#double standards

[arcenciel-par-une-larme]

"No, no, no, you don't understand! Cultural appropriation is okay when WE do it!!!"

[sjbattleangel]

Face it, Darth Vader, Zuko, Piccolo, Vegeta, Magneto, Loki and Venom did far worse, unforgivable things yet when they were redeemed to varying degrees, fandom gave them free passes. Yet when Catra ,a child soldier who was physically and mentally abused by her mentor, realizes how much she has hurt the people around her; strives to be a better person; saves her childhood best friend and the entire world with the literal power of love (in spite of the series being cut short), fandom screams for her blood, yelling that she was "the real villain" and "should've died".

I have nothing against either Vader, Zuko, Piccolo, Vegeta, Magneto, Loki or Venom. However, when fandom declares a queer catgirl to be "the face of unforgivable evil", that's when we need to call out the blatant sexist, and kind of queerphobic, double standards.

And no, don't even give me that "BuT BaD WrItInG" thought-terminating rubbish. Funny how everything seems to be "BaD WrItInG" only when it involves some form of media made by and/or starring women, queer people and other minorities. Don't you think?

[indecisiveavocado]

the world right now

human rights*

*void if Jewish

[eschergirls]

JohnnyBob8 submitted:

"I can't submit through Tumblr, but this seemed too good to miss."

Hawkeye is trying his best to match Natasha in the silly sexy pose off but oh my god he doesn't come close to her literally being like a human sine wive. She might not even have bones, much less organs.

(Panel from Avengers: The Crossing, Marvel Comics)

[thejdog2000]

"Rules for thee, but not for me."

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

Peaceful anti war/pro Palestine protestors are being beaten and attacked by police with snipers on rooftops. Hundreds of Jewish students and faculty members being arrested.

Vs

Actual Nazis on the columbia university campus protesting.

If you’re Jewish in America this should be pretty terrifying. America protects its fascist that includes Zionists.

[odinsblog]

When the daughter of THE Martin Luther King Jr. tells you not to spread propaganda in his name, we think it’s best to just stop.

It’s time to cancel the Hollywood experiment that was Amy Schumer.

[cavalierzee]

France Supports Israeli Genocide

Apparently committing genocide is applauded in France whereas helping those genocided isn't!

Rania

[desuidesu]

Parasocial fantasies are out of hand and honestly toxic and dangerous within such fandom

Warning: Incoming Rant

Just need to get this off my chest. The internet has become a platform for people to put their stupidity on display and its annoying.

Back in August of last year at the SDCC, the internet went into an uproar about Pedro holding Vanessa Kirby's hand on stage to help ease his anxiety. Comments were made about him being a "creep", using his anxiety as an excuse to touch her, etc.

Now, after the SNL 50th Anniversary show, people are saying Pedro and Sabrina Carpenter would make a cute couple.

How is it ok for people to call him a creep for being affectionate with a costar/close friend close to his age, and then turn around and say he should hook up with a costar young enough to be his daughter?

Most of these comments are on TikTok, in case you're wondering.

Double standards are gross. Do better, internet.

Rant over.

[garlic-and-cloves]

I hate so much how posts about antisemitism only ever get reblogged by Jews

[dayinadream]

The world's double standards towards Gaza are utterly repulsive!

- An Israeli child is killed, and the world uproars, yet over 10,000 Palestinian children are killed, and there's deafening silence!

- Israel mistakenly executes three of its soldiers, and the world demands an immediate investigation. Meanwhile, the same army executes dozens of Palestinians daily without a word from this unjust world!

- Hamas has dozens of captives, mostly soldiers, and the world everyday demands their release. Yet thousands of Palestinians have been imprisoned for years, and there are no calls.

- The world supplies Israel with hundreds of weapon trucks while denying entry for water and milk to Gaza, letting two million Palestinians suffer in silence!

- Israel kills two Palestinian Christian women in a church, and call for investigations pour in from Washington and Europe. Conversely, Israel destroys dozens of mosques with worshippers inside and burns hospitals, and Europe remains silent!

This is a brutal, unjust world devoid of values and principles. I am ashamed to speak of the illusion of human rights !

- Ramy Abdu

[apricitycanvas]

Oh, so the grand plan to teach a 'lesson' to someone you call characterless woman is by stooping to the same level? The irony is unreal. Iconic hypocrisy🫴🏻

Devotion isn’t measured by who lusts over which actor, but clearly, your obsession with others’ lives says more about you than them. Defending Dharma by degrading a person? Bravo. Slow claps for the self-appointed judge of sanskaar 👏🏻

Iski Gaand marni ho to feel free everyone

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

Silent Hill 2 is the greatest game I don't think I can unconditionally recommend to people. Because it is amazing, but its also about trauma, guilt, abuse (of adults and children) and how unhealed, festering harm perpetuates itself onto innocent bystanders. A play-through of it is a rough ride emotionally.

It also features this adorable little scamp with the excellent points.

Now, if you're at all familiar with Silent Hill 2 you're probably very well informed on what this particular meme relates to. But if you're not, and you want a primer - Dead Domain has created a video pointing out the absurdity of this particular fiasco.

This was, of course, followed up when trailer seasons came around and Naughty Dog released a trailer than seemed to depict a woman who didn't care for gender conformity, and CD Projekt trailer that indicates, let me check my notes... Ciri's appearance has changed slightly as she's grown older - also she's probably going to be the protagonist of the next game, as all variations of The Witcher always build to. This has lead to some truly amazing fan art, and also the greatest possible observation by @dyingnome

And this isn't a surprise to anyone who follows these conversations, I think it's worth talking about because certain events globally have emboldened these types (who always seem to be gulible enough to pay for a blue tick on X nee Twitter) - leading to them trying to shout out all other conversation on the medium. We are, in fact, at the point where they're admitting they are Nazis who don't play games.

Truly we have never had more confirmation that the people who aggressively campaign for a standard of cartoonishly over-sexualized as the baseline for female characters do so not out of a love of gaming, but rather because of overwhelming indifference to a medium they don't participate in.

@verilybitchie has recently just released an essay that focuses initially on disappointment with current trans, particularly non-binary, options in games, but also covers how we got there in terms of certain genres of games having been historically unwilling to to let go the male gaze.

This, of course, is not an excuse for the self-identifying Nazis etc, but goes a long way in explaining why your more normal friends might have a confused reaction, and highlights the kinds of issues in the industry that are still unaddressed.

Also, in case you're the sort of person who needs to hear it from a middle-aged or older white man:

-wincenworks

DeadDomain's YouTube | All dyingnome's links | VerilyBitchie's YouTube

[troythecatfish]

[queer-scots-geordie-dyke]

"Criticizing the Israeli government/military for their war crimes isn't antisemitic" - No, it isn't and there *is* much to criticize. But show me ANY other country on earth with a questionable government and a less than stellar human rights record where their civilians are subjected to anywhere near the level of hatred and abject dehumanisation as Israeli people are.

So forgive me if I find the denials of antisemitism in doing this to the citizens of the world's *only* Jewish state to be entirely disingenuous.

I say this as a British citizen - a country with a truly rancid history of war crimes and human rights abuses that continue to this day. Yet *no one* denies my or my country's right to even exist.

[sjbattleangel]

Or look at The Eternals: one of Marvel's best and, sadly, most underrated films.

Written and directed by Chloe Zhao (a woman of colour), that stared an incredibly diverse cast of women and minorities. It near-universally panned by critics as "slow", "pretentions", "too serious" and, get this, "not funny enough". You people were complaining about Marvel movies being too "formulaic" and "jokey" but when Marvel makes a sweeping epic it's "too different". Even when made by a by an incredibly diverse team, it was panned even harder by fellow leftist-progressive critics as "not "radical" enough" and "not doing enough for representation" which, once again, we leftists ALWAYS tend hold to diverse media made by and/or starring women and minorities to way more harsher standards then non-diverse media that has little to no (or even worse) representation.

And as a leftist, I keep on asking: Why? Why do we keep on doing this?

I hate it when bigots say “Marvel should use original POC or female characters instead of changing existing ones” because when that does happen, people will still complain