The socially acceptable F-word.

The topic of feminism is a tough one to talk about openly. Use that mighty F-word in a casual conversation and you can immediately see people gathering on either side to defend their stance on the subject.

According to Merriam-Webster, Feminism is "1. The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" or "2. Organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests." Feminism is about equality. It's about how she should have the same rights as he does, and he should have the same rights as she does. Now some people might read the second definition about how it is focusing on women's rights and say "Aha! It's not about equality, it's about women!" Let's stop for a second, we're all educated people here, with at least some knowledge of the past hundred years. If one group were to need a bit of focus to make everyone equal, wouldn't it be the almost universally worst off women? That's not to say that we should stripping rights away from men and giving them to women, it means that we should focus our efforts on getting aid and representation for the group that needs it most.

Feminism has become something of a buzz word in pop culture today and everyone seems to have an opinion on it. It's great that we as a culture are finally beginning to change and slowly but surely all groups are beginning to get the equality they've been striving for. Unfortunately, with that rise in popularity came the creation of the Feminazi.

Feminazis are some of the worst people around since they commandeer the name of a genuine struggle and use it to further their own ambitions. Suddenly any perceived slight, be they real or imagined, is an insult to feminism. Every activity they pursue, no matter how little it has to do with it, bears the stamp of feminism. These people no longer strive for equality of sexes, they instead seek to show their superiority over the opposite sex. Not only do these people insult the cause through their actions, they deter possible supporters who do not want to be associated with such people. I myself have struggled with the title "Feminist" because of run ins with Feminazis. It wasn't until I read a rather intense declaration from one of my favourite actors, Marc Ruffalo that I began to research the subject and finally embrace the title.

In short, feminism is a beautiful thing that every good level headed person should be supporting. It's a fight where the loudest voices are often the worst examples but it is a fight for equality that should have been won long ago.

Blastoise Naming Survey

I'm trying something new here. A survey to name my newest battle ready pokemon: Blastoise!

Blastoise has always been one of my favourite pokemon. It was my starter back in the day when I was playing Pokemon Blue Version and has always had a place in my heart ever since.

I was recently interviewed about the game League of Legends (I hope to share that interview here once it is made public) and one of the topics we touched on was my choice of characters. During the interview I realized that I enjoy playing characters that I identify with, or would theoretically look up to. In this case I was thinking of the character Braum, a manly man who loves to get in the way and protect his allies.

After this I noticed that I did this in almost every single game I played! I love playing as, or making use of the biggest, toughest, manliest characters around! Which brings us back to Blastoise. Blastoise with it's tough shell armour and double cannon arsenal is exactly what I love in a character.

The only problem is… I have no idea what to nickname it!

Please do me a favour and click this link to visit a survey I've posted with a few suggested names. Or feel free to suggest your own!


Thanks for all your help!
Stay awesome guys!

Plastic Nee-San

Have you ever heard of an anime miniseries before?

I hadn't until I heard about Plastic Nee-San.

The show is very silly and random and pretty darn entertaining. It's about three girls who are in the club where they build models like trains and planes and such. Since each episode is only a few minutes long there's no real story and it's all about the humour. Fearsum4sum does a good job of explaining it in his video here.

The entire series is only about a half an hour long so if you have some time to kill feel free to check it out!

Here is the entire anime summed up in one image.

Hellsing Ultimate Abridged

Okay guys... guys guys guys, like seriously... guys... cmon guys listen...

A long time ago a friend introduced me to a series called Dragon Ball Z abridged created by the awesome people at Team Four Star which is a parody of the Dragon Ball Z series. It's super entertaining but since I wasn't the biggest fan of the show I only watched it occasionally.

But...

Now they've created an abridged series of one of my favourite animes: Hellsing. It's like... I can't even describe it. It's one of the best parodies I can ever remember watching! I can't suggest it enough. Anyone who likes Vampires, Guns, and all around lols should most definetly check out Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.

For all those people wishing people may the 4th be with you beware...

Revenge of the 5th!

By Hideyoshi

May the 4th be with you!

By TomsWorld642

Age of Ultron was awesome

Just went to see Age of Ultron with the missus and loved it. I really loved the part where the SPOILER went and SPOILER and then everybody SPOILER.

Even our cat Turnip was in an Avengers mood when she took possession of Mjolnir while we were cleaning.

Thor eat your heart out.