Ann Somerville's Blog - Posts Tagged "riptide-publishing"

I'm setting this up to host a discussion about the behaviour of Riptide Publishing and Sarah Lyons.

Sarah Lyons, who was Santino Hassell's editor and defender (summary here https://thesaltminers.tumblr.com/ ), has resigned after details of her abusive behaviour and racism towards a queer author of colour became public:

http://blackmagicblues.com/on-sarah-l...

http://riptidepublishing.com/SL-state...

This comes on the heels of Sakura making accusations of abuse here:

https://www.goodreads.com/user_status...

And Matthew J Metzger is one of those glad to see Lyons gone because of what happened to him personally

https://twitter.com/MatthewJMetzger/s...

This is at least the third time Riptide has been accused of racism or racial insensitivity:

https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/sta...

And their track record in racial diversity is uninspiring, to say the least

http://www.therippedbodicela.com/site...

(Discussions of Santino Hassell's behaviour are still going on here

https://www.goodreads.com/user_status...
)

I am not personally involved in any of this. I am giving my little used blog space to you to use to vent and discuss as you wish.

Alisha Rai is discussing this on twitter if you prefer that venue:

https://twitter.com/AlishaRai/status/...

For a little light relief, this comment is relevant