The Rubric of Apologies: Demanded Apologies
Here’s a context-less story to set the stage for this post: Recently, I got into an argument regarding a popular SF/F character and sexism. From my perspective at the time, certain features associated with that character were undeniably sexist and, by extension, ridiculous. I still think there’s a lot of sexism involved with this character, […]
Top 10 Blog Posts for August 2013
And here they are: 10. The Fan: Discussing a Definition (in Dialogue w/ Jonathan McCalmont & Justin Landon) 9. Shakespeare Roleplaying (or, the Ridiculous Things Adam Callaway and I Do on Google+) 8. The #ThoroughlyGoodBooksbyPOC Reading List 7. Star Trek Movies and TV Shows: Ranked by Me 6. Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches 5. Talking […]
Oh, John Ringo and Your Silly Fantasies About People (or, I Now Like Redshirts)
In relation to this year’s Hugo Awards, I am two things: An unabashed crazy leftish pinko liberal hippy gerfferrmerrfle (whatever that is) On the record for having disliked John Scalzi’s Hugo Award-winning Redshirts (truthfully, I hated it) But #2 is over with now. I still don’t think Redshirts is a good book, and perhaps some […]