On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:29:11 -0400
Joseph Reagle <joseph.2011(a)reagle.org> wrote:
Interesting, this reminds me of the ignorant tweeps
who believed
(despite the text) that the character Rue in *Hunger Games* was white
and asked "Why is Rue Black?" in the movie.
Do folks know of other examples of this?
Well, admittedly, I find it hard to visualise characters based on their
descriptions in the text. For example, I didn't picture
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Cho_Chang as belonging to Asian descent
necessarily, even though I presumed she may have been. Then I saw her as Asian
in one of the Harry Potter films.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
On 03/30/2013 03:52 AM, Jane Darnell wrote:
Did anyone see this? A popular blogger on Science
(with more than 4
million followers) is a woman. The woman herself, Elise Andrew, had no
idea it was a secret, and she was "outed" when she announced her
twitter account featuring a picture of herself. Apparently the bias
occurred because of the swear word on her facebook page which made
readers assume she was a man. Interesting conclusion! This is a
facebook hype that deserves a WP page, no?
article is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/us-news-blog/2013/mar/20/i-love-science-w…
facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience
The TV interview with Dr. Michio Kaku on CBS morning show is here:
http://cbsn.ws/109mAEL
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