Awesome Discussion About The Potential And Importance Of Gender And Ethnic Diversity! I Agree On Every

Awesome discussion about the potential and importance of gender and ethnic diversity! I agree on every point and it's an interesting read besides! ;)

http://femfreq.tumblr.com/post/96713940785/at-gdc-i-cited-a-study-where-men-exposed-to-sexy

At GDC I cited a study where men exposed to sexy women in games reacted more negatively towards a recounting of a woman’s sexual harassment

— Manveer Heir (@manveerheir)

September 4, 2014

If you don’t see the relation to the way “gamers” treat the women on the web and OUR content in...

Why are they always hanging by their wrists? Isn't that a form of torture? Jesus! It's like adding insult to injury, or rather, injury to insult. It takes a special kind of indifference to ignore how much that shit would actually hurt.

Mary Jane Watson, Spiderman Vs. Kingpin (1990) #damselindistress

Quitting is the artist's choice. One that they should be able to make without guilt whatever the reason. That should not even be an issue. I only wish Emirain would have communicated their doubts about wanting to / being able to continue to the readers sooner instead of merely taking a hiatus. Disappointment is the direct result of failed expectations. I saw this coming because, as a worry-wart, I read into things like delays and breaks but I know many fans took the authors at their word and wanted to believe that it was just a matter of time before Teahouse came back. So I hope you work on those communication skills if you self-publish in the future. Other than that, I wish you all the best in your careers and future artistic pursuits.

I just want to thank everyone for the surprising amount of support we’ve received in the last few days and while I don’t want to directly address any of the negative messages, I want to leave everyone with this nugget:

Artists become artists because they’re passionate about art. We don’t do it...

Exactly! And that is what gets me... When setting out to prove something, of course you're going to find evidence focusing on the phenomenon you're dealing with! Anita Sarkeesian's series isn't about tropes and gender in general, it's about women, so it is self explainatory that she would narrow down the discussion to fit her topic. This is not cherrypicking, it's basic argumentation and I find it astounding that these men are furious that a person is staying on topic. The real problem, it seems, is that they don't like the topic. It's like they've turned their "not all men" into "not all games" and, once again, it's not helping the discourse.

http://catfishcafe.tumblr.com/post/91813824114/femfreq-i-get-so-many-emails-like-this-i-could

I get so many emails like this I could publish a coffee table book full of them.

It’s especially amusing that this misogyny laced email is unironically signed “See you soon m’lady. *tips fedora*”

I'm not trying to dispute the special white boy problem but I will say that Metz has a reason for being all shocked by the customs. He has some sort of amnesia and doesn't remember anything from before he was found and almost sacrificed to the god of death.

Considering his mysterious background, I sort of get the feeling that Metz is a character that represents our time and through which the modern reader can explore the story's universe. It is pretty sad though that the artist thought he had to be white for that.

Even so, the racial representation in BTOM is better than most webcomics where people of color are often solitary, token characters. Here we have almost an entire cast of interesting, complex Aztecs and one white guy. It's a bit annoying that he's so speshul but I do appreciate the thought that went in to not only the fantastic setting but the other main characters who frankly are a lot more intriguing than Metz.

Special White Boy Syndrome

I have a webcomic rant, but if you’re a postive thinking person who can’t stand to see any artist criticized, then kindly ignore this. I don’t want to be a hater, but I am also an opinionated person with lots of feelings.

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