#firebastard

Going to step this into a new post as i feel this could get rather long winded for those who arent actually wanting to scroll a mile per response...

@aridara I dont think we actually disagree on as much as you think. I think where we do disagree on a few topics is where there is a lot of nuance. I can be prone to responding to general sentiments without looking into more detail and ill get back to that in a mo. You can be prone to assuming false intent or general ill will from others and i think that’s where both of us can be at fault.

My original response was neither about black panther nor Dunkirk as films. I watched and enjoyed both films for the pieces that they were. I was responding to the “diversity is everything” crowd who, you can hardly deny, put a whole lot of effort into White = bad, everyone else =  good. You know full well that articles like the original screens:

Are talking only about white vs not white not about individual countries and cultural backgrounds. Hell, the second image demonstrates that perfectly “90% of the case is African or African american” not “representing over 50 countries” as you, i assume correctly, point out. There are many people who see the word diverse and equate it to “non Caucasian”  and are very zealous about their “diversity” and its just shit.

Yeah, Dunkirk could have included a more diverse range of ethnicity as the french army did include a good number of foreign troops, agreed. However the film was largely focused around British troops, specifically a unit from the north of England, while it may have been nice, and a little better in line with reality to have some faces mixed into the crowd of helmets and dirtied faces, it wouldn't have impacted the story they were trying to tell positively or negatively given the focus on said unit.

At the end of the day though, while personally its refreshing to see a broader range of ethnicity i dont see that we need to judge a film based on that but rather judge a film on the content and quality it shows. I have no quarrel and would even encourage western media to consider a range of backgrounds for their casts but not as the sole focus.

Should it matter that much that white actors are seen in a higher proportion by maybe 10% than the actual demographic split of the country? Not really so long as the films on show are making their point and are achieving what they set out to achieve.

I think, where we really part ways though is this: if US media showed a perfect demographic representation of its nation showing all in good and bad light equally, what would change? Would it change the way we all see things, are we suddenly going to be living in a better place? Do people relate more to the colour of a characters skin or to the content of their character? Do people relate more to the racial makeup of a cast or to the ideas presented in a film?

Talking about one groups problems shouldnt mean we belittle the other, but in modern / 3rd wave / radical / whatever name you want to give it, feminism, it often does. Source on 90%? Women more likely to be victims? Not at all.

Going to use British stats here because *gasp* im fucking British

Women are significantly less lightly to be the victim of crime of almost all types other than domestic which is one of the least common and likely to be skewed by the Duluth model of dealing with domestic abuse...

At least for a temporary level of “back”ness. Wanted to respond to some shit, put some shit out there, maybe crack out the mic for some voice posts and see how it goes.

Good, now i have your attention let me roll this back and make my point. So recently i ticked off a few people by trying to make this point in short but really it needs a little more time put into it. But lets roll back in time a little bit:

First Wave Feminism:

If i were around during the era 1st W Feminism was around i would tell you the following:

Feminism is a movement fighting for women's rights

They are currently focused on basic civil rights, voting, property rights and fair wages

Any one who supports this cause is a feminist

This is a movement with a recognizable and well defined goal. We know what they are doing and know who is involved. The cause is quantifiable.

Second Wave Feminism:

If i were around during the era 2nd W Feminism was around i would tell you the following:

Feminism is a movement fighting for women's rights

They are currently focused on domestic safety, birth control and other rights to their body. It was also during this time the “Equal Pay Act” came into effect

Any one who support this cause is a feminist

Third Wave Feminism:

I AM around today during what is most often known as modern or 3rd wave feminism and i wish i had a simpler answer:

Feminism is a movement fighting for women's rights, though im not sure which ones or how.

They are currently focused on... Im not even sure. Some are still debating the debunked wage gap, others whine about man spreading, others want a 50/50 split of women in all positions of power.

Any one who supports... Whatever this is... Is a feminist. Apart from sometimes you MUST be a women, sometimes you must be a biological woman, sometimes men can be feminists, sometimes men can only be allies. Some say that 3rd wave is for and by white women, others say its for every one including LGBT rights activism and all other social rights. Some are for equality while others are for women

Current feminism cannot succeed simply because there is no defined goal. We have radical, liberal, trans exclusionary, white, intersectional feminism to name but a few however i couldnt tell you what, specifically, they fight for. I can tell you that any one outside of the movement can see this lack of direction, the bickering and the hypocrisy. Ive seen Feminists tear down women and other feminists for differences in opinion more often than i've seen one raise a valid and provable point.

This is why im typically against “Feminism” not because of its core ideas historically but because it currently stands for nothing. Its a movement i simply couldnt support because it stands for nothing for all intents and purposes.

Without a unified direction, a movement isn't a movement, Its a “Static” its a “dis-organisation”.

This is a real mixed bag (found it via other social media hence why its not a reblog)

Unsure of the deal behind Autism Speaks, there was alot of talk about it before but most of it was unsourced so i found it hard to follow. At the end of the day, donate to a charity that you trust, smaller local charities tend to put more of their funds towards their goal than larger ones.

Point 2 about Autistism in males. Citation needed for sure. Im sure there maybe a slightly higher rate of undiagnosed or misdiagnosed women with autism but from my knowlege it is far more common in men even then. Even taking it down to an anecdotal look at the people i know, its a 4/1 split.

The last point is one i do want to bring up. The vast majority of autistic people dont want to be known as an autistic person. Most simply want to get on with life ideally without some of the extra frustration that can be caused because of their condition. I will never try to raise awareness for autism but rather understand those who have it and incorporate this understanding into the way i work.

The thing most people get wrong however is that Autism isnt a black or white diagnosis. EVERYONE is on the autistic spectrum, it can include phobias, OCD, anxiety and i can nearly guarantee that every one reading this has something that could be interpreted as a symptom of autism. Because technically it is. (Edit: Im not suggesting that every one is actually straight up autistic, that would be daft. What im saying is that every one likely is or has struggled with something commonly seen in autistic people. In many cases it wouldnt take much just to understand and accept the label given the similarities to things we are all familiar with.)

However there is a set of rules used to properly diagnose it as a medical condition. It is this diagnosis that allows further support and knowlege of self that can help. However Autism doesnt have a set way to present itself, there is no checklist or set of symptoms. Knowing some one with autism doesnt really mean you know what autism is like, it means you know one person with autism as the variance is huge.

Oh BBC... The lack of respect i have for you is larger than your incompetence at unbiased media... Good job, you found a couple of the most Trump loving people with shaky views to prove a point...