It’s actually very relevant. Rape culture teaches young men that they are entitled to women’s attention and bodies. SO MANY women get shot/killed by men who they turned down or tried to break up with because men feel that it’s an affront to them when they are denied access to that woman. Whether the murderer was a…

Super Watermelon Island is going to haunt my nightmares.

Sure it happens. That doesn’t mean it should be the overwhelming portrayal of disability in film, and it doesn’t mean this non-disabled author accurately and sensitively portrayed that choice.

Yeah, that seems to be how it goes. Its easier to believe in unhappy, tragic stories about minorities than to believe that people who aren’t white/straight/abled have just as full of lives as people who are.

On the bright side, I think it’s a real testament to human empathy that people often imagine fictional characters as equal to flesh-and-bood people.

The problem is that this character is not a real person. He is a fictional character with no agency; he can’t “choose” anything. The author has chosen to create a story where the ideal outcome is the disabled person dying. Its a problem when the only stories about disabled people we can imagine are ones where…

A group of fifteen boys coerced an underage girl into sex. There isn’t a way you can cut that where it doesn’t look like intimidation. Even as an adult woman, if fifteen men cornered me in a bathroom and demanded sex, I’m not sure I’d be able to refuse without worrying about the possibility of violence. Add in the…

Yeah, that killed it for me. I think that’s a pretty clear sign that this is not going to be a happier DCU.

Okay, am I the only person who thinks Geoff Johns is a fucking terrible writer with a horrible interpretation of the DCU? His Justice League book read like a bunch of twelve-year-olds in grown-up bodies.

Those stupid Unpopular Opinion pieces can be divided into three categories:

I just don’t get it! Once in awhile they turn out a really touching piece, so clearly someone over their has their head screwed on straight.

They are deep-fried to get that shape.

Dude, you need to chill. There’s not reason to get so emotional over science fiction.

Thanks! I think persistence is a virtue :)

1) I literally googled “Asimov women” and six of the first ten hits were about him harassing people. But since you can’t google: http://www.factfiend.com/isaac-asimov-k…

There have been SO many male dominated awards seasons and no one ever simpers and whines about how its due to men needing pats on the head. Give me a break.

I think awards often go to “this was a cool idea with okay execution” over “this was a great execution of a not-so-original idea.”

Men sweep awards all the time. It doesn’t show any sort of prejudice for women to have done this once, especially given how short stories are very woman-writer-heavy right now.

But they have no authority over Facebook, right? It’s a private company that can filter its news however it likes. What’s even the point here?

But...we don’t even know that this has anything to do with BLM. For one, BLM’s closed fist gesture usually includes the arm extended. For another, people raise their fists in photos ALL THE TIME just to be like “yay! Rah!”