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Cis cosplayer whose transphobic cosplay was promoted by CDPR/Cyberpunk: "Cis men and women face acts of violence on a daily basis as well."
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I mean, it's her cosplay, it's her right to unilaterally declare what it is or isn't...
nah just kidding, she's dumb as rocks
Tbf they've had issues for years, and games media still props up Rockstar like they don't also have identical problems.
Sadly yeah. The fact that it's so believable sucks.
𝕊𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕔𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕖
We might, the larger audience won't. Hell, even in a progressive forum like ours, people are still going to ignore all the issues CDPR have had with this game and will still buy and play it. If it doesn't affect them, most people don't give a shit
This site won't even keep the heat for more than a day so don't get your hopes up
Yeah. they Pretty much exaggerate things and come out being hella stereotypical. See it across the board when ever someone who isn't empathetic and careful they are inauthentic to people who actually live the life or idea the person in question pretends to be.
wowwwwwwwww.
I was hoping to give her the benefit of the doubt, but yikes. Doubling down on the "all lives matter" and TERF-y shit.
Fuck everything about all of this.
I was hoping to give her the benefit of the doubt, but yikes. Doubling down on the "all lives matter" and TERF-y shit.
Fuck everything about all of this.
Agreed.
All I can say is Yikes... That's such a weird thing to cosplay as a trans person but prattle on about cis issues.
Not surprising coming from a TERF like her. Fuck her and CDPR.
I knew it was going to be easy to ignore their game, but my goodness, they are making it EXTRA easy.
I knew it was going to be easy to ignore their game, but my goodness, they are making it EXTRA easy.
That quote in the thread title is spoken like someone who's never truly faced the violence and discrimination that trans folks experience on a regular basis. Never been insulted or harassed at work or school. Never had people question your chosen name because your voice doesn't match up. Never run into legal problems a cis person wouldn't experience. Never had to deal with the threat of violence so bad that you're afraid to walk alone. :\
Wow that is one incredible statement. Talk about tone deaf... fuck that and fuck CDPR for promoting her.
It's hit after hit with this company at the minute isn't it.
It's hit after hit with this company at the minute isn't it.
Good god what a stupid fucking response. Literally "All Lives Matter" but about trans people. What an asshole.
Holy shit.
Alot of this shit could be avoided if you had all kinds of voices at the table in the first place. Its clear that having everyone at the table wasn't an important thing here
Alot of this shit could be avoided if you had all kinds of voices at the table in the first place. Its clear that having everyone at the table wasn't an important thing here
"stop punching me"
"no. people get punched on a daily basis and furthermore I'm committed to spreading peace and beauty throughout the world by punching"
"no. people get punched on a daily basis and furthermore I'm committed to spreading peace and beauty throughout the world by punching"
Can I just say that this text is really amazing? lol
went in and created a rainbow gradient, character by character. awesome.
Wrong answer and wrong approach.
I know from back home that violence against women is at an all time high, I would say in my country worse than other other group, but to diminish the message like that is very stupid. It should be a united message against violence not an either or thing.
To me it seemed like a good opportunity to acknowledge it was wrong, a good opportunity to compare it to violence against women and certain groups get marginalized in our society. A "learn a lesson" moment, but instead it was used as an excuse?
I know from back home that violence against women is at an all time high, I would say in my country worse than other other group, but to diminish the message like that is very stupid. It should be a united message against violence not an either or thing.
To me it seemed like a good opportunity to acknowledge it was wrong, a good opportunity to compare it to violence against women and certain groups get marginalized in our society. A "learn a lesson" moment, but instead it was used as an excuse?
Ok I was a little weary but this is the final straw, I was already going to wait until the next gen patch but I'm not getting anywhere near this game unless they make a statement.
These are some undoubtedly shitty responses, but I'm also a little hesitant to be picking over her twitter account like this when she has probably been getting blown up by hate mail, death threats, etc., since being featured by CDPR. So that's probably a bit of a driver here. She isn't an entity or a billion dollar author so it's not like there is PR and crisis management to help her through the attention.
Regardless, I don't really understand how you couldn't see this coming. I mean by default just by even doing the cosplay you've opened yourself to hate from people who see it as a tacitly supporting transgenderism. Much like CDPR, if you go into this with your eyes open knowing that your already going to face backlash for featuring transgenderism in any form, then why not take the step to actually understand the feelings of the transgender community so you don't piss them off as well? Ultimately she is now in a position of probably being hated by people on all sides of this.
Regardless, I don't really understand how you couldn't see this coming. I mean by default just by even doing the cosplay you've opened yourself to hate from people who see it as a tacitly supporting transgenderism. Much like CDPR, if you go into this with your eyes open knowing that your already going to face backlash for featuring transgenderism in any form, then why not take the step to actually understand the feelings of the transgender community so you don't piss them off as well? Ultimately she is now in a position of probably being hated by people on all sides of this.
Crossdressing is not being trans. CIS people cross dress and that's fine. CIS people dressing as Trans especially like this is not.
the fucked up thing is they're still going to be an industry darling. The greater gaming community gives no shits about trans rights.
And to anyone who sees this but still supports CDPR, please note their silence on her statements, with no attempt to distance themselves from working alongside or promoting this piece of shit.