Unfamiliar with Necar Zadegan, but man, she was amazing in this. 

I respectfully disagree. The problem is that these same assholes are using bad faith critiques of movies to recruit new members into the alt-right. If we don’t draw attention to their modus operandi then we risk more people being drawn into it.

Reasons I dragged this episode:

I think Sorry to Bother You deserves to be on the list if only for its political commentary and probably my favorite plot twist of the year.

Here’s a video with Nina Turner, who also worked on his campaign and helped him construct his policy platform.Nina Turner

There are many places to investigate the policies proposals. But they’re proposals and not legislation because the neoliberals control the Dem party. I’ve given plenty of examples, but here is an article written by Cornel West, who campaigned for Bernie from the beginning. 

Are you saying that Progressives ignore black people? Because Bernie allowed BLM activists to speak at one of his earliest rallies, but HRC told a BLM activist that she had to run for office before she could express her opinion. Progressives march in protests, and HRC called black men ‘superpredators’. Our financial…

I’m trying to tell you dipshits how to pick a candidate more likely to win next time.

You’re entitled to your own opinion. Not your own facts. I have seen him on numerous shows. I have not seen him bring up the 2016 election once.

Maybe next time choosing a nominee try to remember that personality and popularity matter, and that except in instances of a sitting president running for re-election, the ‘most qualified’ candidates have shitty odds of winning.

With all the times I’ve seen this story posted on my feeds today, the fact that so many people began their comments on it with ‘Well, I didn’t really like the movie, but...’ pisses me off. (Yes, I realize that many of you have done it here, but I’m not targeting anyone in particular, so cool your tits in advance. It’s…

Notice how many “fans” who claim to be appalled by the harassment of Ms. Tran feel the necessity to trash her character in the movie while proclaiming they aren’t one of them. They are one of them. Because if you can’t resist hating on the movie in the context of the racist and sexist abuse she’s been subjected to,…

This is for all the people who complain that any criticism of non-white male characters is dismissed as sexist or racist, of which there are quite a few on io9, where I originally posted this.

Well, ok, but you said “dislikes” and I said “hated”. I think hating is a fairly strong emotion about a kid’s movie.

I don’t think anyone is saying that “if you dislike TLJ, you’re a sexist”. More that “if you’re this passionately angry over the movie, there’s probably more going on there”.  And for a lot of these people, that thing is sexism.

it’s all rooted in the fact that a lot of sci-fi and fantasy stories are easily misconstrued to become a wish-fulfillment white male fantasy of subverting being a weakling and taking on the role of the alpha male for themselves. The actual themes of oppression goes completely over their heads.

I have a story to tell that might help explain why Kelly Marie Tran felt the need to leave IG. I am an aspiring comics artist and earlier this year I came across a YouTube channel called Comics Artist Pro Secrets which had a bunch of very helpful videos about the business, how to get a job and especially how to…

I truly hope Episode 9 is nothing but Kelly Tran & Daisy Ridley flipping these fuckos off for 120 minutes.

I think Luke’s scenes do matter, because they place the Force in what is these movies’ “modern” (in that the “now” of the movies is whenever these are set, 30 years after JEDI or whatever) context. And they affect Rey’s perception of her own power. Which is something she wields heavily but somewhat haphazardly in…

Luke tells Rey about the Force, in terms that set it apart from its association with the Jedi order. She has enormous power, but doesn’t really know where it comes from or how to harness it in a more mindful/productive way. He also shares some cynicism he’s developed about the idea of the Jedi order, which frankly…