On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:29:11 -0400
Joseph Reagle <joseph.2011@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-woman-facbook
> > 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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