Probably. As others have said here no one seems bothered by female leads in good stories - but the focus on gender when it’s a bad story is probably sexist.

I’m likely guilty of this myself, grumbling about “woke nonsense” and blaming the ideological messaging for the bad writing rather than just the bad writers.

It’s not all doom and gloom though - check out this list of books. Lots of highly rated entries there with female protagonists - many of which are targeted at a broad audience, not just women.

Yeah, I’m okay with discouraging abbreviations. But a blanket ban is silly.

Comments on a post about a New York Times article regarding the United States should probably be fine to use NYT & US.

Comments talking about the best computer role playing game going on and on about PoE2 deserve a ban however.

Isn’t it still a straight line from the perspective of someone travelling it? It just appears curved because you’re looking at it from outside the curved surface.

Cool. Not at all what I was arguing - too hard to see from up on your high horse?

Speaking as someone who has been subjected to slurs and violence for who and what I am - why should simple exposure to slurs be where we draw the line? For me it was almost always about the hatred behind them; discussions about someone else’s hate for me are going to hit the same whether the words are printed or not.

I don’t think the word should have been censored here - either print it or drop the quote.

Nor do I think a report critical of someone using slurs is normalizing the use of them by quoting them. This isn’t the casual use of slurs in everyday language as a synonym for bad.