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So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

COMPOSURE – Stop. You've gotten too close to him. Your heart is pounding, and you can barely stand.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY – Yes! Don't waste time. Grab him by anything. Better yet – kiss him.

AUTHORITY – The Lieutenant is a professional. He would never let this happen. Accept the fact that after this, he'll mock you for being such an incompetent officer.

VOLITION – Keep yourself together. Turn it into a joke. No disaster will occur.

LOGIC – If you step back now, you can say you tripped.

Video games kinda suck at designing female heroes

In 2002, the photographer Howard Schatz published a photo collection called "Athlete" featuring pictures of, well, various top athletes from every sport and genre. These are some of the women he photographed, and the thing I want you to do in your head is compare the variety of humans that you're seeing here to the variety of humans you see in the cast list of your favourite video games.

These women are all in peak human condition for their fields - if you wanted to design a character who is tough and strong, these are the kinds of bodies you should look to for reference on what that looks like. You tell me how many video games or comics or movies or anime create their characters with even this limited variety in shape and size.

"they identify as animals" thats nice, sharon

"no but they actually think they are animals" theres a war going on, sharon

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