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[deep_time]

I have a catalog of excuses for not writing, but some things do inspire me to want to write. One such thing is the casting for the new Star Wars movie. Not in a fannish sense, but rather -- one woman? Seriously? They only came up with a role for one woman who isn't Carrie Fisher

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[lady_leia_solo]

This is what I'm saying. What the hell happened between the 90s and now? I didn't even notice at the lack of diversity in Star Wars and hell all media until I started to really think about it. Wtf?

[deep_time]

I can't think of any convincing hypothesis for why there's such a social regression in our society. I speculate that there maaaay be a vague correlation between economical prosperity and more liberal social attitudes, at least in the 20th century: boom years in the '20s, '60s, and late '80s to '90s seem associated with social progress, while economic downturns in the '30s, '70s, and this entire century so far seem associated with social conservatism and regression. But it's a tenuous association at best. And there may simply be a cyclic rhythm to social progress -- three steps forward, one or two steps back, repeat. Who knows. It's frustrating as hell.