That’s a common argument, most frequently given by people who have rarely or even never looked at a book, movie or video game - and had not a single character with whom they could identify.

Gotcha, you haven’t been on the internet in a few years. 

People in general like to play someone who represents them. As white people we have been so blessed with this it’s harder to see the issue. 

...what?

>A new cinematic trailer for the game showed a group of treasure hunters fighting against what could be demons, or private equity executives.

If you actually listened to everything Obama said, you probably wouldn’t be so pissed off, because what he actually said was that calling people out over insignificant things and doing nothing else didn’t count as activism. And he’s right.

She got a navigator through the industry, and he got his dick wet. Can’t we just throw both of them in the garbage and call it a day?

“They think it’s really sexual because they think a woman’s body is inherently sexual—which it is not,” she said. “Context is a very, very important thing.”

Well, that’s certainly one way to spin it. Another way to put it is that it was revealed that she’s a woman in a position of power who had an unethical and problematic relationship with at least one subordinate. I have no doubt that the people on this site would be clamoring for a resignation if she were a man, and I…

It’s like something a late-night show would come up with to mock slightly more subtly racist promotional material.

Or “Future social media intern for the Trump administration”

I am black and this is one of the few things that is so racist wrong it made me chuckle. “ I am a brother” underneath “ I am a future doctor” holy shit, nobody proof read anything before this was sent out. 

They should post another one that says: “I am a former social media account manager.”

I mean, not to bend over backwards to praise a man for doing The Basic Right Thing but this is a literal example of a man who used all types of his privilege (white, male, wealthy, fame, name recognition, relative power within powerful media institutions) as a lever to bring a harmful and deeply entrenched…

YES. I mean, clearly Megan was just looking for a different book. I think the tone of this review really does an injustice to Ronan. This story is a fascinating look into the behind the scenes power, why this story had never been able to be told before, and what it took to get it out. I think the women’s story is…

It was about the process of getting the story published and the institutional bullshit that protected people like Lauer and Weinstein. I don’t think it minimizes anything about the victims, it’s just about a different-ish topic? It’s like being mad at All the President’s Men for focusing on Woodward and Bernstein…

Number one rule of book reviewing: Review the book in front of you, not the book you fantasize about reading.

I mean... if you’re mad that A Man is getting credit, cover Kantor and Twohey themselves more on this site? They surely deserve it and I’d love to read the piece about their journey. If you’re mad that the victims aren’t centered, there are other pieces where they are. I’m not sure the existence of one book about the…

If the intent matters than the fact that Livanart heard criticisms from ‘some black people’ and did it anyway matters more.

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