Gender is an option in Rust. players have the option of either playing as male characters or female characters, the problem is that players aren’t given the choice of which gender they play as.

No, no one needs an English major.

Rose Red was my second-favorite, mostly because at one point I think she saved a gnome from a giant eagle by grabbing his beard and not letting go when the eagle tried to flap off with him. (If I remember correctly, Snow was a no-initiative weenie.)

The whole industry needs to go.

I don’t think anyone commenting here understands how many products are marketed as “whitening” in Asia, whereas in the US they’re more commonly marketed as “anti-aging”. Same purpose: clearer skin, even skin tone, gets rid of blemishes and age spots.

It’s not racist. It’s a linguistic difference that is known: http://www.refinery29.com/skin-lightenin…

Having said that, skin lightening creams are total bullshit, and Emma is probably embarrassed and furious to have her image associated with one.

Then pick a better target. This isn’t colourism, it’s marketing. Perfectly fair to go after the root of why a brightening product would be called “whitening” in advertising, but it’s bullshit to claim the product bleaches or whitens when it does not.

The original post is what happens when you just recycle something that tingles with outrage without doing a lick of research.

It’s not a skin lightening product. It is supposed to “brighten” your skin and even out hyperpigmentation. If you google “whitening products cosmetics” you will get a boatload of articles explaining that this is a language quirk where the word “brightening” is being used interchangeably with “whitening”.

They’re not going to get rid of this product, because they are only one of many many companies who market products with the word “whitening” in it. The problem here is that we’re applying an American definition of “whitening” to other cultures where it means something different.

I’ve been using Korean products for a couple of years (am not Korean) and did a double-take when I saw “whitening” on a lot of the labels.

This entire “whitening” thing is bullshit. Does the product have bleach in it? Probably not! In that case it’s something English-speakers are more likely to call “brightening” or something similar, implying that it clears up imperfections and does that whole inner-glow deal.

It’s a culture that at one point had to resort to haggis. Perspective is required.

You know, I’m going to guess that a woman who lived in a former colony has a slightly more well-rounded view than your average Gawker commenter.

Have you ever seen a carrot before the cruel breeding program instated by the homo sapien overlords? They were purple, multi-rooted and bitter as hell, but they were FREE, DAMMIT.

As was mine.

Absolutely not. This person ripped a chunk out of her husband, then broke up with her on email. She’s known to have a pattern in friendships.

My dad can pretty much do anything - not in a showy way, he just quietly accomplishes exactly what needs to be done using a spare straw, a used stamp and the foil off a pop tart and now hey the fridge is running again! - but saran wrap absolutely destroys him. And he does a total 180 and is reduced to red-faced…

Ha, that does not look like a man who frequently holds babies. (Baby: “This is a very awkward reclining position right now.”)