Doux News: August 11, 2013

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The Ender's Game Boycott

A boycott of the upcoming Ender’s Game movie has been brewing for a while, and this week it hit the internet with a bang. Patrick Yacco and Jono Jarrett started the boycott with a website called Geeks Out, which “rallies, empowers, and promotes the queer geek community.” (I hadn’t heard of that project, but it sounds awesome!) The story got picked up by the Huffington Post, which acts as a bullhorn for causes and trends both good and bad.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

"Remember – the enemy's gate is down."

Ender's Game is about a future where humankind was attacked and nearly destroyed by an insectoid alien race. The most important task on Earth is to find and develop a great military leader to win the next, inevitable encounter with them.