Totally agree.

Also while there is a white lead and so far a mostly white cast, the medieval comedy/musical Galavant is going to have a WOC princess who came from her own kingdom be part of the main cast, which means that there's a good chance for diverse characters down the line. And speaking of Community, Luke Youngblood aka…

Something I've come to realize is that it's much easier to stop your POC characters from falling into stereotypes if you have several characters of the same marginalized group. Suddenly their traits (even in more over the top shows) aren't indicative of their particular group. Good diversity helps stop archetypes from…

Oh dear lord ... like women in tech fields need more reasons for people to think science and technology is just a man thing. "Having trouble with your computer? You should find a boy to help you!"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure their rocky start was water under the bridge by the beginning of the second book. Maybe because most people remember Anne of Green Gables the best?

I was going to say that this could be the plot of a movie, but then I remembered Never Been Kissed, 21 Jump Street, and probably more that I could remember if I had coffee in me.

It's crazy! It's like the guys who see a woman commenting on the problems misogyny online and start barraging her with threats and insults and full out harassment. It's like they don't realize misogyny literally means "hatred of women" and they are perfect examples of it!

Also the article writer spends some time talking about how obnoxious he was, but if I remember that's pretty much resolved at the end of the first book because he apologizes and asks to be a true friend to her. As a kid, that was one of the only times I saw a character like that actually go out of his way to give a…

Yeah, I'm kind of agreeing with you. I can totally get behind that the idea of Anne being bi or homoromantic, especially at a time when that concept wasn't even considered a thing (and since I have similar tendencies, it might explain why I liked her books so much). But I think it's a discredit to her relationship…

It's amazing how unaware (or how much they don't care, I suppose) that their threats of violence and snapping at the drop of a hat just tells women uneasy about how our gun control is now that it CLEARLY needs to be stricter.

No no, we keep asking the same thing. It's fucked up.

I just read the article's title and went "YES."

I think "It's just a joke" makes me angrier than "not all men" and "but you don't have to worry about the draft" put together.

I have short hair and therefore I don't have to make this choice.

Not to go all nerdy on the internet, but this is why it's so lame that people put down Hufflepuff house for being the only house who generally don't want to be dicks.

Oh good, another way to push women to be in competition with each other. Because accusing us of being sluts who might still each other's men isn't enough.

But even at my worst out of college jobs (and I graduated in 2008 when the economy collapsed, so I had a few) I was never expected to be my boss' friend. And there was never that extra layer of Hollywood bullshit that she mentions in the post. Yeah go-fer jobs suck hard, but I can't imagine having the patience to deal…

oh, and the reason I kept stressing some boys in the first comment was because I wanted it to be clear that just because a boy dances with someone in a dress doesn't mean he's being going to be gross towards her.

Yeah, that's all I was trying to say with my comment.

But let's just for the sake of argument say that the "impure" thoughts the lady keeps talking about is actually objectification. Like, if the boys are oogling the girls. What I'm saying is that is on the BOYS, not the girls. The girls have no control over that. That's all I'm saying. And sorry about using the gender…