Month: April 2015
CNN and Meaningless Statistics That White People Love
CNN is the go to for white conservative people trying to “discredit” supposed “narratives”. They know their liberal friends won’t accept the Fox News information. But CNN supposedly represents the liberal mainstream media. This is pretty laughable if you actually watch CNN. They bend over backwards to be neutral on … Continue Reading CNN and Meaningless Statistics That White People Love
Man of Steel In Glorious Living Color
It is amazing what one small change can do. I want to watch the entire film that way.
It’s Never Enough
Last night I watched as black person after black person stood up to condemn the rioting in Baltimore. They stated clearly they thought this was wrong, that these young people throwing rocks and concrete and wounding cops were thugs and trouble making opportunists out to create mayhem. They noted they … Continue Reading It’s Never Enough
All New Spider-Man (In With the Old)
In a statement that surprised nobody, Kevin Feige confirmed that the new Spider-Man will be Peter Parker. I typed that sentence on April 15th. Then, I got a message that my father had died. Suddenly this did not seem all that important for me. This is why I have not … Continue Reading All New Spider-Man (In With the Old)
Choking On the Truth
Over at Comics Alliance, Rue Walker has a piece up called The Poison’s Within Us All: Mistreatment and Harassment in Geek Spaces. It is a very good piece, that is starting to ask questions that have been on my mind of late in regards to how we handle outrages. If I … Continue Reading Choking On the Truth
Daredevil Review
It is really good.
The Ultimate Spidey
Yesterday saw the release of the final issue of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man. Secret Wars is next (which will apparently suspend/end every comic I currently buy from Marvel) and then after Secret Wars, Miles is an Avenger. I will not lie…I am not entirely sure I get what the post … Continue Reading The Ultimate Spidey
Feminists Are Not Trying To Break Your Toys
So…Frank Cho is under some understandable fire for a sketch he did of Spider-Gwen. Spider-Gwen is a teen Gwen Stacy from the recent Spider-Verse comic series. She has had a fairly successful start to her own series. Cho decided the best way to recognize the character is to do an … Continue Reading Feminists Are Not Trying To Break Your Toys
But It Is Fantasy
One genre that takes a lot of hits for diversity is Fantasy. And considering how often fantasy books can be very white (*cough*Game of Thrones*couch*) it is a just point. A common defense is that it is a set in a time and location where there were not non-white people. … Continue Reading But It Is Fantasy
Restraint Needed
I get the excitement behind doing a pre-origin show like Gotham or Smallville. But I think it puts interesting limitations that the showrunners are unwilling to abide by. They want to set the show before the hero exists, so we can see the buildup to that heroic introduction. It does … Continue Reading Restraint Needed
Threats Are Not Protest
So, in the wake of the Indiana Religious Freedom law, a reporter went out and started to ask local businesses if they would still serve gay people. One small Pizza joint totally bit, saying they would not serve gays. The internet explodes with this confirmation of what some of us worried … Continue Reading Threats Are Not Protest
Some Rejected April Fools Posts
28 Page Why Nickleback is Awesome Manifesto. Rejected because while making fun of Nickleback is easy, they are not “28 pages of pretending they are awesome” easy. Racism/Sexism/Homophobia: Just Get Over It Already/Offended? Suck It Up Already Why White Men Should Be able to Use the “N Word” Why Gamergate … Continue Reading Some Rejected April Fools Posts
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