Will Shetterly's Blog, page 14
July 22, 2020
The Red Mask, the first black masked hero?
The following art is from Out Of This World: Early Black Comic Book Heroes: The Red Mask, The Comics of Syndicated Features: Adventures of the Red Mask, and Facebook's comic strip appreciation group, where Stefan Wood posted black and white scans of the Red Mask's entire story.
The newspaper strip ended there. In 1939, The Adventures of the Red Mask were reprinted in four issues of Best Comics. After the first issue, they drew him as white on the covers, but they left him black inside.
July 19, 2020
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2019: I am impressed by the ability of identitarians to discuss sexual abuse by rich people without criticizing capitalism.
2018: The difference between Twitter and Facebook is the difference between drive-by shootings and trench warfare.
"Reliable sources" usually means "sources that share my prejudices".
"I have always supported the right to speak for everyone, especially people I disagree
2018: The difference between Twitter and Facebook is the difference between drive-by shootings and trench warfare.
"Reliable sources" usually means "sources that share my prejudices".
"I have always supported the right to speak for everyone, especially people I disagree
July 18, 2020
What I said on Facebook after a bullshit accusation
I just got a bullshit accusation about my beliefs, so I will say this now for anyone who does not know me:
I have literally bled from the blows of white racists because I stood up for integration in a much more racist time than today. I have opposed fascism at every opportunity. I reject authoritarianism and hierarchy in all forms, and because of that, I am constantly accused by authoritarian
I have literally bled from the blows of white racists because I stood up for integration in a much more racist time than today. I have opposed fascism at every opportunity. I reject authoritarianism and hierarchy in all forms, and because of that, I am constantly accused by authoritarian
July 17, 2020
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2019: Dear artists, your job is not to comfort rich people. Unless you want their money. Then it is. (Religious leaders, ditto.)
2018: We thought the internet would let people make a better world. Instead, it's given the powerless a place to rage at each other.
"Contrarian" is like "heretic": it means someone disagrees with something you believe.
2016: Socialists, what's the theory called
2018: We thought the internet would let people make a better world. Instead, it's given the powerless a place to rage at each other.
"Contrarian" is like "heretic": it means someone disagrees with something you believe.
2016: Socialists, what's the theory called
July 15, 2020
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2019: If Mussolini ruled Italy today, he would claim that criticism of fascism was antiCatholic and antiItalian.
2018: Haters hate nuance.
Another odd thing: The people who mock civility complain about Trump's manners.
2017: 3 Necessary Things I Hate About Writing
1 Killing good characters
2 Ending stories
3 Writing
If Dr. Who's scripts are good, no one will care about the doctor's gender. If
2018: Haters hate nuance.
Another odd thing: The people who mock civility complain about Trump's manners.
2017: 3 Necessary Things I Hate About Writing
1 Killing good characters
2 Ending stories
3 Writing
If Dr. Who's scripts are good, no one will care about the doctor's gender. If
July 14, 2020
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2019: "40 acres and a mule" vs. today's reparations movement:
The 40 acres and a mule were supposed to come from the wealth of the slaveowners and be given to poor freed slaves. Modern reparations would come from everyone who isn't black and be given to rich and poor blacks alike.
2017: Many people's revolutions went badly. They were still necessary, and the blame still lies with the rulers who
The 40 acres and a mule were supposed to come from the wealth of the slaveowners and be given to poor freed slaves. Modern reparations would come from everyone who isn't black and be given to rich and poor blacks alike.
2017: Many people's revolutions went badly. They were still necessary, and the blame still lies with the rulers who
July 12, 2020
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2019: Our cat was clearly jealous that we were at #Narrativity: around 4am, he set off the motion sensor for the home security system. We got called, rushed home, and found all well. To teach him not to do that again, I gave him a fresh can of cat food. (And moved the motion sensor.)
2017: Never let the enemy have the moral high ground.
2016: Humans make a lot more sense when you stop
2017: Never let the enemy have the moral high ground.
2016: Humans make a lot more sense when you stop
July 11, 2020
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2019: Having a fine time at Narrativity. Liking the panels and am reminded that music circles can be grand things. Emma sang “Gray Funnel Line”, which I hadn’t heard in too long.
2018: The colonoscopy found a few small polyps, but the doctor says things look good and barring some surprise from the test results on the polyps, I won't need another for 10 years. Yay!
Also, I was congratulated on
2018: The colonoscopy found a few small polyps, but the doctor says things look good and barring some surprise from the test results on the polyps, I won't need another for 10 years. Yay!
Also, I was congratulated on
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I can't support racial or gender quotas, but I could support ideological ones: six Catholics on the Supreme Court is radically unrepresentative.
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Pre-colonoscopy low-fiber diet tip: Make it a two-day low-fiber celebration. Study what you can eat, then stock up on things you love that are legit. (I really should've made waffles.)
The last glass of the colonoscopy prep mix is the hardest to
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Pre-colonoscopy low-fiber diet tip: Make it a two-day low-fiber celebration. Study what you can eat, then stock up on things you love that are legit. (I really should've made waffles.)
The last glass of the colonoscopy prep mix is the hardest to
July 10, 2020
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If you enjoy puzzles that have a physical component, replace a toilet in an old house.
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_An amusing thing that OCR wanted to do to the Liavek ebook_
I'm proof-reading Liavek stories in order to start releasing ebooks in the next week or two. Because the anthologies came out in the '80s, before publishers believed personal computers were here to stay, we don't have electronic files of the
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_An amusing thing that OCR wanted to do to the Liavek ebook_
I'm proof-reading Liavek stories in order to start releasing ebooks in the next week or two. Because the anthologies came out in the '80s, before publishers believed personal computers were here to stay, we don't have electronic files of the
