Will Shetterly's Blog, page 11
September 8, 2020
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2018: When you read an account of a flame war, including mine, remember that you're reading a partisan and may be reading a participant. You may even be reading an instigator.
The anti-diversity crowd and the anti-appropriation crowd are natural allies. They both see trees instead of a forest.
Readers, buy my work with confidence. The plots are gluten-free, the dialogue is 100% organic, none of
The anti-diversity crowd and the anti-appropriation crowd are natural allies. They both see trees instead of a forest.
Readers, buy my work with confidence. The plots are gluten-free, the dialogue is 100% organic, none of
September 7, 2020
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2019: Walter Mosley Exits ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Writers’ Room After N-Word Complaint
“I couldn’t use that word in common parlance, even to express an experience I lived through.” I sympathize. When I was a boy, racists called me niggerlover. Am I supposed to say "N-word lover" now? They were not saying that I loved the "n-word".2018: If you mock things as vanilla, you're kink-shaming people
“I couldn’t use that word in common parlance, even to express an experience I lived through.” I sympathize. When I was a boy, racists called me niggerlover. Am I supposed to say "N-word lover" now? They were not saying that I loved the "n-word".2018: If you mock things as vanilla, you're kink-shaming people
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Gossip is propaganda, not information. Even the most accurate gossip is filtered through the gossip's beliefs, which include a belief in gossiping.
When people talk about white accents being privileged, they invariably mean the upper class version of those accents. There's no white trash accent privilege or chav accent privilege.
"An armed society is a polite society." -Robert Heinlein
This is
When people talk about white accents being privileged, they invariably mean the upper class version of those accents. There's no white trash accent privilege or chav accent privilege.
"An armed society is a polite society." -Robert Heinlein
This is
September 5, 2020
What riot apologists leave out when they quote King
Riot apologists love quoting this:
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” —Martin Luther King
They leave out this part of the same speech:
“Riots are socially destructive and self-defeating.” — Martin Luther King
King was explaining the cause of riots, not condoning them.
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” —Martin Luther King
They leave out this part of the same speech:
“Riots are socially destructive and self-defeating.” — Martin Luther King
King was explaining the cause of riots, not condoning them.
August 31, 2020
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2018: In 1960, you could buy 10 comic books or three 35 cent paperback books for about $1, the minimum wage. Today, an hour's work at minimum wage, $7.25, will buy two comics or one paperback.
#WorkingClassTriviaForFans
Appropriation theorists never talk about appropriating from the working class. For example, in the oldest stories, Robin Hood is not a nobleman. He was "a violent yeoman who
#WorkingClassTriviaForFans
Appropriation theorists never talk about appropriating from the working class. For example, in the oldest stories, Robin Hood is not a nobleman. He was "a violent yeoman who
Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers rejected the tactics of black bloc Antifa
The first two minutes show the Weather Underground, aka the Weathermen faction of SDS, rioting during the Days of Rage of 1969. At the end is this:
"We believe that the Weatherman action is anarchistic, opportunistic, individualistic. It's chauvinistic, it's Custeristic. And that's the bad part about it. It's Custeristic in that its leaders take people into situations where the people can be
"We believe that the Weatherman action is anarchistic, opportunistic, individualistic. It's chauvinistic, it's Custeristic. And that's the bad part about it. It's Custeristic in that its leaders take people into situations where the people can be
Best videos I've seen for understanding the Kenosha shootings
Also: Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
Quick take: Why I am class-first and reject the botherism of "class and race"
Someone on Facebook was arguing that we should deal with class and race at the same time, without, of course, saying how to do that. I replied with this:
I think that ending poverty will be an enormous aid to ending the problems of racism, given that police killings are almost exclusively of poor people and racism is worst where economic gaps are greatest.
And there's the fact that no one has
I think that ending poverty will be an enormous aid to ending the problems of racism, given that police killings are almost exclusively of poor people and racism is worst where economic gaps are greatest.
And there's the fact that no one has
August 30, 2020
Women ruining science fiction?
Has anyone in the last fifty years actually said women are ruining science fiction? When I was a boy in the '60s, one of my first faves was the ubiquitous Andre Norton. By then, her readers knew she was female. Because of her, I thought Andre was a girl's name.
Andre Norton was SFWA's sixth grand master, chosen before Clarke, Asimov, Bester, or Bradbury.
Andre Norton was SFWA's sixth grand master, chosen before Clarke, Asimov, Bester, or Bradbury.
August 29, 2020
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2019: It's said the poor value quantity, the comfortable value quality, and the rich value presentation.
That explains why people from expensive schools are obsessed with policing words and why they focus on identity. Symbolism matters more than survival or practicality.
2018: Tip for leftists who don't want to be called fascists: Don't support censorship in any form.
That explains why people from expensive schools are obsessed with policing words and why they focus on identity. Symbolism matters more than survival or practicality.
2018: Tip for leftists who don't want to be called fascists: Don't support censorship in any form.
