Maybe you read something I didn’t, but all I saw about trans* was a dig at a pretty extensive “what’s your gender” form. I mean - couldn’t we agree with M/F/Other. since the M and F cover 99.9% (all cis people AND transitioned/transitioning trans people)? We do the same with ethnicity & religion checkboxes: cover the…

Agree - I mean, I play it safe personally... but the classic case is that poor shnook from Google, who actually wrote a reasoned conservative argument (as opposed to kneejerky rant like the subject of this article), and was completely in context with a subject brought up to him in an official business capacity (a…

you bring up good points. However, having been in corporate environments for a long time, I see the logic behind it. They generally fall under “Code of Conduct” rules, and boil down to “don’t be an ass and use your real name.”

...“Grace” said Aziz Ansari “Sexually assaulted” her. And he could not understand my point that it didn’t fucking matter and that she has a right to call it whatever she wants...

Part of this is that we have defined Hate Speech very broadly. Genuine, actual hate speech should get you fired (unless you’re pewdiepie I guess). This guy went more than a few hairs beyond “reasoned conservative commentary”, but stopped short of hate speech.

To be fair, you and he said pretty different things. You didn’t bring up “Low IQ”. You didn’t mention correlate “darker” with uglier.

“what a shitty person”

never mind

I’ve been pretty successful making weirdos in any character creator that allows for at least a decent level of face customization.

I thought it was a clearly cheeky remark.

I bring this up a lot when people in my area are like “oh I hope (our city) gets the Amazon bid!”

I guess I’m just defective. teach me your perfect ways.

It ain’t just women - when someone is “exposed”in this way, the expectation is that everyone within a proverbial 10-mile radius must immediately condemn or be tarred with the same brush.

I’m all for the movement - just a little bored of seeing the tired-ass “stories” like this (so-and-so calling out so-and-so) on every site I turn to for other kinds of info/entertainment.

I agree. There are so many places to get this sort of story. Some are even linked at the top of every avclub page. I like idea of avclub being about the “final product” - reviews and conversations about movies and shows. And especially little nothing stories like this. Oh look a self-important narcissist is taking pot…

That initial post came off saltier than intended. I like and admire her.

you jest, but I know a couple of people intent on not changing their speaking style/vocab around their preschoolers.

Absolutely! The greats are phenomenal, and as parent of 3, I treasure them. Couple of names come to mind (among many others): Virginia Lee Burton and Robert McCloskey.

awwww

My issue is to avoid books that might possibly introduce self-doubt (even if they seem to “resolve” it by the end) to very young children. The brains of little kids (think 3-7 or so) are crazy. Think of the logic of little kids just learning language. Also, they’re so young that, if in a healthy environment, they…