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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Yeah, Macs are much more popular in imagination-land than they are in reality. I see Macs from time to time in the wild and have a friend that has one. But in TV and movies, they are the de facto computer of the world.
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That's because all the cool kids have a Mac!
Rather than write a bunch of posts, I'll use this to answer several of your posts.
First, gay couples have been a thing in YA for a good 20 years, though they are usually female and it's not explicit. A good example is Tamora Pierce's Circle series where the adults that the kids live with is rather obviously a lesbian couple. That dates back to the 1990's. Female protagonist as warriors goes back a lot longer than that. Gay males are a bit more unusual, but I can point to a number of well known books (Lackey's Valdemar series and Bradley's Darkover series) that have gay males as main characters.
PC isn't just a code word for LBGT, PC is more of a mind set. It's making sure that you have just the right mix of minority characters, rather than have characters who just happen to be a minority. It's everyone having the same mindset and no one questions that mindset. There is no real subtly. I suspect that one of the reasons Harry Potter was so popular is because as the series progresses, we go from black and white, to a whole lot of gray.