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When it first came out, The Boys was a cultural phenomenon. So how, just a few years later, did it devolve into just a hollow sounding board for cultural platitudes?

The creator of the Invincible comics, and now animated series, explains why some characters go race and gender swapped from the comics to the tv show. I'd like to look at that reasoning in light of the current social moment we're living in.

Trey and I are going to look back at Gamergate and the consequences it had on gaming in the United States, and also at the aftermath and pushback that has come from those consequences.

Who would have thought a video game where you're tasked with protecting a little girl would become something so controversial. Of course, the controversy only exists in the minds of the most depraved nutjobs of society.The Way Some Gamers Talk About Pragmata's Diana Is Disgusting, And Must Be Stoppedmary morgan on X: "lots of strange reactions to this game. let’s clear some things up: childless men do not have paternal instincts the way that childless women have maternal instincts (we observe this even in the way little girls play vs. little boys). men first experience paternal instincts" / X

I'm not quite ready to do this again, but I did want to share some stuff from Sean's Celebration of Life and Funeral with everyone.
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