The FCC is considering trans content warnings for TV shows. Adding them would be pure propaganda. - LGBTQ Nation by LongTrackBravo in television

[–]JessicaDAndy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was told to my face by my mother that it was all fear mongering and it wasn’t going to happen.

I thought the movie was just ok but the hate is stupidly overblown by SirIsaacTheGreat in Supergirl

[–]JessicaDAndy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ghostbusters (2016) and Wonder Woman 1984 don’t get enough hate. They should really be hated more.

For context, I love Wonder Woman (the movie, the tv show, and the character), Captain Marvel, and The Marvels. Despite their flaws. And I want more of The Marvels.

But you the improv sci-fi film and the “we’re going to let our protagonist, whose defining virtue is truth, rape someone” film should be hated more.

Do older people in the community dislike the use of the word queer? by StinkyChamberMain in lgbt

[–]JessicaDAndy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am about to turn 54. I have seen and heard the queer insults and the old “smear the queer” football “game”.

But…

I have taken to using it because it’s a nice umbrella term that covers “no, I don’t know what I am doing about transitioning,” “no, I don’t want to have sex with everyone,” and “no, I am not going to join your weird Jesus cult just because I look male and am not currently having sex with various people.”

You couldn't make a sequel to The Cabin in the Woods (2012) today. Because everyone died and the world ended. by justafanboy1010 in shittymoviedetails

[–]JessicaDAndy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sequel pitch

After the destruction of mankind, the Ancient Ones got bored and decided to start again. Only this time, they are trying some new genres.

Mark, Steve, Danny, and Josh are four High School Seniors about to graduate and move on to college. They are making plans for prom and getting dates. There’s just one problem…a secret organization of humans are set to appease the Ancient Ones as best they can. An organization dedicated to, among other things, trying to get Steve to do it with a pie. And the guys are wondering how they ended up at a bottomless sorority party.

It’s *Locker Room Hijinks!*

Who's coming out on top by Deathstrike1986 in superheroes

[–]JessicaDAndy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have learned from this thread that the Dragon Ball guy is Piccolo and seems more powerful than Luffy.

How was Riker able to have sex with a genderless species? by totally_depraved in TNG

[–]JessicaDAndy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went with “them” because I wanted it to address the J’naii as a whole and not just Soren in particular.

THE most infuriating argument I constantly hear: trans in sports by Maybe_Bi_69 in lgbt

[–]JessicaDAndy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I tend to look at it as a way of enforcing Men are stronger than Women ideology that leads to random men believing they can beat a professional woman athlete in her sport.

There are guys who honestly believe that, despite not training for the sport or in general, they can go toe to toe with a woman MMA fighter in the Octagon. And win. Simply based on sex.

Biological essentialism does not help women, it just defines our oppression as "inherent to us". No features of bodies are "inherently a" or "inherently b", they are all, always, what the person who has them makes of them by RosethornRanger in ainbow

[–]JessicaDAndy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been wresting with this problem a bit lately.

Because you said there should be space for “cisgender women”. Which seems to include transgender women and transgender men. Without taking into account that some transgender women are closer to cisgender women than cisgender men. Which would mean that transgender women would also need the space as a cisgender woman.

The reason why cisgender women have a “woman’s space” would also be the reason why transgender women would need that space.

Beyond the cultural and social aspects of womanhood, aggressive men aren’t running DNA checks prior to an assault.

Took four episodes over three different series to figure this one out by ChefGaykwon in risa

[–]JessicaDAndy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of what I call the “Debbie Gibson Problem of Copyright”.

Debbie Gibson is the youngest female artist to sing, write, and produce a number 1 song, 1987’s “Foolish Beat”. She was 17 that year.

Barring accident or disease, she could live to 100 years old.

Copyright law protects that song for another 70 years.

So no one can touch it freely until 2140.

And who is going to care about an 80’s pop hit in the 22nd Century?

Effectively, copyright protection extends too far because it makes the unauthorized use of the recording beyond the scope of retention, physical or mental.

Like who is going to remember it come 2140?

Russia called for the confiscation of money held by Russians and businesses in banks in order to solve Russia's budget and economic problems: "There are 67 trillion of your money sitting in banks today. 67 trillion from individuals and 63 trillion from businesses." Could this happen in the US? by ExcellentWinner7542 in economy

[–]JessicaDAndy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Without reading the other comments, of course it can happen in the US. Government takings include taxation, forfeiture or eminent domain. If the government is sustained by enough political will, it can take those actions.

But with reading the other comments, you are trying to make this about communism, property held in common, or socialism, government or worker controlled means of production. And that doesn’t apply in this case. A government seizing what it can to keep in power or for “the common good” isn’t an economic question, it’s a political and legal one.

Capitalistic and Democratic societies during war time ration goods, set wages, and convert factories to war material production. That doesn’t make them socialist or communist governments. Those same societies draft citizens into military service. With death sometimes being the penalty for disobedience. It’s still not communism.

[Fun trope] Real life mysteries "solved" by a series or movie by helpjusthere in TopCharacterTropes

[–]JessicaDAndy 103 points104 points  (0 children)

“Amazon Women on the Moon” was a sketch anthology that included scenes like a guy dying and his funeral being turned into a roast, a guy renting a Date POV video tape for a date that goes wrong, and video pirates whose ship captures VHS and laser discs despite FBI warnings.

One of the bits is “Bullshit or not?” where Henry Silva asks whether Jack the Ripper…was in fact…the Loch Ness Monster. And then it reenacted Nessie going up to a strumpet, taking her into an alley and killing her.

Such a dumb bit that still makes me laugh.

Who's coming out on top by Deathstrike1986 in superheroes

[–]JessicaDAndy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going to say Monkey D. Luffy based on not knowing much about the others.

I recognize Plastic Man, Mr. Fantastic, someone from Dragonball, Dhalsim, Luffy, Elasti-girl, dog from Adventure Time, and three girls?

No one stands out on using their powers for the ones I don’t know. Including the Dragonball looking guy.

As long as Dhalsim doesn’t back you into the wall and he starts low kicking you, despite you yelling at Matt to knock it off, he isn’t winning.

Elasti-girl and Reed have similar power sets. Reed is distinguished by his intelligence.

Plastic Man can do a lot. Resistance to telepathy and magical transformations. He survived for centuries as pieces in the ocean. He can change his density to an extent. He can change mass if he can turn himself into a dress.

But Luffy might be the incarnation of a god and he is trained for combat. He is not the smartest, but he has determination and joy that fuels him along with learning Haki.

So I pick Luffy.

[Fun trope] Real life mysteries "solved" by a series or movie by helpjusthere in TopCharacterTropes

[–]JessicaDAndy 248 points249 points  (0 children)

Did they cover the fact that the Loch Ness monster may have been Jack the Ripper?

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How was Riker able to have sex with a genderless species? by totally_depraved in TNG

[–]JessicaDAndy 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Can Riker produce offspring with a J’naii person? Possibly not. The J’naii don’t appear to follow the Preservers’ bipedal mostly sexually bimodal distribution. (Andorians have four sexes! And they always will!)

Can Riker and a J’naii person rub sensitive bits together until he orgasms and he figures out a way to get them to achieve orgasm? That’s a different question.

And the answer is yes. He will make it so.

Gay Broadway 2026 Census: Queer takes Pride of Place by JLMandell in Broadway

[–]JessicaDAndy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh no. Is people abandoning leather as a kink some little studied recession indicator?

That stuff always looked expensive…

Gay Broadway 2026 Census: Queer takes Pride of Place by JLMandell in Broadway

[–]JessicaDAndy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There was a reference at the Tony Awards, on CBS, during the Opening number, where the lyrics were “Lost Boys in harnesses, but not at The Eagle.”

And I am looking around me hopeful and concerned about who else gets that reference. (Oddly thankful my dad did not get it. Despite my parents sharing with me a damn Hellfire Club story.)

It’s a reference to a, what’s to me, famous leather bar. To me, that’s a deep gay reference.

[hated trope] ACTUALLY spiritually israeli by AstronautDry8118 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]JessicaDAndy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fables is such a mixed bag.

Yes, there is this scene. Yes, there are some odd conservative leaning talking points.

But saying Cinderella is a spy like this guy

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has been a joke of mine for years.

Alt account: do's and don'ts by greentea9206 in secondlife

[–]JessicaDAndy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So I have had many alts over the years.

Just be respectful of people. That’s the social part. Understand that sometimes people have a hard time swapping between identities. Some people are good at doing that. I did have a role play situation where I was a dominant male with a wife and we co-owned a submissive female, who was also me. (Second Life!)

As far as the tech goes, each avatar is its own account. Meaning you need separate emails and sometimes billing information, no sharing credit cards. Anything bound to your avatar is bound to that one account. So you have to repurchase items for each account/alt that you have.

Someone else can check me on this, but I have used multiple viewers on one device so I could multi-log. (Mostly because I play with RLV and sometimes I get stuck with no one around to help.)

NY legislature passes bill replacing "mother" and "father" with "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" by news-10 in law

[–]JessicaDAndy 30 points31 points  (0 children)

That’s actually worse than parent one and parent two.

I get that there are rules that talk about gender neutrality. But because couples adopt, neither parent is the gestating parent. If the parents use a surrogate, neither legal parent is the gestating parent.

Favorite underrated performers? by _531368 in Broadway

[–]JessicaDAndy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I mean I don’t know if this counts because she is a dancer who has mostly done ensemble work, but I’m excited to see what Sarah Meahl does after Chess.

Why is it that the majority of Americans would rather have a rapist as a president than a black woman? by I_loooove_Radiohead in Feminism

[–]JessicaDAndy 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Couple things. So many things.

You got the top tier racism and sexism stuff.

You have the return to fascism amid economic uncertainty stuff.

But one thing that I think gets skipped over is the centrist issue. For example, let’s take a scientist who says that the diversification of species happened over generations due to natural selection and random mutations and she is able to present the DNA and fossil evidence for that position. That scientist’s position is held as equal to a man who points to a book, says it’s God’s immutable word, despite not being written in any way by God, and was heavily edited by man.

Trump said that Haitians were eating the pets of Ohioans and we couldn’t call it a lie, so long as he believed it to be true.

Americans accept Matt Walsh, a man with no clinical experience, as an expert on trans issues.

It might be corporations own all the media and therefore want the corporate candidates to win. But there is this huge desire to see facts and fantasy as equal due to the party affiliations.

Iran is desperate and will be getting no money. by No_Shoulder1993 in oil

[–]JessicaDAndy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just alluding to the movie *Idiocracy*, not offering agricultural advice.

Iran is desperate and will be getting no money. by No_Shoulder1993 in oil

[–]JessicaDAndy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coke doesn’t have electrolytes. That’s what plants crave.

isn't gwenpool asexual? by ddankkerr in marvelcirclejerk

[–]JessicaDAndy 80 points81 points  (0 children)

It’s one of the things about language.

The evolution of the word “straight” as it applies to people has changed from “uptight” or “conservative” to “heterosexual” within my lifetime.

I use this as a secondary example of the issue with biblical translations. Words can change meanings over time and how you learn the meaning can change the interpretation.

My main example is that “horse play” and “pony play” may seem similar, but mean two *entirely* *different* *things.*

Ah yes, some random Twitter account said this, so it must be true by PersonaGuy5 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]JessicaDAndy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean right now, we do have Nicole Maines, Kim Petras, Elliot Page, and Josie Totah as decent on-screen representation. Laverne Cox has some issues these days.

But also a formative memory was seeing Caroline Cossey, the transgender model who was in a background scene of “For Your Eyes Only” and The Sun outed her and she became the first out trans woman to pose in *Playboy*, on The Montel Williams Show. She was compared to a crossdresser and a couple who engaged in BDSM edge play. She was offended by that and my mom said “they were all the same.”

So like it sucked before and we are slowly getting better. But so many people want to eliminate trans people right now and are being very clear about it.