Will Shetterly's Blog, page 126
June 26, 2014
Fanfic has a child porn problem, and more about Samuel R. Delany
In response toLiz Williams: journal - Abusive behaviour, I said on her Facebook page:
Did Frenkel grope? It's important that charges be precise. That's why I'm reluctant to assume anything about Delany based only on his writing—and yet, it's also why I'd want parents to know what he's supported.
I've been thinking about what parents should know about the people around their kids. The long list
Did Frenkel grope? It's important that charges be precise. That's why I'm reluctant to assume anything about Delany based only on his writing—and yet, it's also why I'd want parents to know what he's supported.
I've been thinking about what parents should know about the people around their kids. The long list
quote: socialism, race, and gender in 1904
"The emancipation of the working class will involve the emancipation of all mankind without distinction of race or sex." —the Socialist Party of Great Britain's founding charter, 1904
June 25, 2014
What unites Natalie Luhrs, Avalon's Willow, and Vox Day (a post that began as The art is not the artist #4: Samuel R. Delany)
In the last few days, I've noticed three members of the science fiction and fantasy community indulging in smears by association. They all begin with references to the pedophile Walter Breen.
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Vox Day atThe complicit silence: "As for those attempting to distinguish between the confirmed child molesters Bradley, Breen, and Kramer, and the SFWA Grand Master Samuel Delany, this raises the
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Vox Day atThe complicit silence: "As for those attempting to distinguish between the confirmed child molesters Bradley, Breen, and Kramer, and the SFWA Grand Master Samuel Delany, this raises the
June 24, 2014
An identitarian defense of honor killings shows the limit of identitarian "free" speech
The contradictions of identitarianism are on display inthe Festival of Dangerous Ideas cancels a speech titled “Honour killings are morally justified”. The scheduled speaker, Uthman Badar, said:
Overwhelmingly, those who condemn ‘honour killings’ are based in the liberal democracies of the West. The accuser and moral judge is the secular (white) westerner and the accused is the oriental other;
Overwhelmingly, those who condemn ‘honour killings’ are based in the liberal democracies of the West. The accuser and moral judge is the secular (white) westerner and the accused is the oriental other;
June 23, 2014
The art is not the artist #3: Forrest Carter/Asa Earl Carter
Note: I posted my review of The Education of Little Tree a few years ago, but it seems appropriate in my "art is not the artist" series, so I'm posting it again, with a bit of a foreword:
I was focusing on the book, not the artist, when I wrote this review, so I didn't even mention the name of the author,Asa Earl Carter, who wrote as Forrest Carter. In a discussion atThe Education of Little
I was focusing on the book, not the artist, when I wrote this review, so I didn't even mention the name of the author,Asa Earl Carter, who wrote as Forrest Carter. In a discussion atThe Education of Little
June 22, 2014
The art is not the artist #2: George Orwell on Salvador Dali
FromGeorge Orwell's "Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali":
One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being. The one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other. The first thing that we demand of a wall is that it shall stand up. If it stands up, it is a good wall, and the question of what
One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being. The one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other. The first thing that we demand of a wall is that it shall stand up. If it stands up, it is a good wall, and the question of what
June 21, 2014
June 20, 2014
The art is not the artist #1: Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard Dadd
RegardingMarion Zimmer Bradley was a child abuser - says her own daughter « TeleRead:While the charges against Marion Zimmer Bradley may very well be 100% true, it's still possible that she's innocent. This does not mean anyone's lying. False memory syndrome has resulted in children mistakenly but sincerely accusing their parents and guardians in the past; seeChris French: False memories of
June 18, 2014
On Reparations, by Adolph Reed
From On Reparations, by Adolph Reed
...reparations
talk is rooted in a different kind of politics, a politics of
elite-brokerage and entreaty to the ruling class and its official
conscience, the philanthropic foundations, for racial side-
payments. Robinson makes this appeal unambiguously: "Until
America's white ruling class accepts the fact that the book never
closes on massive unredressed
...reparations
talk is rooted in a different kind of politics, a politics of
elite-brokerage and entreaty to the ruling class and its official
conscience, the philanthropic foundations, for racial side-
payments. Robinson makes this appeal unambiguously: "Until
America's white ruling class accepts the fact that the book never
closes on massive unredressed
June 16, 2014
Walt Disney: a union-buster, but not quite as racist as I thought
God, I want to see the Robeson version of Song of the South. Hmm. With Bertolt Brecht writing and directing.
From Walt Disney -- prince or toad? - Los Angeles Times:
Walt anticipated these criticisms and actually went to great lengths to make the film as racially sensitive as he could. He hired a Jewish left-wing screenwriter, Maurice Rapf, to do a draft of the script because, as he told Rapf,
From Walt Disney -- prince or toad? - Los Angeles Times:
Walt anticipated these criticisms and actually went to great lengths to make the film as racially sensitive as he could. He hired a Jewish left-wing screenwriter, Maurice Rapf, to do a draft of the script because, as he told Rapf,
