I love the vibe of Buffy The Vampire slayer as much as the next Scoobie
I wholeheartedly agree with her. "a real person that we can empathize with"- by "we" I hope she means people, not just women. Movies about women are labeled "chick flicks" while movies about men are for everyone. People seem to have a problem with women portraying the human experience, rather than a specifically…
I've seen Law and Order SVU enough times to know how this will play out.
You're a bucket of wrong dumped into an overflowing toilet clogged with chunks of wrong.
You are trolling. Dismissing trans gender as fantasy/role play is inaccurate, hateful, and offensive. Grow up.
Yeah, 'cause it's totally overly dramatic to be completely dehumanized and othered. NOTHING WRONG THERE.
Just stop existing.
I'm sitting here trying to find a good gif to express how obnoxious and privilege-ridden this piece of shit post is, but you know what? I got nothing, so imma just fall back on that old reliable standby of telling you to go fuck yourself.
You are not discriminated against. You are not the victim. Shut the fuck up.
I'm a trans* woman myself and I'd be happy to facilitate a educational explanation as to why us trans* people don't identify as out birth genders and dislike it when people don't respect it.
She is requesting that this article be pulled from Kotaku, please do so Kotaku, she's getting a ton of e-hate over this.
Yeah, because I'm sure the families of all the victims killed in 9/11 laugh their asses off whenever a comedian makes light of it. "Hahah, my son died a decade ago! Hilarious!"
No, we'd mostly just like you to not defend the comedian for his behavior. I don't really care if you are not personally offended by what happened, but don't you dare try and make excuses for this.
I really like what Patton Oswalt says about comedy: that you should always punch up, never down. You should use comedy to deflate the powerful, not attack the powerless, and transgendered are some of the least powerful in our (or really most) societies. It's giving the smallest kid in class a swirly. Sure, some people…
Except it isn't one person being dramatic, because there are a bunch of other people who are rightfully offended by it too (including me). Being a dick isn't inherent to comedy, nor is it actually an indication of comedic talent. Usually its the opposite - a crude pillow to fall back on in the lack of true wit.…
Time to sign up for some classes then dude, because you seem to have no idea how it works.
The second I saw this, I knew the trolls would be all over it. Because basic human decency is obviously a foreign concept.
Sex and gender are different. Sex is what you have between your legs. Gender is what you identify.
Is it OK for your boys to wrestle gay boys? Or for your boys to wrestle if they're gay?
Since women have already proven their mettle in combat, your worries are baseless and evidently grounded in outdated sexist attitudes. Anxieties are products of the mind, not reality.