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For Mary Robinette Kowal and other "anti-racists" who insist a person in a mixed marriage may be racist

This is in response toHow to tell when MRK is angry, which is in response to a discussion in the comments atPlease stop with the death threats and the hate mail.To simplify following what was said, I'll quote our interchange: It began when Walt Boyes left a comment that included: Bringing this back around to the HUGOs, for a minute…Brad’s proposed slate included socialists, conservatives,

A sweet video review of Dogland

I stumbled on this today. It made my day. Also, she has a great cat.

For John C. Wright and other homophobes who want people to believe they are Christians

I'll use the Douay-Rheims translation because Wright's a conservative Catholic, but conservative Protestants who want to be thought of as Christians can use King James. The message is the same: 1. Speak respectfully. 1 Peter 2:17 has no qualifications: "Honour all men." 2. Don't judge. Luke 6:36 is simple: "Judge not, and you shall not be judged." There aren't any exceptions to either of

A beginner's guide to "Social Justice Warriors" in the F&SF community

I don't like "social justice warrior" as a name, but that's what the internet calls the angry identitarians who love to mob, threaten, and dox in the name of social justice. So, for the sake of this guide, I'll use it. I first noticed identitarians in the community in 2005. Their beliefs about race had been formed by Critical Race Theory; their beliefs about gender came from what Christina Hoff

About Morlocks, Eloi, and Social Justice Warriors; or John C. Wright doesn't understand H. G. Wells

I just saw John C. Wright'sIn Which a Morlock Chides Me. I doubt Wright and I have much more in common than a belief people ought to treat each other with respect, and even there, we differ. I'm with the Quakers in liking Jesus's advice to call no one master, but I can't knock Wright's use of "Mr" and "Miss". It's certainly an improvement on the insults his opponents love. But I've got to say

Two (no, three) more essential points about the Hugos and the Sad Puppies

Continuing fromFour essential points about the Hugos and the Sad Puppies: 5. For anyone who thinks the Sad Puppies are racist and sexist, EW made the same claim, then issued this: CORRECTION: After misinterpreting reports in other news publications, EW published an unfair and inaccurate depiction of the Sad Puppies voting slate, which does, in fact, include many women and writers of color. As

On Star Trek and the dark history of "Social Justice"—a post for David Gerrold

David Gerrold wrote a public Facebook post responding to William Lehman'sDestroy the myth, destroy the culture.I completely agree with Gerrold when he says, SF is also about economics, mathematics, chemistery, medicine, history, biology, evolution, anthropology, sociology, ecology, psychology, and even the studies of the technology of consciousness that the human potential movement explores as

Four essential points about the Hugos and the Sad Puppies

When awards go to the best work, it's unintentional. There are two models for awards in the fantasy and science fiction genre, and they're both flawed. The Hugos and Nebulas are popularity contests that tell you more about how well the stories were promoted than written. The World Fantasy Awards are chosen by a committee, which means the winner is not everyone's favorite and often is no one's

Cats Laughing: "The Eagle and the Hummingbird{"

Primitive concert footage from a primitive time:The Eagle and the Hummingbird 1994 | The Dream Café

Dorothy Dandridge: "A Jig In The Jungle"

This is a piece of history that the outrage police would happily forget, which is a shame: great performers should be remembered, and while you would be right that racists laughed at performers like these, a great many white and blacks folks who weren't racist laughed with them. Clowning is not necessarily belittling.