Scientology is super extremely not for me, but a quip (I forget whose) comes to mind on the difference between whackadoodle cults and mainstream religions: “In a cult, there’s one guy at the top who knows it’s all bullshit. In a religion, that guy is dead.”

Well, okay, quick thought experiment: what’s the difference apart from the length of time that they’ve been around? Like what really distinguishes any of the major religions from scientology?

I’m not sure I like this new Gawker iteration of The Root. It seems very much like it’s putting on for the white people. “Bitch ass nigga?” Really? This is what we’re doing?

While I get where you are coming from. And to a point agree. 2 things. First you are railing against toxic masculinity while useing it to demean the murderer (which is fairly ironic). Also while I think that it’s premature to ascribe a disorder to him, and certainly it isn’t helpful for laymen to attempt to diagnose…

Here’s some things about this article that are bullshit:

So, we fight “toxic masculinity” by calling out “bitch-ass niggas?”

An argument can be made that labeling black men “bitch ass niggas” contributes to toxic masculinity. The failure to separate thoughts and feelings from action carried out is the catalyst for tragedy. If people were able to get help processing the feelings via psychiatric treatment and psychological therapy, they would…

I’m guessing that none of the people in the video are vegan. Once you go vegan, your taste buds change. You go vegan not because you hate meat, but rather because of the health benefits and not wanting to support a cruel industry. There’s certainly some hits and misses when it comes to vegan options. Oh, and flax eggs…

Changing the literal definitions of words is not ok. I get your point, bickering the exact defintion of a word is often pedantic. There is a problem, however, when one tries to change the definition of a word to further their agenda.

But that’s not the definition of racism. You can argue that racism is a mindset or collection of prejudiced beliefs. But the literal definition of racism is a bias (in favor or against) towards a group of people based purely on that group’s race. There’s nothing about power inbalance there.

Bingo. Tedgey is an educated man. The power element was introduced by others wanting to add that piece to the equation.

That’s not what racism is. Systematic racism is a power dynamic. Racism itself is judging others based on their race, or, rather, the belief that race is the determinant factor in the various qualities of a human being. I probably agree with you on most matters, but don’t change the definition of racism.

the dictionary kinda disagrees with your assessment of racism.

The most simple way to put it is boys already have “Boys Make Games.” There are plenty of organizations out there to teach coding to everyone. The issues comes from the fact that these are typically geared towards boys and can be quite hostile to girls. In my programming classes we never had more than 3 women. We…

Yep, and hopefully programs like Girls Make Games can help solve that problem in the long run!

You do a very good job of laying out the basics of the situation. For perspective on the matter, the studio I work for is currently accepting applications for programmers. Of the applications I have dealt with none have been women.
The industry is not even reaching the moment at which we could choose our hires based…

There are plenty of game jams and workshops for you. This one is not for you. I can’t imagine that will really affect your life all that much, but if it does, consider it a trade-off for all the other inherent advantages you’ll have in the video game industry. Not having to worry all that much about being sexually…

I’ll assume you’re commenting in good faith despite your use of an awful buzzword like “identity politics,” so consider this: Lots of girls are taught that video games and game development are for men. Girls Make Games is an institution designed to teach girls that hey, they can play and make video games too, which…

I don’t expect everyone to have intimate knowledge of the workings of AAA video games, but come on — Mass Effect Andromeda was made by hundreds of people. Do you really think ONE person was responsible for all the animations? Subpar animation work can be the result of so so so many factors, including technology…

If few actually supported them, wouldn’t that make them powerless to have this guy fired?