For one thing, I don’t believe this was HER trying to take him down. I read her essay as an attempt to gain closure of a troublesome and emotionally trying time of her life by expressing her experience. It’s the Internet that has taken this and run with it.

And so what you’re suggesting is that these hypothetical writing staffs require non-white folks to be there as “authenticity checkers,” or something? What is the real argument here? Because I don’t get how this ultimately doesn’t boil down to “black people know black things, women know women things, gay people know…

I simply expect that white men will always be involved though, so my concern for them being completely excluded pertaining to non-white or non-male characters is non-existent. I expect that involvement will likely never change, maybe in how much they dominate a staff on sheer numbers, but never in some level of…

I don’t know if I’d agree that the lefts adoption of “It’s often argued black writers should be writing black characters...et al” is about cultural segregating that medium but about proper cultural representation...

Seriously, white men have been writing for female and non-white characters for decades and they could care less. When non-white writers and female writers have an opportunity the concerns come rolling in about how they can’t properly capture the characters or even worse *gasp* create non-white male characters.

Aren’t they actually a major food source for some bats and birds? I know I’ve heard the same thing, but I also can’t help but think this could end up butterfly effect-ing a lot more than planned.

While I hate the mosquito as much as anyone, Radiolab during a piece on Oxitec’s mosquito trial studies actually came up with 1 benefit of the evil beast, to keep the spread of humans from certain heavily infested areas, leaving them undeveloped and generally fucked up by us.

Honestly, more time spent on Mads and his choice to defect from the Empire would have been more interesting that the petty office politics we ended up with. His story line basically boiled down to “he used to work for the empire, but then he had a change of heart,” which is fine, but we got pretty much no insight onto…

The position of Ambassador for a real, serious organization should indeed be reserved for living, breathing humans.

Here’s the issue with labeling. People will see any GMO label as a warning label. GMOs produce higher yields, in less area with lower water consumption and the reduced need for pesticides/herbicides. GMOs are often more nutritious due to nutrition based enhancements. GMO farming has a lower carbon footprint because…

The most bizarre thing about moon landing conspiracy theories (and most other conspiracy theories) is that keeping a conspiracy under wraps for so many years, despite relying on the unbroken silence of dozens or hundreds of people, is much, much harder to pull off than actually, you know... doing a real moon mission.

gross out most of the population, except for that slim percentage you wouldn’t want around naked Na’vi babies?

The fact that so many of you adults find baby genitalia weird and gross is THE reason to have these dolls. Kids should not grow up thinking any part of their body is weird and gross. They should be able to ask questions and understand biology. (I didn’t research Na’vi male genitalia but i do believe they are not…

As a gay man, I had to do some soul searching after hearing this news. On the one hand, in retrospect it’s clear that the Patient Zero narrative was too neat, and possibly driven by different forms of homophobia.

Jesus, a reboot would be a horrible failure. Theres no way.

Your metaphor lost me halfway through.

Came to the comments looking for the bitter snark about the Magicians. was not disappointed. that series has to be one of the most divisive i’ve read in years. About the only thing everyone agrees on is how terrible Q is at the beginning, but how much you enjoy his journey, and the world around him, seems to vary…

The Magicians trilogy really would’ve been better off were it billed as a single large novel, I guess. Quentin is the absolute worst at the start, but has an incredibly satisfying redemption arc over the course of the series. It ends up being a meditation on the destructive nature of power and privilege without…

Believe it or not, adopting, in some cases, can be way more expensive than fertility treatments (granted you have insurance coverage).

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