So tired of people automatically saying about both Orson Scott Card and Stephenie Meyer that their being Mormons explains anything they don't like about them. There are plenty of Mormons who manage NOT to actively work to dehumanize sexual minorities and take away what few rights they have (OSC) or who manage NOT to create characters who are ( Read more... )

Someone who gets it.

Now if only he were as contagious as swine flu. ;)

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I have no doubt he didn't sit down, twirl a mustache, and think about how he could exclude women. He probably just didn't think to include any. But the effect is just the same, no matter what the intention.(Underlined to point specifically to the crux of the ( Read more... )