From the world of cinema and pretentious agonising:

The world is big and different people will be interested in different things, but this seems like a really stupid thing to think about for more than two seconds https://t.co/qWAKhVNMKG

— wanye (@wanyeburkett) June 20, 2025

The implications of Mr Boyle’s modish piety, presumably unintended yet implied nonetheless, are explored quite pithily in the replies.

Among which, the implication that white writers and directors should only concern themselves with suitably pale-skinned characters, carefully excluding non-white characters, and non-white actors, lest they appropriate or colonise something or other.

Likewise, the implication that a white person couldn’t possibly comprehend the inner life of a brown person – these magical, put-upon beings – which itself rather implies that white audiences needn’t turn up to films in which non-white people appear prominently. Due to their alleged incomprehensibility.

Strange basis for a global film industry, if you ask me. But there we are.

Update, via the comments:

Previously in the world of pretentious agonising:

Do follow the link for the inevitable twist and colossal hypocrisy.

And from the comments following which, this:

But no, we must all become twitchy and neurotic. That’s bound to go well.

Ms Kelly’s outlook, seen below, seems rather fraught and a tad contrived.

And so, if a friend or colleague is trying to lose weight, which isn’t always easy, and this friend or colleague makes visible progress, then, naturally, you shouldn’t encourage them. Lest they press on and become happy.

You see, according to Ms Kelly, our expert in such matters, “anti-fatness” – i.e., complimenting a friend or colleague for losing weight and achieving a goal – is “a perpetuation and enforcement of white supremacist beauty standards.” Sheer beastliness. If you must acknowledge the accomplishment at all, it seems you’re only allowed to do it in a curiously roundabout way – say, by talking about their shoes.

Other, perhaps more obvious approaches are of course available.

Consider this an open thread. Share ye links and bicker.

Chronic self-flatterers mystified by mockery of chronic self-flatterers:  

Update, via the comments:

And so, 

Lifted from the comments, where Jen asks an inevitable question, 

Does she think Israel is ‘whiter’ than Estonia?

Geographically and demographically, it’s all rather confusing. What with the violent logic of whiteness. But like so many others, the above isn’t a load-bearing statement; it’s just there for effect. To alert us to an eruption of wokeness, and therefore superiority. Eleanor Penny, by the way, is not only an editor for Red Pepper, but also a senior editor for Novara Media. Where socialists and feminists, and socialist feminists, rub their throbbing brains until something oozes out.

Via Obnoxio. 

When badmouthing maleness goes horribly wrong.

White woman’s burden.

Poltergeists and Martians also spared.

Hegemony, or at least someone’s windows, yeah?

She’s decided you can’t decide.

You are free to remain immobile.

I denounce the ableism.

Adorable feminist says clever things.

Well, unlike the other thing, it allows you to posture with little physical risk.

And so modest with it.

Erasing WrongThought™.

It’s an incantation. It summons tedious people.

He’s letting you know he’s smarter than you. See also this.

If there’s a tube strike and you can’t get home or get to work, and if you aren’t happy about this, chances are you’re a wanker.

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