A note about Sucker Punch - I think this was a pretty wildly misunderstood film. A lot of people criticized it for purporting to be feminist while dressing up its characters in highly sexualized, stylized outfits. I would argue that the point of the film was to explore the fatal flaw of attempting to create feminist…

AMERICA, STOP IT.

This is offensive
albanian girls or women are not in acent of russian speaking! and they are moderate! please research and make more specific information about albanians!

What like Europe is the only place where families and clans have symbols with intricate and esoteric meanings? I doubt it.

The basic mechanism is "men in Somalia = kidnappey murderers with AKs." No narrowing it to al Shabaab, even. Broadening that to all of Somalia wouldn't be a good thing either. (And I'm pretty sure Mogadishu was the only place in Somalia the author could name and think readers would understand.) And seriously, can we…

This piece's assumption that "Somali man" = "Shabaab terrorist" leads to a lot of racial stereotyping in my community (the Twin Cities). In particular, there's a huge amount of unwarranted mistrust of Somali men and boys, which leads to police misuse of force, inadequate access to jobs and education, lack of…

Not cluelessness, just a desire for actually funny and thoughtful parody.

Yeah, I thought this was "meh, okay" until I got to the one about Somalia. No matter how much of a joke it is, making fun of people living through a civil war and terrorism doesn't seem right. The jokes aren't even that funny or original.

I know this is a joke but the one about Somalia is very mean spirited and ignorant. Obviously parts of Somalia are having issues right now, but making lame jokes about it seems very ignorant and juvenile. Not all of Somalia is in the civil war and the northern part of the country (Somaliland) is relatively stable and…

The fuck is this?

This in no way addresses the topic of the representation of non-White models on high fashion runways. These women are dancers, not models.

As a Brit (whose parents are immigrants from places Britain invaded)... I don't really care about this story. But I also don't appreciate people who are going "SO GIVE BACK WALES/SCOTLAND/EGYPTIAN ARTEFACTS/EMPIRE". Especially not since people seem to be reacting like this view on Jane Austen's ring is shared by most…

Seriously, any first world country worth its weight in assholes have the same privileged, pseudo-libertarian dickwads who refuse to criticise the status quo because it's benefiting them in some way. This is not strictly a UK thing, though I'd say white men in particular certainly seem to have the market cornered on…

Have you ever been to the M.E.T.?

Oh sweetie, that is not just an issue in the UK, trust me.

shhhhh...it's ok not to analyze as long as it doesn't affect YOUR group. duh!/sarcasm

It does matter, that's why I posted it. For this actual person, it's not been the great experience that this article suggests.

It's not all it's cracked up to be.

This is wonderful. But then this happened:

So they added some token minorities and will likely continue to do the same thing they have been doing when the media's attention is drawn elsewhere.