I’m really not sure what to tell you then. It was a movie where an evil (white male) corporate executive tries to erase the identity of an Asian woman, and make her into a generic pretty white girl with a fake past, only for her to reject that, find the truth, and fight back against him and his corporation - and while…

Honestly, you should see the movie. I did so on the recommendation of one of my friends who’s absolutely the last person to give a pass to anything she thinks smells remotely of Whitewashing. I was dubious, but having actually now seen it, I can reassure you that it is addressed in the film. SPOILER TAG:  They’re just…

I’m not suggesting anything of the sort. I’m suggesting that this is not the place to make a do our die stand over, because it isn’t the glaring example you seem to think it is, any more than most castings of any race neutral role defaulting to “white” in Hollywood’s eyes are a problem. Yes, we do need to push back on…

I would argue the character isn’t offensive.* The casting choice is arguably offensive, mostly because Hollywood has a terrible record, and deserves no benefit of the doubt. I think that Scarlett is taking all the flak for the studio execs that would have happily replaced her. That’s not to say she should be…

At the same time, I have to wonder though, if the response doesn’t overdo it. That is, I worry about letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, because there are certainly people out there whose brand of feminism is “none at all, get back to the 50s” - just look at the White House right now. I worry that spending…

And the best part is if the movie doesn’t do well, Hollywood will simply say that action movies with female leads don’t do well, and point to this as why there’s no Black Widow solo movie.

I know enough that when I see someone start in about agenda 21 and fiat currencies to know where it’s going. Look, do you even understand what money is? It’s a representation of productivity, that we exchange in lieu of the goods, services, and other added value it represents. The ideal would be to have the rate be…

Deflation in a modern economy is terrible. It means people stop spending, because why buy today when it’ll be cheaper tomorrow? Except that just means more deflation, and pretty soon economic activity grinds to a halt. That’s the short version. There’s a much longer version but I’ll leave that be for now.

You’re placing the blame in the wrong spot, sport. What else has happened since then? How about attacks on unionization, and resulting decline in the power of such. How about massive tax cuts, trickle down economics, and policies to benefit the investor class over everyone else? Sorry, but the people peddling the line…

Because the alternative of deflation wrecks the economy in ways you can’t even imagine. Yes, inflation is policy, but in small amounts it’s not a problem. The problem is that productivity is rising AND WAGES AREN’T. Ahem. Wage earners are doing more valuable work, but not getting any more for it - the extra is instead…

Yes, can’t have kids who might be gay or transgender thinking that it’s acceptable to be that way. Books like this might undermine the social repression that traditionalists want to enforce. Back in the closet with you, you icky LGBT sorts! /snark

Classic case of projection there, sounds like.

My experience has been that the McDonald’s in Japan are definitely higher quality, on a number of levels, including ingredient quality, though a lot probably just comes down to Japan being Japan.

Oh, we notice it. But we figure we can wait a bit, and stack things up even when it gets taller than the rim of the trash can, like a game of trash Jenga, until it falls over. Then we wait another week or so, maybe putting the excess into a grocery bag next to the trash can or such.

Well, he does have a point about incompatible places. The Martians can’t even survive in our atmosphere unaided, and don’t even get me started about those Alpha Centaurians...

They wouldn’t need to wiretap Trump’s campaign. They could simply wiretap the Kremlin itself.

Blue, then yellow with black top, then blue with white stripes.

Japan today is really not like it was before/during WW2. That isn’t just in the attitudes of the people, but also in the economic incentives. We no longer live in an age of imperialism where economic capability is tied intrinsically to control of territory. There is little incentive for Japan to pursue a more…

Not necessarily. If they sign a contact, then they’re bind by the terms of that contact, so long as it doesn’t demand anything illegal, and requiring that they hold reviews until a certain date is entirely trainable as far as conditions for providing units for review go.

I think we should separate the issue of inclusion of diverse models, and the issue of cultural appropriation, because I feel that the two aren’t write the same thing. There is certainly a need for more diversity of models, absolutely, and cultural appropriation is a big problem, but we should also be careful not to…