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(as Wiktionary says, this term is "now uncommon and often offensive and proscribed", so I reworded the point)
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[[File:lebronLebron-james-destroydestory-this-mad-brute-350400 7118copy.jpg|framethumb|350px|Let's just say Vogue managed to [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-24-vogue-controversy_N.htm get] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrU8zCT2_kA themselves] [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/080320 into trouble].]]
 
{{quote|"''Someone wrote this... in 1999... and didn't realize that there would be... '''implications'''... Or worse, they '''did''' understand''."
|'''[[Y: Ruler of Time]]''', in his review of the manga ''[http://myanimelist.net/manga/965/Alive Alive] (manga)}}
 
The media to which [[This Very Wiki]] is devoted ''generally'' exhibit greater sensitivity now than in the past, but sometimes something appears that... ''raises eyebrows''. Even when authors are being careful with story elements, it is impossible for one or a couple of creators to really consider ''every'' perspective of the audience and just how certain tropes can be construed as [[Berserk Button|troublesome.]] Especially when you consider just how diverse human beings are and that audiences that were ignored in the past now demand representation and respect.
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* Religious subject matter.
* [[Double Standard]]s and sexism.
* Material relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, especially due to the [[Values Dissonance]] many people have regarding homosexuality and [[Transgender|transgender people]] people.
* Parallels between fantasy/science fiction works and the real world, especially with [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]s.
* Subject matter related to disabilities and handicapped people.