Oshii Mamoru (Ghost in the Shell) has used the word "mukokuseki" to describe anime characters-- basically, "one without nationality." They're a tabula rasa, in other words. At the same time, Miyazaki has cryptically said that "the Japanese hate their own faces," and purposefully draw beautiful characters as Western characters, so perhaps that's a wash as well.
I'm a St. Joe's alum, and was at one point a faculty member. I can tell you with no reservation that whoever made this decision in the alumni relations department did it without the consent of the university and in flagrant violation of the university's commitment to diversity and the promotion of the respect and dignity of all human life regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. This isn't even an issue of "dogma"-- Jesuit priests tend to be among the most radical thinkers you'll meet, and they set the intellectual tone of the university.
It's all the more disappointing because in contrast to the vomit-inducing masses of so-called Christians in the United States, institutions like St. Joe's promote principles of social justice above all else. Jesuits are de facto Jesus-loving Marxists, for Christ's sake (errr...). This is just unfortunate bad press for an institution that really does work to build a more progressive world, in contrast to all the other organizations that claim to be Christian in this nation of Puritanical sociopaths. And that's why I'm absolutely certain that this decision didn't come from anyone other than some useless administrative bureaucrat who has fund-raising in mind, and not the broader mission of the university. Blech.
I can understand defending a mom-and-pop store that has a real reason to encourage the kind of community you crave, Mike. Mom-and-pops have a reason to cultivate that kind of community: it enriches the cultural life of the community they live in. But GameStop has no interest in that; it's a multinational corporation with no interest in local communities; in fact, it probably put a lot of mom-and-pops out of business along the way. It's also a multinational corporation living on an antiquated business model. So let it die. There's no ethical difference between shopping at Amazon and GameStop.
That's absurd. How do some silly blinking lights represent "Christian values?" If you've got a religion the core beliefs of which can be represented by ridiculous little flashing lights, you need a new religion.
I'm sympathetic to the concern that extremist Christian ideology is now all-pervasive in the United States. But you've really got to pick your battles. This is just ammunition for conservative zealots to say to each other, "did you see that jerk complaining about the Christmas lights? This is a war on our religion!"
The truth is, we should be fighting a war. The last place we need to fight that, though, is on some goofy website.
"tourist familes from Wisconsin or some other flyover space"
New York hasn't been important for 20 years, twat. And if it weren't for those yokels, you'd live in a bigger shithole than you already do.
New York hasn't been important for 20 years, twat. And if it weren't for those yokels, you'd live in a bigger shithole than you already do.
Was this written in English?
I didn't see anyone else mention it, but accompanying the dragon flying backwards I got intense lag and framerate drop (on 360). I got tired of trying to shoot down the dragon, which wouldn't come anywhere near me, so I started walking away, and the further away I got, the worse the framerate got, to the point where, seriously, it had to be like 1 FPS. I hope that's part of the problem and solution.
I never thought I'd see the day when a Kotaku editor thoughtfully uses the word "orientalizing" in a post.
I, for one, welcome our new postcolonial theorist overlords.
I, for one, welcome our new postcolonial theorist overlords.
It may just be a really stupid course title for a rather mundane class that explores substance abuse in the gay community, which would be a perfectly reasonable academic subject. Sometimes, though, chairs or deans or registrars want a sexed up course title of no more than five words. This might be the result.
Exactly, that was the problem: the character was essentially masculine (even anti-feminine), powerful, intelligent, strong-willed-- all these characteristics we've coded as male, and yet they put those characteristics into the most unrealistic female body, which is a hyper-sexualized male fantasy. I'm not saying I agreed with him completely, but there's more there than a black-or-white perspective allows.
I'm glad this came up. It reminds me of a similar experience at a conference at York University in Toronto a few years ago, something on "Asian Comics, Gaming, and Animation." One panel was about representations of sexualized women in anime. The first two presenters went on with these cultural relativist arguments about recognizing and respecting women with absurdly small hips, large breasts, and the smallest hint of clothing as representative of cultural difference. The third presenter-- a Japanese literature scholar who happened to teach in the U.S., Michigan State, I think-- basically ripped into them, focusing on sexist representations in Ghost in the Shell. Unrealistic misogynistic portrayals of women do not make a cultural tradition; it's a rather recent construction that reinforces a society that's deeply sexist. And we're not doing our duty if we're not standing up to that. A hell of a bickering match ensued.
So, sure, I wish you had said something too, but it's hard to do; sometimes it takes a Ph.D. in cultural studies, but even then you'll have a lot of detractors.
Hell, just look at the douches who've already popped up in the comments on this.
So, sure, I wish you had said something too, but it's hard to do; sometimes it takes a Ph.D. in cultural studies, but even then you'll have a lot of detractors.
Hell, just look at the douches who've already popped up in the comments on this.
Allegations backed up by years worth of evidence that this private corporation has used taxpayer money to commit atrocities and war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. There have even been congressional hearings. It's not like Evan just made this stuff up.
There are a lot of confused ideas here. Maybe this required some thoughtful editing before hitting post.
If you don't want people to talk to you about the things you write about, don't write about them. You can't write about sexism-- even if it is only one among the many things you write about-- and not expect people to ask you to comment on gender issues.
As a committed feminist, it's a little disappointing to see someone who's been a light in a dark place suddenly say, "Ehhh, I don't really want to talk about this stuff anymore." These fights are worth fighting. Don't you want to contribute to a cause larger than just gaming in and of itself?
If you don't want people to talk to you about the things you write about, don't write about them. You can't write about sexism-- even if it is only one among the many things you write about-- and not expect people to ask you to comment on gender issues.
As a committed feminist, it's a little disappointing to see someone who's been a light in a dark place suddenly say, "Ehhh, I don't really want to talk about this stuff anymore." These fights are worth fighting. Don't you want to contribute to a cause larger than just gaming in and of itself?
Michael Scott: "I would never have called Oscar faggy had I known he was gay."
You're that guy.
You're that guy.
The response to this is so fascinating. If the guy had used the word "nigger" in the same way he used "faggot," we'd all be responding very differently.
So you don't mind using the word "gay" to mean "suck," even though it's offensive to gay people. Does that mean you wouldn't mind using the word "nigger" to mean "suck" around black people? Give that a try. Next time you're around a group of black folks, try using the phrase, "Man, that game is so nigger." See how far your First Amendment gets you.
I don't get the sense, though, that you know many black folks. You might understand this issue better if you did.
I don't get the sense, though, that you know many black folks. You might understand this issue better if you did.
She was a medical intern, which would mean that she finished medical school, making her a doctor. Not quite the same as a summer internship at Jiffy Lube, and not something anyone can do without a lot of hard work and a good head on one's shoulders. Cusick's point is that that's evidence that she's a smart, talented person with deeper motivations that remain largely unexplored.
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Fair enough-- you'll benefit. But you're already paying Comcast to watch their TV service. My point was that this isn't a way to get back those customers who have given up cable TV service. Cable providers are losing subscribers because 1) they're unjustifiably expensive at a time when money is tight; and 2) smart people have ways of accessing almost anything cable subscribers offer without paying for cable TV. This move in no way appeals to those people who've left.
It's not the box that gives you access to HBO; it's you paying Comcast an extra $14.99/month that gives you access to HBO. If you don't have HBO now, you won't have HBO when it comes to the 360. Nobody's getting access to content they can't already access.
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