[TW for antisemitic rhetoric.]

In which the Washington Times declares that there is a "pogrom" against conservative figures in general and Sarah Palin in particular, because people took exception to her using the term "blood libel." A pogrom(There's a link to the editorial itself in the linked blog post. It's, uh, something ( Read more... )

[TW for antisemitism, among other things.]

"Blood libel"? Seriously? Seriously???Cue the inevitable protests from Sarah Palin about how that is totally not what she meant and some of her best friends are Jews and OMG stop being so meeeeeeean to her because she totally doesn't mean to be offensive and inflammatory except when she does. And of ( Read more... )

Early in development, the main character in The Last Guardian was female, but the team ended up going with a boy. The reason: they thought it would be more realistic that he would have enough grip strength to be able to climb around, and because they wouldn't have to worry about camera angles with a girl who wears a skirt.

(From hereSee, there ( Read more... )

What?

I mean, I'm not surprised that Mr. Fierce Advocate continues not to support same-sex marriage; that's not new. I just don't understand how not supporting same-sex marriage and supporting equality for gays and lesbians go together at all. Maybe it's an opposite-land logic thing ( Read more... )

*throws up hands*

*throws up*

[Possible triggers in link.]

A serious topic came up about how characters who are minorities who happened to be legacy characters like [most recent Atom] Ryan Choi are killed off so their caucasian counterparts can return and how they feel like they are being cheated or sidelined out of their roles. [DC Comics Senior Story Editor Ian] Sattler took a more serious tone. "It's so ( Read more... )

Bumper sticker seen on a truck in the parking lot at Barnes and Noble: "Martyrs or Marines: Who do you think will get the virgins?"

...You know, I really didn't think there needed to be that many ways to say "Hello, I'm a sexist jackass," but people keep proving me wrong.

An Introduction to Oriental [sic] Mythology? Really?

(I'm guessing the book is a reprint of a hopefully much earlier edition. The publication date for this particular edition, however, is 2007.)

In other news, WTF??

( Cut for massive fail )

Goddammit, Nippon Ichi.