So where do abused men who need help go? Would you have protested a women's shelter in favor of affordable housing (which is a lie, none of it is affordable) and mental health centers? Do you not care about men?
Today, thousands of members of our community joined together to say no to building a men’s shelter next to our schools, daycare centers, and senior centers. Together, we are calling for more affordable housing, senior housing, mental health services, and improving our programs
Castlevania isn't about blk ppl. It's not about ANY racial group or their struggle. It's about the Belmont's and their struggle against Count Dracula.
Play Assassin's Creed Unity instead, or Freedom's Cry
How are people misunderstanding this so hard. One character design is fantastic, she represents love lust and beauty really well with a dash of androgyny (which isnt only trans women btw)
The other character is a lot more lazy and exists to attract clicks with goonclips stay mad
As a woman, I am INSULTED that SHE HULK would in anyway boast that her self control is better than his, or that her "trauma" of professional disrespect is anywhere close to the abuse Bruce endured.
The scene where Jen explains how she’s able to control her anger was easily my favorite moment of this episode. As a man it’s something I didn’t think about.
Also makes me appreciate how this show was was written & directed by women.
#SheHulk
Problem is the RATM of the early 90s is long dead. They have become the Machine they once Raged against. These days it's "F*ck you you do what I tell you!"
Rock is dead, Punk is dead, and mainstream success killed them.
And the reason the scene works is because it goes to the heart of what racism is (which is why it can apply to any group). It then subverts your expectations, with Cyborg stating he's discriminated against for being half robot, and not the obvious thing most minds jump to.
@RxRedpill
Oh no, his 2nd wife gained weight, the horror! It's not like his 1st wife died young and he was so depressed at one point that he thought he'd never find love again. Who cares if they make each other happy and have a family. She got FAT!
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D&D was accused of demonism in the 80s, and you stood your ground. Some rando on twitter sees something in a fictional race that isn't really there, and you cave to faux outrage.
Anita reduced THE BOSS from MGS3 to a bimbo, all because of an unzipped catsuit shown AT THE END OF GAME. Anyone who actually PLAYED THAT GAME knows the context of that scene and how important Boss is to the overall MGS lore. Anita earned my eternal distain for that.
feminist frequency was such a bizarre phenomenon because every video was just anita sarkeesian going “it would be cool if women in video games could have thoughts and feelings” and this netted her a decade of unceasing death threats
I maintain that most Gamers don't hate diversity, as most of us grew up with it in games and pop culture and real life. However, the hamfisted, divisive nature of modern gaming HAS made it a dirty word, as many are tired of being called bigots for disliking poor product.
Kind of insane that the gaming community is just saying they hate diversity now. No subtext. No “memes”. Just straight up visceral disdain towards the word itself
Gamers are not against Diversity. Gamers are tired of it being used as a shield and as justification for divisive creative choices and overall poor quality work.
The idea that the removing diversity advocates in the AAA space is going to bring about this massive rise of indie devs who also don’t care about diversity is such a ridiculous and hilarious take from folks. One of the biggest rallying cries from these folks during GG1 was “MAKE
I am not a child, you can't withhold a toy from me to get me to behave. If the industry collapsed today I still have more games than I have time for, and the retro scene is still strong. I lived 10+ yrs w/o new games. The industry can't survive a decade w/o sales.
As a non white biracial woman, no, ppl don't treat me differently in the Gaming space. I'm not a newcomer either, been at this since 1989, used to collect Gamepro. I grew up a Gamer and no, I wasn't hated for it. Girls thought I was weird. Guys accepted me.
Incorrect. Customers are upset because they told the game would be uncensored and it has been censored at least 2-3 times since launch (HARD R, costumes, blood splatter). You can think it's silly but please be honest.
@alazirious
He killed 36 ppl. His death won't be immediate, and will be nowhere near as painful as the deaths he caused. Even in death he will be shown mercy, something he DIDNT show his victims.
I am tired of blk characters being defined by their race and nothing else. I am tired of every story being about "the struggle". I am tired of race swaps and mantle swaps that keep a blk character in another (White) hero's shadow. I am tired of BS like Miles Morales Thor.
When you say REAL XMen fans, do you mean ppl familiar with the comics of the era, or ppl who agree with you w/o question, even when you are objectively wrong?
Princess Daisy’s new voice actress is non-binary cry about it 😘
Wanna cry even more? One of Daisy’s voice actresses from Mario tennis 64 was a lesbian.💖
@XannnaGG
and that wouldn't be an issue if it was a women's shelter instead? Because there are no female predators who would misuse a shelter's services?
Sir, it's VOICE Acting. By your logic, James Earl Jones shouldn't be the voice Darth Vader, Cree Summer's non blk roles are no longer valid, Phil Lamar can't play SAMURAI Jack or Vamp from MGS2, etc. What you want creates a pigeon hole, where blk VAs get LESS roles.
Because "Woke" causes division. XMen was about Unity. Prof. X taught the X Men forgiveness, and strove for peace with humans who feared and hated them and protected those humans from evil mutants. "Woke" is Magento, using atrocity to justify more pain and division.
“We don’t hate female characters, we just hate badly written female characters” mfs when they’re asked to name a single woman that they liked in a movie besides Ellen Ripley:
@belet_seri
Plus she's his 2nd wife. His 1st wife died of an illness (which sadly claimed their only daughter shortly after she herself got married) and he said at one point he never wanted to love again. Let the man be happy w/ his lady. :-)
It starts with an outfit. Then it's violence, then it's dialogue, then it's art. This is bigger than the edits themselves, it's the principle of the matter. In the 90s, ppl pushed back against censorship of M rated games. Today, many sadly support it.
Velma has a near 2 minute long scene of 15 year old girls butt naked and fighting each other in suggestive positions it really is shaping up to become the next Big Mouth
Superman talking a suicidal girl off the ledge.
Deadpool taking a suicidal girl to a hospital.
Carol Danvers saving two kids from a fire (and a truck).
Batman talking Marcus into lowering his gun.
Batman holding Ace's hand as she dies.
Tom Taylor needs to read some comics.
@jtimsuggs
What hateful statements? The insta post that got her fired was calling for peace. Tell everyone who bullied her, mocked her and wished her dead for "beep bop boop" to retract THEIR statements. Tweets you don't agree with aren't harm.
Back in the old times, when ppl were reasonable and not so reactive and uptight, you'd notice it, make a joke, laugh, and then continue on with the game.
If I wanted a reflection of the real world, i'd go outside or watch the news. Am I supposed to be impressed by "diverse" teams who are excluding whites? When I play Ghosts of Tsushima, I'm playing as a Samurai fighting Mongols, not "myself" fighting Mongols.
Anyone consider that games are made by large teams of diverse people all looking to see themselves in the media we’re making?
Also what if DEI isn’t an “agenda” but a reflection of what’s actually happening in the real world outside your window?
"Don't lecture me Bruce. I KNOW what self control is. I have to bite my tongue and put on a mask everytime I defend a guilty man. I have to not break down and cry whenever I have to cross examine a victim of the person I'M DEFENDING. I'm ALWAYS ANGRY and I BURY it to do my JOB."
Sir, the industry you work in needs the money of the lowly players to survive. Your job is dependent on Sales, LOTS OF THEM, REPEATEDLY. I can't make games, but I can buy them. Alas, I WON'T Be buying yours.
Y’all bashed Spider-Man 2, y’all bashed Suicide Squad, Avengers, just for some fame, we need to support these developers or else gaming is going to dead in a few years 🤷🏽♂️
Leia was enslaved by Jabba. The bikini is meant to demean her. She uses the chains meant to imprison her to strangle Jabba to death. It wasn't *just* fan service.
@venomynora
@STAI2GAZER
My crackpot theory is they don't get mad about Ellen Ripley because there's a single scene with her partially nude. Same thing with Leia.
I really wish there were more female “chosen one” characters like it’s exhausting that 90% of the time it’s the boy who’s the prodigy or the young man who’s going to change the universe for better or worse and then woman is the love interest or side kick we never get her pov
@GadzooksB
Are you aware of all the water born illnesses that exist? Or that rivers were (and are still) used to remove human waste? It's BECAUSE of industry that we even HAVE reliable ways to clean and filter drinking water. Move to a 3rd world nation and see how clean their water is.
If Metroid was new today, it's still be an original game where the 1st entry reveals that the Player Character is female. Gamers have had nearly 40 yrs to reject Samus and they haven't yet. Metroid Dread was seen as a return to form for the character and that was what, 2021?
Katana in DC Comics runs around w/a katana and a Noh mask designed to look like the Japanese flag, yet you don't complain about that. So Heroes can rep other nations, but American heroes are a no go and must be shamed?
@tghcookiemedia
How is this homophobic? This is literally what most businesses did once the month of June was over. All the pride flags around NYC disappeared on July 1st. Modern/corporate Pride events are as commercial as any other holiday now.
No he didn't. He said that Spider Man is an everyman character. He also said that he would have been ok with it had Spidey ORIGINALLY been designed as non white, but since he wasn't, he should remain white, just as Blk Panther should be blk/African, and not, say, Swiss.
Those same "Right wing asshats" brought up this scene/character up NUMEROUS times to highlight the difference between a well written female warrior and the hachet job that was Rings of Power Galadriel. They don't have a problem w/this. However, you seem to have a problem w/them.
@Steam
@SweetBabyInc
it’s doubled in followers overnight, and we get to see exactly what people are describing it as: a way to avoid inclusivity. they’re just saying it! and there’s no one challenging them. that isn’t a complaint it’s just a fact - and i can’t stay quiet about it nor should i have to
Anita didn't critique games on Artistic or Technical merits. Her "analysis" was to cherry pick examples she knew nothing about and use Feminism as a means of "critique". I was done w/her when she referred to The Boss in MGS3 as a bimbo.
As a WOC/POC, I care because for every white character that is blackwashed (see redheads in comics) an obscure or original black character gets passed over. Black heroes don't need to replace white heroes or take their mantles for "muh diversity".
It's well known that I am one of the biggest Booster Gold fans out there so I feel like my opinion is worth something.
If Faison gets the role, that means that a traditionally white character is going to be played by a black man. Who cares? Why would I piss and moan about that?
Us "doofus kids" have had 40 yrs to reject Samus Aran. We haven't. The most Metroid fans reject is Other M due to how Samus was portrayed. Many felt the game mischaracterized her and made her look weak.
Here is Stan Lee explaining how a classic storytelling trope (Man vs Society) influenced the X Men. The appeal of the Franchise is in how anyone who has been picked on for being different can relate. It's a universal story that can apply to anyone and any group.
Here is Stan Lee himself explaining the
#XMen
to help remind this moronic group of online bigots, who have tough time with subtext or allegories, what this diverse property is really all about.
1st of all, this is an insult to all the real women who workout and stay fit. Two, it's a VIDEOGAME. IT. IS. NOT. REAL. See my pfp? SHE. IS. NOT. REAL. A fictional woman being attractive isn't a crime. As a "Girl Gamer" I don't need a videogame to "represent" me.
@Timcast
and now we wait for CNN to write hit pieces on how you're taking/were prescribed "horse dewormer".
On a serious note, I'm glad your feeling better. Hopefully the rest of the team is ok.
With all due respect to Sean Gordon Murphy, Batman Beyond does NOT need to be more "diverse". Terry's GF is Asian, his FEMALE best friend Maxine is black. Bruce sent him to train w/Kairi, a Japanese woman. The had cool female baddies like Inque and Cuare.
Stop.
I grew up in the 90s, when we had "black shows" like Martin, Family Matters, Living Single, Fresh Prince, In Living Color, Showtime At the Apollo, Soul Train, Moesha, etc. Those shows were FUBU, but they didn't make it a point to alienate whites or other "outsiders" either.
"captain marvel was too cocky"
"black widow was mediocre"
"ms marvel was too childish"
"wanda is unredeemable"
"mighty thor was pushing an agenda"
"she hulk is anti-men"
i'm sensing a pattern and it's called misogyny
If you enjoy the show, great! However, there is no need to insult the games or thier lore. If not for those games, you would have the show, even if the show itself is Castlevania In Name Only.
That’s because the Stellar Blade character isn’t well made, has no agency, and is purposely being made for weebs to sexualize an Asian body.
The Hades characters have agency, it’s in the plot that they choose to look that way. And they’re well made.
Are we forgetting Disney's 90s films such as Aladdin,Pocahontas, Hunchback, Mulan, The Princess and the Frog, etc? Or non Disney films such as The Prince of Egypt? Anastasia?
@OrdinaryGamers
Real humans do fit that standard, real athletes, real models, real cosplayers. A woman with a nice butt is porn but Solid Snake's butt is fine?
But these creeps aren't thinking about these games on that level, they're unable to. Their brains have been completely warped by porn. I'm not saying that in a sex-negative way, I mean it in a media literacy way. I think knowing it isn't real reduces its harmful effects.
All the dumbass replies to this tell me is that you treat women like objects lol.
You can figure out a lot about how a person sexualizes real people by how they sexualize fictional characters
Ozai will no longer mutilate Zuko in the live action “Avatar: The Last Airbender”.
“These kinds of things can be seen as problematic” the show runner explained. “Times are changing, and dad’s can’t get away with burning their child’s face and banishing them anymore”
As a black woman, you don't speak for me Steve, nor do you have any right to deem the tweet "racist" because you disagree w/it. If you think it's a good thing that you likely won't work on Proud Family due to your race, then how do you justify your career of voicing Asian Men?
@EndWokeness
I’m white. And a voice actor who will probably never work on this show - for the most excellent of reasons. Your tweet is blatantly racist. Your “anti-woke” rhetoric is dangerous & divisive. I full throatedly support Disney+,
@theproudfamily
& all of my colleagues for doing this.
The real version of this panel will never cease to amaze me. Brian Bendis legit wrote Riri ASKING AN OLD WHITE FEMALE TEACHER TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HER. The racism comic writers bemoan was so LACKING that a little blk girl ASKED to be insulted.
I get the feeling you didn't play videogames as a kid, or do so now. Dudes don't mind women in "their space" so long as the woman is a fan just like they are. No dude ever pushed me out of a space. If anything, they flocked to me, lol.
Just like with video games when I was a kid, boys are mad because girls are playing in a space they’ve deemed “theirs” and are kicking their asses at it
Yes, because it was only blacks who had it rough, and it was only blacks who ever contributed to the growth of the country. There were no Native Americans who lost everything, no immigrants who left everything to come to a new land....
I have no problem w/ Aloy or Horizon Zero Dawn, but any "article" pushing the idea that the game presents something as regards a Female Protag is absurd and insulting to me. Aloy is part of a long tradition, NOT a new thing.
Know your history and respect your forebears.
I owe Valerie an apology I wasn’t familiar with her game, the speech she gave to Magento got me so hyped
“Magneto was right” genuinely gave me chills this show is the best
She isn't an unlikable witch who cries about being disrespected. She had a BF named Wyatt. She went on zany adventures. She was sexy and witty and powerful. Most important, she loves cousin Bruce.
When the show reflects all that, pls let me know.
@WinterwayEd
and what? she has the right to wear it, just as you have to be offended by it. That you don't like it doesn't mean she has to take it off.
I'd ban you from the pool too- for causing a disturbance.
Anita lied and promoted false narratives. She lost me when she presented The Boss in MGS 3 as a bimbo. She complained about a Perfect Dark commercial that was actually playing AGAINST stereotypes. Fem Freq was a lie the industry sadly brought into because it looked good.
@DontProtectShit
@DreamLeaf5
All feminist frequency did was point out how products made by men will eventually have their beliefs come out through their art, and a lot of you couldn't handle being told that. You took that to heart so strongly that it still affects you over a DECADE LATER.
As a "girl gamer"/Tomboy, I do not understand your desire to erase femininity. It is not weak. Rivet could have been Femme AND physically strong, as many real world athletes are.
Are Chun Li, Samus, Lara Croft etc lesser beings because their designers valued beauty AND brawn?
Tennessee is banning pride flags 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Know what’s not banned in Tennessee?
Confederate flags. Nazi flags.
But a symbol of love & acceptance- that’s a step TOO FAR!
Many had a problem with Halle's casting because She's biracial and was considered by many in the black community as being too light skinned to play Storm. Same thing happened to Alexandra Shipp.
The issue isn't the lace, the issue is censorship and broken promises. If this was another costume, not editing or replacing something else, it'd be fine. The HARD R drama already showed Shift Up will do what Sony tells them. Buy at your own risk.
What identity politics were touched up on in the show? The show openly tackled race and discrimination. It tackled the AIDS crisis. It tackled alot of themes, but gender issues weren't one of them.
I can't stress how incredibly stupid you look for saying X-men, out of all things.... is turning woke.
Themes like identity politics has always been in X-men, in either the comics, animated series, or movies.
No, because Laura Kinney is not Wolverine. That will forever belong to Logan/James Howlett. She is X23. It's her name, her legacy, separate from Logan. She's already a clone of him, let her have her own identity.
You're missing the point. Kitty is trying to explain to him that calling her a "Mutie" is just as offensive to her as calling him the N word is to him.
Context matters.
At this point? Yeah, I wouldn't mind a man writing Lara Croft. She was created by dudes. She, especially in her 90s heyday, was very much a dude's fantasy female action hero, and that's perfectly ok. TR isn't about feels, it's about fun, fast paced action.
Or we can not shame ppl for something that is their personal choice/circumstance and not a crime. Some ppl struggle with intimacy for a variety of reasons. Some abstain for religious or personal reasons.
Or to not become a ghoul if bitten by a vampire (very important!)
Being a virgin is embarrassing when you are well into adulthood.
Adult virgins for either male or female just shows you aren't really capable of attracting mates, and/or you don't have the appropriate psychological functioning to have normal, stable adult relationships.
Finally gave her ethnicity back? When was she not black? Keep in mind that she's a fictional character who isn't from Earth. Her "ethnicity" is Edenian.
@Black_D_Gamer1
You keep deliberately sharing unflattering pics of the character. YOU keep saying your own race is ugly. They finally gave Tanya her ethnicity back.
@Trey_Mykel
To my understanding she's a dark/brown skinned Romani woman. She's not "Black" in the sense we understand it today. Outside of her skin tone, nothing about her features is "black". In the original Victor Hugo novel she was a pale skinned teen I think.
I'm blk and I would have called the cops on ya'll too. It's a store, ppl are trying to shop. You and your dance squad are creating a hazard. We have literal DANCE STUDIOS but you all need to make a scene at Target.