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Sarkeesian is a true hero. She entertains and educates. When she started the campaign to raise the $6,000 she needed to do the video she got death threats and was subject to a horrific campaign of misogyny. But for a change, the good gals won out, and there was a huge backlash against these assholes and Sarkeesian wound up making $158,917 from 6,967 people. So, hopefully, we'll be seeing many videos from her.
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Jesus h christ shut the fuck up. shes hot and thats kirks character. she did a great job in the film
May 22, 2013 1:57 PM -
Why is this even an issue? There are scenes like this in Game of Thrones all the time and their but
By Manuel Ramirez onStar Trek Writer Sort of Apologizes for Misogyny in the FilmMay 22, 2013 1:54 PM -
This is bad enough, but then there was the ridiculous sexism of the guys blabbing on the 2009 Start
By Barbara MacDonald onStar Trek Writer Sort of Apologizes for Misogyny in the FilmMay 22, 2013 1:10 PM -
@jgee: I am amazed by the rationality of your reasoning, in particular how you used reductio ad
By osera, osera pas onFrancois Ozon Believes That Many Women Fantasize About Being ProstitutesMay 22, 2013 4:54 AM -
@Anita: great, now Ozon said that women secretly wanted to be strippers... aaah the Internet.
By osera, osera pas onFrancois Ozon Believes That Many Women Fantasize About Being ProstitutesMay 22, 2013 4:33 AM
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Danielle | March 14, 2013 10:11 AM
The thing is, if the role isn't one of these tropes, which have to be female, film execs will put a male in the role. In 2005 I had a screenplay do very well in all three of the major competitions I entered it in (quarter finalist in 2, including the Nicholl, finalist in one) and, though I got freelance offers on the strength of it, the feedback was resoundingly the same - great kids adventure film, but it's wasted on a girl protagonist, make it a boy and come back to us.
I was told that I should do it - to show I'm willing to take notes - but I wasn't willing to take that particular note. I was also told that girls will come to see films about boys, but boys won't go to see films about girls. Well, maybe the problem is that they don't make any films about girls that aren't about princesses finding prince charming, or sassy princesses refusing to marry - I'm a girl, and I was never interested in those stories, either.
Amy | March 12, 2013 10:55 PM
On the heels of that video, a story came out about a little girl who complained to her game developer dad because she wanted to play the girl Pauline instead of Mario and her dad hated to see her so disappointed. He felt the modern day female led games were too violent for his 3 year old, so he hacked the game and switched the characters.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/dad-hacks-donkey-kong-make-pauline-hero-gamer/story?id=18712446