I do think they gave Gwen agency in the movie. She's never really kidnapped in the series and she is a critical part to saving the day. And that's a good thing. Don't get me wrong.

If you honestly want to know why women killed off for manpain is a bigger problem than when it happens to men in comics, please google women in refrigerators. Because for the love of god, it happens more often. Not just murders but sexual violence against women in fiction. Women are far more likely to have violence…

Yeah, I'm kind of thinking the same thing. 1. using "terrorist" comes off more like hyperbole than metaphor 2. yes we can probably factor in societal motivations into women's sexual agency and how they choose to look but also 3. if a woman says she's dressing how she wants do we really have the right to suggest she's…

They'd find out that Charlie and Tonks were close in school, so Skeeter puts together this column about how there was a torrid romance before she met Lupin and there were rocky parts in their relationship and is little Teddy Lupin's natural hair color brown ... or is it red?

Haaaaaaaaaate. But hahaha, rape culture? What's that!?

See, this is why I ask!

I should also point out that according to a quick google search, the last time England wasn't under English control was 1154. So you know ... a while.

I mean I know less than a historian would (I took some classes in college about English history in regards to the evolution of English as a language) and yeah, they were invaded and oppressed by the Romans (and later the French). The Romans saw them as savages.

Yeah, I think that would be good for Dany ... heck, she's already realized that leaving a people to rule themselves won't work, so leaving the continent to get her family's throne back might not be as important as ruling the people she has now.

Oh, that same guy also equated men assuming women are lying with women assuming that men could attack them if they get rejected. BECAUSE FALSE EQUIVALENCY?? WHAT'S THAT!!

Basically it's every in person conversation I've had with my brother in the last five years.

Maybe when Rome was invading Britain. That's about it.

And that all women like asshole guys. Because my god, it's fun to hear men tell me that.

Bless you.

She's co-queen with Maergery, Arya is her war counselor, Brienne is the Hand of the Queen... pretty much perfect. Although not sure where Dany would fit in there.

Also it's always worse when it's someone you actually know and have to interact with at some point in the future. Ugggh. (Luckily for me that guy was a stranger)

And you're trying not to just start shouting "Fuck you!" but MAN is it tempting because you've been trying to be diplomatic and they just keep telling you that what you see and get told by other women is wrong and stupid and silly.

Just had a guy this week in the Prom Proposals comment thread use that on me when talking about girls being weary of guys asking them out becoming aggressive at rejection. I pointed him to several examples (including the classic Schrodinger's Rapist piece and the link in the Prom article to the news story of the girl…

No see, during the funeral the Prophet would gush over the fallen heroes and keep subtly suggesting that they didn't REALLY write all that anti-werewolf propaganda over the last few decades.

Yeah, I have to wonder. I'm American so my knowledge of the UK media scene is kind of limited. I do think that Rita Skeeter is pretty much the coagulation of every deplorable reporter Rowling has ever had to deal with in her career, but that's obvious.