So women, then?

“Gay” is also an insult to men because it places them on the same level as women. What could be worse than A Man who acts like a woman?

The one horrible prize women win in the fucked up carnival of our society is that being the “weaker” sex, we aren’t subjected to a few of the horrific strains that men are when we’re harassed. We’re told we asked for it, that men can’t control themselves, and all the other crap, but while we may be called lesbians as…

I know some film critic wannabe is going to come after me for saying this, but I actually LOVE his Bedazzled remake. Elizabeth Hurley!!!

Sigh. This is nothing new. All entertainment things (especially expensive-to-produce things) have used previous existing properties from an earlier time to help hedge their bets against failure. The Judy Garland version of Wizard of Oz that everyone knows is something like the 7th filmed version of that story.

MC Chris (he did quite a few different voices on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and some other Adult Swim shoes) came forward with his story yesterday after reading Brendan’s account.

The Fraser story of having a man grope him is so specific, and told with such squirming discomfort and embarrassment, that it’s kind of hard not to believe. It seems to have had a profound effect on someone who was feeling vulnerable, and that’s a hallmark of assault - the kind we have long expected women to just…

I’m old enough to remember the Troughton era on TV.
It still annoys me that my all-time favourite episode “The Evil of the Daleks” was wiped. I will always remember the silly Daleks laughing and the Emperor exploding in foam.

That was the main thing I was referring to.

It’s never been the same since that young whippersnapper Troughton muscled in... *grumble*

I’m so glad they didn’t put Shuri in this uniform.

“Comicsgate is the new Gamergate.”

Comicsgate is the new Gamergate.

The Venn diagram between this and Gamergate is a circle.

I think the problem in general with the internet and specifically with io9 in the past two years, is that we want to outrage the shit out of everything, it’s not about discussion. It’s about clicks and taking sides.

“What’s ‘incels’?”

You’re absolutely right. It all comes back to fascism and its glorification of masculine power and violence. These young men have been indoctrinated. That is most certainly not an excuse, by the way, but an explanation.

Mentally ill people are mostly likely to direct violence towards themselves, not others. The mass-shooting pathology is rooted in masculinity and is predicted by domestic violence.

I came away from the first one with the idea that Johnny’s loss had humbled him and he’d decided be a better person as he insisted on giving Daniel the trophy and his sensei tried to murder him in the parking lot 10 minutes later.