I am aware of that. But I also trust that as content creators rather than staff, (and as the good, progressive people I know you are) you will continue to challenge and subvert the expectations of that audience until such a time as you no longer need to rely on the Escapist as a platform. But Marcis...

Speaking personally, I am not at all conflicted.

May he get the audience he courts.

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The Rodriguez & Riley comparison is apt.

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It is super fucking bullshit, and tbh I'd really rather we not contribute to it's being passed around, if that's ok.

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@cst: I did say "typically" not "always".

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I think that's a rough question to ask. But, if you were to use those religious beliefs in such a way as to interfere with or to deny the rights of gay people, yes I would. If you were to openly express sentiments that were derogatory or othering toward gay people, I probably would. If you hold your...

Well, I've been told many, many times that language is a fluid thing, with words and meanings shifting all the time. Therefore, maybe we can improve upon it so it's not so "weird"? language is (maybe) fluid, based on typical usage patterns - it's not something that's so easy to control, a...

English is weird, memo.

The word homophobic was coined to describe people who hate or dislike homosexual individuals, regardless of whether that is the precise meaning of it's component roots.

That's just what it means.

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Dubious_wolf: If you haven't, google Toxic Masculinity, it might help frame your thinking (whether you agree with it or not). I will do this and report back. quick searches don't yield the most clear cut or concrete info... still looking. So if I understand what I am reading "toxic masculinity...

So I’d like start by saying that men are not women and women are not men. It’s a simple fact of physiology. As a result the way in which men and some “come of age” is vastly different. Women largely become women when their body dictates. When they can start having children they are women, this is s...

I have basically only heard the term "White-Knight" used as a pejorative, except on occasion, when reclaimed (ironically) by the intended target.

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I think it was a legal cluster, but also a example of how the legal system fails. From my perspective the charges were brought in her case out of shame from peer pressure and in his case anger, not out of any real feelings that they had been taken advantage of sexually in either case. Eh, yeah, tha...

@Matt Really? perfectly clear evidence of a case where the legal system failed and you claim it's a bad example? Wouldn't a "legal clusterfuck" and "good example of how the legal system fails" be the same thing? Not necessarily, if the case is that the legal process in question ...

Further clarifications requested: In martial cases are there different standards of evidence required for conviction? And am I correct in reading this as someone laid charges, then the accused counter-charged the original plaintiff and then they were both found guilty? Because that sounds like a leg...

In the case of the courts martial described, what was the ruling?

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The easy way to avoid being accused of rape is to just not have sex when consent is "grey". That's not terribly hard.

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Zoe Quinn's game was made available FOR FREE.

And it was also not reviewed by anyone she allegedly slept with.

(Something about facts not being in play).



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The "corner cases" you should be concerned about, are the innumerable legitimate rape accusations that are acquitted due to the he-said she-said nature of the crime, or, more pressingly, those cases that are never even prosecuted.

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Regarding the other two, I agree that some way of proof is needed to prevent it from being just one person's word against another's. False rape reports may be statistically rare, but there still needs to be something that can be done if it does happen, if justice is to be served. Does the burden of...

(only tangentially related now, but remember: Anita Sarkeesian is analyzing games-as-text. she is not, strictly speaking, attempting to prove a hypothesis.)

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I made this point on twitter yesterday, but it seems to me that situations like this are an inevitable consequence of an industry and culture that habitually reinforces the notion that women lack (and men possess) sexual agency.

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Kapol wrote:FLCL

Shit, how did I forget that. Probably my all-time #1

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The Obligatory: Neon Genesis Evangelion Cowboy Bebop Additionally: Excel Saga Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai) Haibane Renmei Rebuild of Evangelion Things I have recently watched and enjoyed: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Attack on Titan Knights of Sidonia (Though the bul...

Real talk, Marvel just made Thor a woman to sell shit real talk. Yeah, but so what? Anything a company does is intended to sell shit. If they want to sell more shit to women, good on them. -m Isn't this just pandering though? I'd actually argue that, if anything, it's a grab for headlines and atten...

CrazyMax46 wrote:Real talk, Marvel just made Thor a woman to sell shit real talk.

Yeah, but so what? Anything a company does is intended to sell shit. If they want to sell more shit to women, good on them.

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