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Fantastic Four’s Silver Surfer gets gender bent in latest Marvel scandal



Lauren Chen is convinced that Marvel and Disney, who owns the franchise, “hate money.”

“They definitely hate the fans, and so they're just going full steam ahead, looking to destroy the franchise the company originally spent billions of dollars to acquire,” she says.

Once again, the Disney subsidiary is shoving gender politics down the throats of its already waning consumer base.

“They are, in fact, gender-bending the Silver Surfer” in the upcoming “Fantastic Four” film, sighs Lauren.

According to Deadline, “Emmy winner Julia Garner is set to play the iconic comic book character,” who was originally written as a male.

To make matters worse, when Lauren interviewed Nate from Mr H Reviews, she learned that “the reason why Disney presumably bought things like Marvel and Lucasfilm was to expand their male audience base because historically women have always loved Disney.”

“Disney was looking to corner the male market, and so to do that, they bought two predominantly male companies,” Lauren explains, adding that these acquisitions should have made the company “richer than ever.”

However, quite the opposite happened when “they tried to feminize” the franchises.

The writers of the new “Fantastic Four” also missed an opportunity to draw in fans when they decided to cast Pedro Pascal in the role of Mister Fantastic instead of beloved actor John Krasinski, who starred in the role in the previous film.

“Marvel could have had a slam dunk; they could have had a John Krasinski-led Fantastic Four,” says Lauren. “Everybody would have eaten that up.”

“But Disney was like, ‘No, no we don't want that. We don't want your money. Instead, we want you to look at unattractive, gender-bent Silver Surfer,”’ mocks Lauren.

For these reasons specifically, the audience reaction to the new film has been “lukewarm to negative at best.”

To hear more about the film and how fans are responding, watch the clip below.


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Harry Styles being accused of 'queerbaiting' means gender ambiguity is no longer enough for the LGBT movement. People must pick sides and be 'loud and proud.'



In a strange departure from the left's typical support for gender ambiguity, flamboyant pop star Harry Styles is reportedly under fire from some progressive critics for refusing to say publicly whether or not he is bisexual.

The backlash apparently stems from a recent interview he conducted with Better Homes & Garden, published on Tuesday, in which the former boy band singer turned solo act offered a controversially dodgy answer on the subject.

Citing his desire for personal privacy, Styles rebutted the media's frequent attempts to find clarity regarding his sexual orientation, calling the concept "outdated," anyways.

"I've been really open with it with my friends, but that's my personal experience; it's mine," he told the magazine. "The whole point of where we should be heading, which is toward accepting everybody and being more open, is that it doesn't matter, and it's about not having to label everything, not having to clarify what boxes you're checking."

Some evidently found his reasons for not disclosing who he's slept with to be fair enough. But according to EuroNews, others were left dissatisfied.

The outlet reported that some critics on social media "critiqued his privilege as an ostensibly straight man to be able to remove himself from discussions while still embracing a queer aesthetic."

The concept is reportedly known as "queerbaiting," and it loosely describes a scenario in which someone adopts the aesthetics of queer culture without committing to identifying with LGBT culture at large.

"To critics, queerbaiting allows people a free ride on the aesthetic without the personal difficulties associated with openly identifying as queer in a heteronormative world," EuroNews reported.

In Styles' case, queer critics charge that he is benefitting from LGBTQ+ support without publicly coming out as bisexual.

One might think that Styles' increasingly outward embrace of the LGBTQ+ movement would be celebrated by those in the camp.

But it seems the pop star's Pride flag-waving and extravagant dress-wearing are not enough in the new transgender-crazed world. He needs to reject the heteronormative lifestyle in full or go back to being a normal masculine male.

"Translation: I’m a straight man that wants to keep my queerbait marketing strategy," one critic charged.

They added: "If he is actually queer it would be more important for him to voice that than keep it ambiguous. People in our community (especially black people) are constantly at risk for showing who they are and doing it flamboyantly, and that’s the reason we’re at the place we are now."

Translation: I\u2019m a straight man that wants to keep my queerbait marketing strategyhttps://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1519002262395314180\u00a0\u2026
— \ud83e\udd8bda vinky\ud83e\udd8b (@\ud83e\udd8bda vinky\ud83e\udd8b) 1651102101

"Ding ding ding!!!" one person replied in approval of the message.

Another critic wrote: "That would be nice if that was the case, but queerness is under attack constantly. Especially in some states where u can't even say gay. We can't all live in 2050 where ambiguous sexuality is the norm. We are living in 2022 and we need allies who will be loud and stand with us."

That would be nice if that was the case, but queerness is under attack constantly. Especially in some states where u can't even say gay. We can't all live in 2050 where ambiguous sexuality is the norm. We are living in 2022 and we need allies who will be loud and stand with us.https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1519002262395314180\u00a0\u2026
— jeromanoff \ud83d\udd2a\u29d7 (@jeromanoff \ud83d\udd2a\u29d7) 1651079886

"No hate but it seems more like a marketing strategy than anything else, he is benefiting from the sexual ambiguity around him, if he comes out as gay or bi....he'll be less relevant cuz there is nothing new about a queer person wearing a dress or painting his nails," added another.

no hate but it seems more like a marketing strategy than anything else, he is benefiting from the sexual ambiguity around him, if he comes out as gay or bi....he'll be less relevant cuz there is nothing new about a queer person wearing a dress or painting his nails
— Narimene ISSAAD (@Narimene ISSAAD) 1651016920

Still another commenter voiced a similar rebuke, saying, "I respect that he wants to preserve his own experiences, but then, he shouldn't sell it like it doesn't matter, especially when people die in the middle of these speeches, I believe we need and must talk it out loud and proud, today more than ever."

i respect that he wants to preserve his own experiences, but then, he shouldnt sell it like it doesnt matter, especially when people die in the middle of these speeches, i believe we need and must talk it out loud and proud, today more than ever
— DANTAS (@DANTAS) 1651001734

And the list went on. It's a strange new world.