I am SHOCKED to see a post mentioning The Mortal Instruments in io9.

Oh great. I was just about to type this up: I always thought it was "civilization" that made the picking-and-choosing of mates a male prerogative? Everywhere in nature, it's the women who pick and choose and it's the men that have to preen. I believe this is how it was in the pre-historical times as well. I'm more…

WTF, you are comparing potential rapists to blacks?! You are comparing some dude changing seats on a plane to being kidnapped, enslaved, lynched for winking at a White woman?!

Lady Gaga gets listed before Queen Victoria and Marie Curie? Oh-kay.

What happened to colour-blind casting? Or does that only matter when it's about erasing PoCs?

No, it's not predominantly Caucasian. There's nothing in the books or Collins's own words that supports that. It is an assumption that reflects Hollywood (and probably the average American viewer) 's prejudices: important and privileged= automatically Caucasian even though one of the most prominent Capitolists is…

But Cinna is a Capitolist and is not Caucasian. With respect to the books, Collins has stated that the world is set in a post-racial world where a lot of ethnic mixing has occurred. To repeat what I said below, assuming that the Capitolists is predominantly Caucasian, is just that an assumption. And it is based on…

Largely Caucasian is not the same as exclusively Caucasian. Cinna, for example, was not Caucasian and was from the Capitol. And Collins has gone on record to state that the Hunger Games is set in a post-racial world where a lot of racial mixing has occurred. The Capitolists literally come in all colours - red-skinned,…

Well, it still begs the question as Collins explicitly has said that the dystopia is a post-racial world.

Especially since Collins had already stated that the story is set in a post-racial world.

Suzanne Collins said that the Hunger Games was a post-racial dystopia, where a lot of racial mixing had occurred.

Is anyone else wondering why they specified "Caucasians" for people with grip/lightning experience? If these are studio hands, not peeps that will be shown on the screen, why do they have to be White?

+10000

Yeah, my daughter also went through this phase where she thought being spanked was just another game and she used to spank herself for the fun of it. Of course, my idea of spanking is tapping her on the hand so it didn't really sink in that it was a punishment until I said beforehand, "You are being a naught girl and…

My daughter isn't 2 and a half. When I want to spank her, I basically tap her on her butt with my palm. A tap. When I give her that butt tap as we were rough housing, she just laps and taps me back. When I tell her "You've been a naught girl and Mommy is going to spank you!" and then give her the butt tap, she bursts…

Hearted.

So... does Carlina have long, golden magical hair, too?

No, you're not the only one.

But it'snot a question of you either marry someone or you cheat on them. It's not you either stay with your boyfriend or you cheat on him. You can end a relationship without disrespecting the other party first.