"What is up with an industry that is supposedly so welcoming to disenfranchised men yet can't seem to offer the same sanctuary for women?" — YES!

Because "lonely geek wank-room" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU CALL A ROOM IN YOUR COMIC BOOK STORE A "RAPE ROOM?

Exactly! I'm not saying calling a sketchy room the "rape room" is a totally awesome and hilarious thing to do, but the real issue is how they reacted when she asked them to stop. Another major issue is the implicit misogyny when a bunch of men fire a woman because they think she's overreacting to a rape joke.

Those who have know us for years must realize that we do not condone this behavior.

We've all heard his side of the story before: "It is just a joke." "She didn't want to work." "I had no idea this has happened." "She is just lashing out." And so on. All the same lame excuses for tolerating this kind of nonsense.

God, it's like men can't even joke about brutally terrorizing people anymore! Why you gotta ruin all their fun? Get a sense of humor ladies, gosh.

"My side of the story" is becoming the exclusive property of indefensible shitwads.

That's what I was really hoping for. It's the better of Simon's two books, but we need a better director. Ron Howard?

Did you even watch the whole video? Cause you managed to miss the point. She never said there can't be violence towards women in a videogame ever! It's the way it's often portrayed as a cheap crutch for lazy storytelling that is wrong.

good thing literally no one's calling for censorship

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many…

That is the worst justification I've ever heard for anything.

So now it's not just civilians that the police consider a potential enemy, but the military too. Good to know! The other side of the "thin blue line" sure is getting crowded.

Thank you for your service, vets! Don't be alarmed by our SWAT team & MRAP following you around all the time, we just want to minimize the damage when you snap!

In reading that New York Times article, this stuck out to me:

[W]hy hold back on the name of the man responsible for all of this unrest? Stories of death threats while police are arresting people like French for "not listening" and reporters like the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery for having a camera in a McDonald's or firing tear gas into people's neighborhoods is not reason…

The saddest part is all the pictures of the people that are supposed to look bad or gangster, just looks like normal people doing normal things. I've seen my white friends make all of those poses without a second thought.

I was gonna say the same thing. Why they fuck are cops wearing fatigues?

There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys. Guns aren't for black people, either.