This article - whilst I absolutely agree with a lot of her advice - also comes from a place of privilege, and this isn't addressed. Obviously Robin Hustle entered the industry with autonomy. But it's not like that for everyone. I'm not even including trafficked and enslaved people here because I feel that's another…

It's not that she shouldn't be allowed to speak about her experiences because they were positive and empowering. I absolutely agree that all experiences of the sex industry deserve a voice. It's just that the people whose experiences ARE positive and empowering sometimes fall into the trap of "It was great for me,…

I haven't read much of her stuff so this is a genuine question: does Robin Hustle know and has she addressed in other essays the fact that her experience of the sex industry being so positive and empowering, and the fact she's enjoyed a degree of autonomy (the sheer fact she can have "preferences" and not compromise…

Bonus points for Julie looking like she'll be a quirky, likeable and relatable character as well. Sometimes it's as though the "love interest character" is a pretty but kinda blank and boring canvas.

This is so not World War Z but, I won't lie, the thought of zombies behaving like swarms of fire ants made my blood run cold.

Yes, everyone's experience is absolutely different. :) Like I said, that's why I feel uncomfortable about all-or-nothing generalisations like "Eating disorders have nothing to do with wanting to be beautiful or cultural pressure to look a certain way" etc, etc.

I totally get what you're saying, but I've always been a bit uncomfortable about the "eating disorders are NEVER about wanting to look attractive/be desirable" argument, just because generalisations like that are a scarily effective way to shame and silence people whose personal experience contradicts them. When I was…

I do think his major valid point is about stealth. There were too many darned guards in this game, and the notoriety/alert system was wonky and stupid. A "crouch" mode would have helped out a lot, and maybe they'll incorporate that in a later game, or just dial back the guard presence again. I feel your pain of giving…

The stealth point is the only one I agree with but oh, how I agree.

YES! THANK YOU!!

This reminded me of the Roald Dahl book about a sweet shop (NOT Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or its sequel, it was just a short picture book, argh, can't remember, what was it called??) where one of the types of sweets sold were perfume candies and when you bit into them "all the perfumed juices of Arabia…

In the screenplay, it explains that the convict chain gang is being used by the navy at Toulon to work on ships. Valjean and all those dudes are hauling in a trashed man-o-war. There's a bit where the mast cracks and crashes into the water, and Valjean hauls it back out, single-handed, which Javert observes, and…

These posts are real litmus tests for empathy aren't they.

I wouldn't say "old world" but the problem with prohibiting children do or access anything is that you can't monitor them 24/7 and chances are they will access the forbidden.... and then if they get in over their heads the last person who'll know is you because they don't want to get into additional trouble for going…

So are we back to the pre-Revelations Desmond model? Oh thank god.

Sometimes I wonder whether the stereotypical image of gamers as immature is partly because of the piracy thing. Because the "I want something even though I can't pay for it" thing at the basis of some people's defence of piracy is pretty, well, infantile.

Dude, no. You are not entitled to free video games. I know, life isn't fair, but I'm not gonna steal a better car just because I want one and I don't think it's fair that other people are rich enough to buy them with their own money and I'm not. Also you totally just contradicted yourself throughout this entire post.…

Also, the people who use this justification for pirating seem to be pretty dependent on this idea of the game studio as this giant faceless amorphous entity, or of just a few big fat cats rolling around in an ocean of money. And yeah, it's not the people highest up the chain who are directly affected by the financial…

You forgot my personal "favourite", Titanic II. :D

To be honest, 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet' is really the unfilmable one. There were plans at one point, but everyone threw up their hands and admitted defeat. It is an opera though. There's a YouTube of the concert version, with the narrator Rai played by, er, Alan Rickman.