I’ve been inspired to write an essay about this. Sorry for everyone wondering where the follow-up to “Abridging the Freedom of Speech” is, that will be put on hold for this.
I love the phrase “I’m all for equality but isn’t this going a bit too far?” because like. It acknowledges that the issue is a matter of equality and tries to soften the ideological blow of what’s about to be said with the waiver that in most situations equality is totally cool by them, but on this occasion, there is an excess of equality here. Too much equality. This makes people too equal and they cannot in good conscience stand by it. Slow down this equality at once before we get too carried away on people being equal.
“I’m all for everyone being equal but shouldn’t some people be MORE EQUAL than others?”
Honestly, fuck equality. Equality is about sameness, but sameness doesn’t make up for thousands of years of oppression. And it gives rise to these mindsets, these “I’m for equality, which means I’m against affirmative action” sort of statements. The people who say they’re for equality are trying to turn a blind eye to discrimination and injustice, while trying to feel good about how they “don’t see color” or “treat everyone the same.”
Equity needs to be the center of these discussions. Equity means fairness, justice, acknowledging the differences between the privileged and the oppressed, and putting them on level ground by raising them up or lowering them down appropriately. Plus, it’s harder for someone to say “I believe in equity, but I don’t believe in affirmative action,” as it becomes a contradictory statement.
We find out who our true allies are when we shift the conversation from equality to equity.
Can y'all stop pretending people don’t want to see the movie because it has women in it…
People don’t want to see the movie because the trailer sucked the jokes suck and overall it looks like it sucks.
Sexism has nothing to do with it. It’s sad that you would assume that people care as much about the gender of the actors in a movie as you think they do.
I thought feminism wanted to see a world with less sexism, why go out of your way to pretend there’s sexism where there isn’t any?
Because there wasn’t this much outrage over the remakes of Robocop, Clash of the Titans, Total Recall, Evil Dead, Footloose or The Karate Kid prior to their release.
Because the last time we saw this vitriolic behavior over a remake, it was with Annie, which featured a mostly black cast, though people swore it had nothing to do with race. Like how they’re trying to cover their misogyny in the same way.
Because the entire point is to make a movie STARRING WOMEN and FOR WOMEN, and the people that are angry are the usual gatekeepers of nerd culture that have been standing behind their “NO GIRLS ALLOWED” signs for years.
Because people will always make excuses in order to veil and ultimately legitimize their bigotry.
And most importantly, because if the movie was remade with a male cast, it wouldn’t give rise to hate campaigns and boycotts.
If you refuse to believe that Johnny Depp is a serial abuser in the wake of Amber Heard’s evidence, you are an abuse apologist. Period.
And throwing around “innocent until proven guilty” as a defense of Depp is the same as saying “Amber Heard is a liar until proven otherwise.” That is textbook victim-blaming.
You either believe the victims, or you approve of their trauma.
YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE TRANS IN YOUR CHILDHOOD TO BE TRANS
YOU CAN BE 5 AND REALISE IT
YOU CAN BE 16 AND REALIZE IT
YOU CAN BE 27 AND REALIZE IT
HELL, YOU CAN BE 68 AND REALIZE IT
YOU CAN BE ANY AGE AND REALIZE THAT YOU’RE TRANS
This is for the people who don’t think they’re “trans enough” just because they didn’t know they were trans as a child.
"Almost a third of the men (31.7 percent) said that in a consequence-free situation, they’d force a woman to have sexual intercourse, while 13.6 percent said they would rape a woman. Setting aside the fact that it’s terrifying that a full third of a random group of college men will admit to this, the 20-point divide is still weird, even if it does reflect what’s been observed in previous research: At the end of the day, after all, the two groups are saying the exact same thing.
So how did those who endorsed rape differ from those who “only” endorsed forcible intercourse? Edwards and her team found that the men who endorsed rape when the term was used had higher hostility toward women and more callous attitudes about sex. This might matter from a prevention standpoint. The researchers think that “men who endorse using force to obtain intercourse on survey items but deny rape on the same may not experience hostile affect in response to women, but might have dispositions more in line with benevolent sexism.”
In other words, not all potential rapists go around talking about how much they hate women, and this suggests there “is no one-size-fits-all approach to sexual assault prevention.”"
Little-known fact—I am a fan of Magic: The Gathering.
Today’s announcement was amazing from a progressive point of view.
Wizards of the Coast is ending the name “Fat Packs” in favor of “Bundles,” which is an amazing start. Our society tends to throw the word “fat” around without knowing how it affects people dealing with body image issues, or how it seeks to reinforce sizeist marginalization. Removing the descriptor “fat” for a product is an acknowledgement that such a word is neither inviting nor empowering, and has no place in a game that is intended to be safe and welcoming for all people.
Additionally, the set after “Eldritch Moon” will be “Kaladesh,” which is described as a “diverse plane with many ethnicities – including, prominently, many humans who look Indian.” The first planeswalker revealed from this set is not only a person of color, but a woman of color, further adding to Magic’s diversity. Additionally, this is yet another new, female-identified planeswalker. For comparison, the last new, humanoid, male-identified planeswalker was Dack Fayden in 2014′s “Conspiracy” set (not counting Commander 2014). In the two years since, we’ve had three new planeswalkers introduced, who were all female-identified (Narset, Arlinn Kord, and now Saheeli Rai).
In a game that is dominated by straight, white men, increasing the diversity of figures seen in such a way not only extends the hand to a more diverse playerbase to the game, but also tells anyone who objects that they are no longer welcome. The way that Wizards of the Coast has handled Magic in the past years, from inclusion of diverse identities; to taking a zero-tolerance policy towards sex offenders as players; to openly supporting the trans and gender-nonconforming community in events; is nothing short of incredible, and exactly the kind of behavior that is necessary to defeat bigotry and toxicity.
