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The Expanse. Foundation.
Also Andy Weir is a piece of ****
Ok, source? I genuinely want to know.
I've already cut Rowling out of my life, I'm not above adding on to that list given a compelling reason.
He recently went on the podcast of the critical drinker (a right wing racist ableist asshole), complained about how the woke didn't like his writing of a female caracter in artemis, saying we should have a Japanese Elon Musk etc...
I haven't read Artemis, and only read project hail Mary, given how cringe the parts on earth are (the discussions of sex feel like they're written by a 15 year old), I have no doubt the "wokes” are right.
Why?
He recently went on the podcast of the critical drinker (a right wing racist ableist asshole), complained about how the woke didn't like his writing of a female caracter in artemis, saying we should have a Japanese Elon Musk etc...
I haven't read Artemis, and only read project hail Mary, given how cringe the parts on earth are (the discussions of sex feel like they're written by a 15 year old), I have no doubt the "wokes” are right.
Critical drinker is neither ableist or racist, sorry Star Trek fans.
If you're a fan of his, perhaps you can provide more detail? Looking through his channel does seem to suggest that he's against the inclusion of 'identity politics' in films/TV