some indie TTRPG settings are so obsessed with being Wholesome and Low Conflict that they end up being like “what if Footloose was set in a town where dancing was ALLOWED!”
well I’ll tell you. the answer is that that would not be very interesting
they're always bringing experts or activists on the news to agitate about porn and there's a standard script for this that's like "I think sex education is important, I'm not anti-sex, but so much of this porn is violent and misogynistic if not outright illegal, and it's far too accessible to our children"
I want to see someone finally be brave enough to say that the government should just make its own porn for teenagers that accords with community values, so they don't have to go to these shady places to get it. I think the government porn would probably be pretty bad but I would be so eager to hear about the process of designing it. there would be so many stakeholders and consultations. in canada it would have to be bilingual
red mages are called that because they derive their power from the immortal science of marxist-leninism, and are strictly speaking a kind of cleric, but traditionally not classified as such due to the USSR’s policy of state atheism
So I saw an ad for a Marxist book club at my university, and out of curiosity, I decided to join. It couldn't hurt, right?
Well, the organisers are Trots, made some straight-up Hasbara talking points about Hamas, and described themselves as "non-partisan leftists," but a few banger comments really stood out with me during the one and only meeting I will attend:
"I think women are an economic class."
"I want to use my skills in marketing to make a better world."