I only very rarely care about mainstream music industry news, but this one hurts.
I only very rarely care about mainstream music industry news, but this one hurts.
The OSC stuff was hashed and rehashed for years (including that at one point in his career his portrayals of gay characters were considered too progressive and he was at risk of being cancelled on the right), and I defended him as having moral views which were separable from political ones including here in the io9… Read more
It’s not even a little bit subtle.
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The orcs (+Sauron, +Saruman) aren’t barbarians, they’re asshole industrialists. This isn’t even subtext, it’s just incredibly explicitly stated.
Different human cultures show up quite a bit in The Silmarillion. Read more
On the one hand, dramatic irony. On the other hand on-screen representation of absolute unit/swole/built ciswomen is not exactly thriving either.
It’s not my place to say more about this individual’s experience and risk de-anonymizing them, especially when other people in the thread have already given their firsthand accounts, but everyone in their circle *knows*.
I know someone who had to be “sent away” to a wilderness program to get them out of a really bad situation and it’s absolutely not an exaggeration to say “it saved their life”
YES.
cf. also the massive shitshow between Blizzard and IceFrog/Valve over the name “DotA”.
Hurts my heart to see this within a week of losing Delenn.
it’s so weird hearing her without her belter accent.
Recently got an induction burner for our kitchen for when I need good response times since I didn’t want to install gas and replace the whole range, and it’s amazing, except the high pitched ringing it makes with lighter-weight cookware is absolutely egregious.
This morning’s news from Libertarian Twitter™: Ricky (dude who ran against Tom Cotton in the senate race) already appears to be gearing up to run against her.
Star Wars doesn’t give much to the female roles Read more
I watched Buffy for the first time like 2 years ago, and it was still pretty shockingly progressive compared to 95% of what else is on TV now.
tbh this looks more appealing to watch than anything else I’ve seen about the show.
I’m getting some serious Legion-but-wholesome vibes from this, and I’m digging it.
The explanation is literally the next scene when they find out he’s possessing some random dude’s body.