I HAD NO IDEA DEAN KANE IS ASIAN FROM HIS LOOKS AND I GUESS NEITHER HAD MOST OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING IT. IT'S LIKE YOU CAST A WHITE LOOKING PERSON WITH A BLACK PARENT AND THEN CLAIM BLACK PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY REFERING TO THIS PERSON. GET IT?

I love you for that post. To me people saying he was "bullied" know exactly that this is not true, they use it as some sort of rhetoric trick to pretend they care oh so much about fairness, oh so much about science, when in fact they just can't take feminist criticism. As said what really broke my heart was then…

oh my god...Jackie Chan and Jet Lee fall exactly into the "exotic asian dude doing martial arts" category, which is not exactly a non-stereotypical, differentiated one, Keanu Reeves looks very western, and just coming up with a bunch of exceptions does not prove anything. Have a look at the stats, you will be…

yes of course, here I agree with you. I just have family members working in this field and know how very messed up it is. Thanks for the link, I will have a look!

Oh my god. There are tons of studies which show how the entire process in case of sexual assault delicts is hugely biased....starting from cops with an often sexist attitudes who also often hold the belief that the victim is at fault etc. etc. - "this is just how it is" - perfect way to stick to the status quo. "What…

It's done in Sweden and I think it's a good thing

So I do science and I am sooo annoyed by people still discussing this scientists shirt (Rosetta/comet landing). To me it went like this: The guy wore a sexist shirt, got called out, apologized - end of story. The only people I've seen ranting and ranting were the guys who could not take sexism being called out and oh…

I wonder if the rise in racially motivated aggression is partly due to racist peoples anger about a black guy being the president...

That's one of the reasons. Another one is the knee jerk response of "didn't she made that just up" - it does say a lot about society if your first empathetical reaction goes out to the possible perpetrator than the victim - and the victim blaming which you will find almost throughout all cultures - this will prevent…

yup but not as many as usually

because you can understand it as the macho "man defends fragile girl behavior" - thought that's BS in this context in my opinion, I think it's more a very human thing to lose it seeing a loved one suffering..

You are confusing active aggression with defense. Many social revolutions have used aggression, and you can't equate all forms of aggression.. btw.

I think I have my first 2015 hero.

That they were not coerced doesn't mean it's a cool thing. Given that we still live in a biased sexist world and stuff.

I fucking hate this celebration of the objectification of women. Seriously how is it anyones ideal to treat a group of people like mindless trophies?

you and me: BFFs.

um what? I live in Switzerland and never waited longer than a week or two..

One of my friends (europe) broke his leg in the states - flew back with basically no care to go to the hospital here since he would have had to pay a loooot of money in the states according to him. I think many americans would change their opinion about healthcare if they would live in europe for some time, I…

Wait.

I also like the community here, but I am not sure I would call it feminist..at all.