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Via The Mary Sue.

“Nerds don’t have a problem with women,” said host Larry Wilmore, “they have a problem with change.” He then asked the panelists if the whiny manbabies of the internet are racist, sexist, or just gross gatekeeping nerds, to which Amanat replied, “All of the above.” Killin’ it.

I am not quite hate-watching the show; Scott enjoys it much more than I do, as he thinks it is much more "serious" than, say, Supernatural. I find the writing really clunky, and some of the monsters of the week are just boring or stupid. (I'm thinking particularly of the one with the Rom chick and the miners, and also, the fuck is with Pennsylvania ( Read more... )

So Marvel has an anti-bullying campaign and as such is creating variant covers for the cause.

This one is my favorite:


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Real Life Proves Why Luke Cage Endures

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Luke Cage was created in 1972 ( Read more... )

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Okay, so the other night I got into a spat on FB about "taking genre writing seriously." Because, you know, lolz, and whatever, amirite? *snort* But it got me thinking on the topic of writing and reading (shocking, I know), and what they mean in the everyday sense.

The Value of LiteratureSo lo many moons ago I remember my Mom asking me in college ( Read more... )

What if the X-Men were black?

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In the alternate universe where the all mutants are black, many events in the X-Men history become actual social commentary because they are dealing with real dimensions of power. Reading about black teenagers standing up to a largely white mob is different than reading about white teenagers in the same ( Read more... )

Cut for spoilers, potentially triggery discussion.
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I have all the ideological issues with it. (I did like the ending though, and not just because it was the ending.) Spoilers ahoy.

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