Hey now, they have two token black families: Lucas’s family in the suburbs, and the pumpkin farmer whose grandchild Hopper bought Halloween candy from. And I think I’ve seen some black extras in the school scenes. Is that not diversity!? What more do you want?!! /s

To paraphrase @jrose: Fuck statistical accuracy.

That’s a different issue altogether and the subject of a valid undertaking that someone could and should write. But hey, I also had you blocked on disqus for a couple years due to some sexist screeds so I didn’t expect much difference in your derailment tactics.

Yeah, my two biggest hopes for season three are both related to the A.V. Club (the Hawkins one, I mean!), in that I really hope that (1) Will doesn’t become a MacGuffin again and instead gets to stick with the young kids throughout their adventure arc next season, and (2) Eleven and Max both become full members of…

I’m not policing shit, I’m just saying you aren’t qualified to have an opinion on all matters that needs to be taken seriously by anyone. Don’t take it personally. James Cameron wasn’t qualified to have an opinion on Wonder Woman’s contributions to feminism, and he has an Oscar.

Just because we critique something doesn’t mean we’re offended, or picking a fight, or don’t like it, or don’t keep on watching it. Critique is part of entertainment. We are saying what we want more of, what we’d like to see that’s different from the status quo. ie, more badass women interacting with each other!…

Now, now. Stranger Things has a whole token black family.

That is actually the best counter example.

Didn’t you start this argument by reducing female representation by COUNTING them?

Man, I literally handed you the opportunity to defy my expectations on a silver platter. You had one job.

+1 I really liked that episode. I really wish it had paid off in the finale by her sister (and maybe her crew) showing up to help save the town/world (and maybe make Max’s asshole brother think he’s covered in spiders or something).

“Wanting to dig into how women and female relationships are portrayed in genre TV and film” is not the same thing as “being offended”. If that conversation doesn’t interest you, why are you here? Oh right, to make fun of people who care about things you don’t care about. I’m going to go find your favorite jelly bean…

Is anyone deleting your posts? Or even greying them, Kinja-style? No one’s saying you don’t get to have an opinion. It’s just that yours is based on the privilege you were born into, that you are clearly not aware of, and that I expect you will dismiss in your reply.

Saying this as a straight white male, yes, sometimes it does make you unqualified to have an opinion.

Max needs friends too, given how horrendous what we have seen of her home life is. So yeah I really hope & expect that Max & Eleven get to be BFFs next season, both could certainly use a female friend their age. I mean, I love Dustin & Lucas, but maybe they will need a break from them occasionally.

Then it must be exhausting being this offended all the time.

Unearned straight white male confidence most likely.

If Friends, a show set in New York, can have an all-white cast (and it’s not like it’s the only example), then a show set in rural Indiana can certainly have more than one token black character.

good god, are people going to continue to rail on that episode? It was a fine episode! More than fine! And its one that adresses the specific complaints of this article.

Only if it were done badly. No one is saying Leia and Ripley and Sarah Connor should not exist because they were written and directed by men.