZ, just a friendly reminder to not promote the MRAs! They are so sad and so angry today. Oh wait I mixed today up with every day.
I mean, the reason rape is so damn traumatizing over other crimes, like a robbery for example, is that the crime scene is your body and, unlike a beating that doesn't target one's sexual organs, it violates an intimate part of you that's supposed to be used consensually and pleasurably. You can heal, but you can…
First of all I take within your comment that you believe I am a man who respects women, and for whatever reason I am feeling very inflated for that. It's a high compliment, I think, for a man to receive from this board.
You know, I couldn't quite believe guys who didn't see the sexism until I fell in love and started living with my partner, who is a man but has truly held me as his equal. One of the major components of the constant sexism, like verbal abuse on the street, is that it goes completely silent if you are with a man. I…
I once dated a guy that spoke with a British accent and claimed to have grown up in England. We dated for about a month when we randomly met his parents... Who had no accents. He fessed up pretty fast, but it was beyond awkward.
That bugged me a bit until this line:
Well this one time
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I think it would be incredibly hard for a kid from Georgia to tell his mother/father "My nickname at the frat is Rapebait. That's where it came from. Go ahead, include it in the letter." Just my thought.
I was prepared to roll my eyes but I am pleasantly surprised. This, my friends, is how an apology is made. The funny thing is, I really did think it was satire. Shitty, terrible satire, but satine none-the-less. I'm glad this kid made a legitimate apology instead of hiding behind the satirical intent.
Heavens, I actually teared up. Nicely done, bro.
Oh. Well then. Kudos, bro. Way to step up.