June 2013
89 posts
“If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.”
—
Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)\
I dunno how many which ways this needs to be said
(via alienswithankhs)
Never Got Past The Yetis: s0mmerspr0ssen: No, it makes me PHYSICALLY ANGRY, because the reboot... →
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No, it makes me PHYSICALLY ANGRY, because the reboot Star Trek cast is flawless and their talent and chemistry and everything is wasted on bad scripts and sexism and how they are the least forwards science fiction ever. Gene wanted 50% female personnel on Star Trek and was…
- men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.
- women get into something not aimed at their gender: not real fans. probably secret friend zone warriors deadset on erasing men from the human race. get insulting demeaning memes and sexual harassment.
do you ever just want to overthrow a government
Friendly reminder that heterophobia/misandry/reverse racism will never have the same power as its counterparts.
And if you are ignorant enough to believe it does then you completely erase and ignore the centuries of suffering, genocide, and prejudice oppressed groups had and are still dealing with.
Because hurt feelings (genuine or not) =/= institutionalized oppression
So good, I’m reblogging it again, to a different blog.
“Whether or not something is intended for entertainment is irrelevant in critiquing it- or perhaps only makes it more necessary of critique. When you don’t even realize you’re absorbing a larger message about something because you’ve internalized it as “this is only entertainment,” its potential danger is increased.”
—from this post a while back (a messaged that asked whether we should be more critical of parents than Disney etc)
“So, I see you like Benedict Cumberbatch. What’s so great about-“
“Okay but I mean what specifical-“
“Uhmm is it his acting or his looks/personality or-“
