In case anyone is interested, here is the ultimate end of the chain of homage. This is from Michealangelo's Sistine Chapel, which is what Rockwell based his Rosie the Riveter, which the above artist based his Chell on. #themoreyouknow

I response to #2. "I looked down the booth and saw gamers at the other computers playing their own games, their own hands controlling the avatars. No PR representatives were hovering at their shoulders, pre-empting that a lack of knowledge would lead to them playing the game "wrong"

Lol Don Imus didn't try to apologize at first, he tried to DEFEND himself! Also the issue is that a bunch of males thought this would make for a cool trailer. It shouldn't be cool to degrade women! And saying "men will be men" to these sort of sexist thoughts is like saying, you know, Jim Crow is alright, its just…

Your view is fine, its not her getting banged up, but the angle at which the producer was talking about it. The producer was saying that you should get protective, instead of what you feel, which is identifying with her. Its a male gaze thing, its "because its a woman protagonist, you won't identify with her struggle…

you know unless we've found a way to read people's minds we can never truly know if anything is sexist or racist. These characters, as they stand, because they can have no background, because its a trailer, seem sexist.

Zipper and hardware on skin-tight leather and latex are just a part of an aesthetic that is usually sexual. Do you disagree that these outfits are sexual?

1. No, but in this context it does.

Zing! But really, in america and much of the developed west its true.

Hah, because the fashion industry is all about fetishized nun costumes! Its not censorship, no one is saying that they aren't allowed to make this, they're just saying that its distasteful and they shouldn't. Or at least that's what I'm saying.

The new 15 inch with retina, which is the only one with the soldered ram, is just above the thickness as the fat end of an air, so .71 inches. The 15 inch from late 2011 is .95 inches. The old MBP is 5.6 pounds, the new one is 4.46 pounds.

Its not possible if your using the common sociological definition of racism : Racism = Prejudice + Power. [en.wikipedia.org]

The sexist part is that they are wearing sexualized stripper nun outfits under the habits. If they just stayed in the regular habits it wouldn't be sexist, the fact that he kills them doesn't matter either, its just because of the sex-outfits.

Its the responsibility of the creators. There are more and more games getting away from this trope and selling like hotcakes because they're good enough that they don't have to lean on these tropes for sales, ME 3 and Portal to name a few. Its just lazy and harmful thinking to just throw sex at everything.

Actually, the issue with tropes at a young age is that kids don't tend to feel inadequate, they don't have enough self worth to do so. They internalize these things as truth, and parenting can only do so much. No, her life may not be stunted because of Ivy specifically, but it is stunted by the overall world-view of…

Yeah that's true, but for that you would need context. With just the context of the trailer, these characters exist as conflict for Agent 47, which makes their overly sexualized outfits just that, overly sexualized. Its kinda hard seeing why someone would purposely wear that, other than to look sexy. Basically in a…

Oh nice. I got my late 2011 15 inch for 1600 from ebay. I don't think its really fair to compare ebay prices to apple prices though. :/

Where'd you buy that?

You have always been able to upgrade the ram and the hard drive on a MacBook, at least since the last three generations. The instructions come with the computer.

Truth, it isn't for everyone! I'm with you on the price, but I got mine one-month used for 1600, so I'm just one of the lucky ones! :P

You would be valid if these were real women, they would be able to choose what to wear, but since they are characters, someone else chose that, and we have to look at their reasons for choosing it. There is a weird power dynamic in writing, where you can't completely separate the creator from their creation, and this…