I posted this during a discussion about this issue at the AVClub:

It’s true that the original trangressive slant of South Park worked better when we were lambasting regressive social norms, but now that norms have become more progressive it has served as fertilizer for conservative/regressive attitudes. Being…

I actually think that’s where this analogy works even better. Our engagements in the Middle East involve fighting sectarian and asymmetric groups, not the de jure military of another nation state (at least not directly). So although the military inculcates norms about helping innocents and moderates in these areas,…

Cops believe they’re active participants in an war zone. They think the streets are as dangerous for them as a patrol unit in Kabul.

Until we stop letting them view their jobs that way, they’re going to continue to see themselves as some brave vanguard in a Manichean, disordered world. It won’t matter how many cases…

For what its worth, that wouldn’t be an argument against his point. It is socially unacceptable (rightfully so) for a white person to use the word, but its use by black individuals isn’t, so we wouldn’t expect your brother to say it.

Any inclination to use the n-word is a result of culture, not biology/genetics, and…

I feel like its not about awareness raising, its about changing social norms, which yes, includes seemingly insipid PR campaigns to everyone already on-board. Its about making sexual assault something not just seen as what the “woke” friend posts about, but everyone can post about. Its about it being a mainstream…

Sorry to keep this going, but since Kaitanjones has since scrubbed his recommendation page and has yet to bring my comment out of the grey, thought I would post it here in case there’s any doubt:

Since Kaitanjones has since scrubbed his recommendation page and has yet to bring my comment out of the grey, thought I would post my comment here for anyone interested:

Normally wouldn’t respond to this, but since this is a pretty easy lie to prove:

A warning, kaitainjones is a troll. They’ve been posting on various articles about sexual assault, including the recent VSB and Jezebel ones, that men are being oppressed and victimized, comparing the treatment of men today to the treatment of women in the 70s. My personal favorite was his up-vote of a guy telling a…

A major issue I’ve found with kink material is that they will have non-consensual/problematic elements without either:

1) Being a consensual, non-consent set-up to begin with
2) Being a rape fantasy that is marketed/treated as such

Quibble: That being said, I don’t think aftercare has to be part of the fantasy or the…

I gotta admit man I have a hard time believing its a coincidence that the two articles today you’ve focused on making pedantic semantic arguments about happen to be the two regarding sexual assault and the result of your edits would be to remove the “men” part from the title of both...

I cannot stress enough keeping notes, even if its just a log. My very brief time in HR showed how important of a tool this can be for employees.

This is literally not true.

I mean I critique Zombie Gawker all the time for being a walking example of how social justice can use bad arguments, but this site has never shamed men for coming forward with sexual assault allegations. Certainly not to the level you’re claiming.

There are tons of “real”, supposedly “good” men who still don’t realize that harassment is a continuum and rape culture is about more than pulling your dick out. I have seen this #hashtag used to start this conversation in my own social networks.

It feels like we can’t think of it just as an internet thing anymore if it keeps on resulting in real-world changes.

Its funny because this level of automatic psychoanalysis is precisely why people feel the need to pre-empt claims they aren’t “woke”. 

And I’m starting to think this lack of appreciation for iconography above all else might be my No. 1 hindrance in getting into anime in general.

FTFY

So I tried to note this in my comment, but I probably didn’t do a good job: I’m actually not interested in critiquing Wonder Woman as a feminist character. I praise the fact that Wonder Woman has traditionally “feminine” characteristics, as her character treats them as being points of strength compared to the way we…

I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that designing under-age girls’ dance attire on a male sex fantasy from a videogame is something people can understandably be uncomfortable with.

I mean what does that even mean? Teach men not to be turned on by sexy women if they are digital? Ignore the sex fantasy nature…