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[–]MezozoicGay[S] 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Archieved: https://archive.is/0rQkw

All she did was speaking out that usage of dehumanizing language like "vulva people" is very offensive to women, and then she changed her pronouns to "Beep/Bop/Boop" R2D2-style, which was called as transphobic move and mockery of trans people. After what she was fired from staring in Star Wars movies - or cancelled completely.

At same time at the end of 2019 they re-hired very problematic movie director James Gunn, who was accused of rape, sexual harassment multiple times, and was considered as paedo. They fired him because of the accusations and his harassment to women, but after scandal went silent after few months, they re-hired him back.

[–]ColoredTwice 27 insightful - 19 fun27 insightful - 18 fun28 insightful - 19 fun -  (0 children)

[–]yousaythosethings 30 insightful - 4 fun30 insightful - 3 fun31 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Note she only added the joke pronouns after being bullied into adding pronouns in the first place. She didn’t start it to bait anyone and I think that context is relevant.

[–]kwallio 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

James Gunn, who was accused of rape, sexual harassment multiple times

This is news to me. As far as I know he made a tasteless joke. Do you have a citation?

[–]Finnegan7921 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've never heard about any rape/harassment from him, but his social media went way beyond a tasteless joke. It's pretty vile stuff, lots of pedo jokes featuring himself as the pedo.

[–]kwallio 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They were pretty vile, but he was working for Troma at the time. Creators of such classics as Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town and Nuke'em High.

[–]hetisachoice 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

then she changed her pronouns to "Beep/Bop/Boop" R2D2-style, which was called as transphobic move and mockery of trans people.

It's worse. It's offensive to robots who can actually talk such as Vicki, Bender, and the Lost in Space robot. Even the R2D2/C3PO hybrid-knockoff from The Black Hole could talk, and in Roddy McDowall's voice no less. End robophobia!

[–]VimRazz 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You jest, but this is the company that literally gave a "droid rights activist" a prominent role in the Solo movie, and canonically made Lando Calrissian into a robo-sexual.

[–]hetisachoice 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They also gave a "special thanks" credit to a Chinese concentration camp for the remake of Mulan.