So, what's your point? You're the one who brought up murder as an argument against the existence of rape culture.

Ah, I see. Manic Pixie Dream Girl refers to a stereotype of girls acting cute, quirky, happy-go-lucky, younger than they are and whimsical. It has nothing to do with body type.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say that the victim of a murder must have wanted it and just regretted their assisted suicide the morning after. Or that the body has a way of shutting that down when it's a legitimate murder...

Yeah, but your feet will also significantly shrink and become deformed between the young motherhood and old crone stages of your life. After your feet look like that, you'll be begging for them to elongate into a more normal shape.

No. Not really.

Really? How exactly are they opposites?

rape culture alarmists?

Why can't a curvy Amazon also be a MPDG?

He does seem to always pick roles he enjoys doing, so there's that. I'm not too worried about him.

Thanks! York is definitely my first choice.

Yes! York. Also applying for Media Studies at Concordia.

I was kind of thinking that Ursula would have also made a good villain to include in a fashion show.

DVD box-sets of awesome shows for our boring couple nights-in. Not that I'm married, but I know that if my boyfriend and I were to receive couple gifts, this would be at the top of our wish list.

I'd love to take a look at the reading list. I'm applying for communication and cultural studies MA programs in Canada right now, and while I'm probably going to go with a focus on gender and video games, sexuality studies has always been a field of interest to me.

I know! I feel a little creepy reading YA in my twenties. I mean, I don't read fiction set in contemporary times too much, but I don't see why this is a problem. They're addressing a segment of readers. Market demands and population trends change. Whatever.

Win.

Yeah, it's a big deal and they should face consequences. But being yelled at by strangers on the internet will not magically make them rethink their beliefs and become conscious of their racism. It'll just make them feel like victims, which is the opposite of what they are.

I think everyone agrees that they should learn about racism and why what they said was inappropriate. But not from an angry mob of internet strangers.

Honestly, that article really bothered me. Fine, they were posting really inappropriate shit in a public forum and deserve scorn. But the article also really seemed to be exploiting this little phenomenon for clicks. Like, does it really do any good to gather up these posts, include names and school info for the…