• Mark Oshiro reports the harassment he experienced at Conquest 46 and the con's failure to follow up:
  
  So. Hi, friends. This is a very long, possibly triggering/upset post I've made about an experience I had as a guest of honor at a convention last year. My boyfriend and I were harassed multiple times, sometimes by staff members and another guest of ( Read more... )

These are all spoilery. It's probably a good idea to just assume trigger warnings for sexual violence, abuse, gas lighting, and trauma for Jessica Jones in general.


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I like Gwenda Bond's addition to the discussion of sexism and self-promotion. It makes helpful connections between the discussion of sf & fantasy and well-publicized discussions of women's writing and self-promotion in romance, literary fiction, and YA.


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Recently there's been some discussion on whether writers should post lists of their award-eligible work when award time comes around:

• John Scalzi, On Letting People Know About Your Award-Eligible Work
  
  
• Adam Roberts, Award Season 2014
  
  
• John Scalzi, Adam Roberts on SF/F Award Awareness Posts
  
  
• Amal el-Mohtar, Of Awards Eligibility Lists and ( Read more... )

• Friends of Dennis:
  
  Friends of Dennis is a grassroots fan project dedicated to fostering discussions of class and classism from within a speculative literature framework.[...]
  
  Chris Wrdnrd writes:
  
  I found myself becoming increasingly interested in discussions of class and classism largely because, i’m sorry to say, i kept seeing such ( Read more... )

• VIDA count 2012: Gender ratios of reviewers and authors of reviewed books in major literary publications
  
  
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Rolling Stone is streaming the new Tegan and Sara album, Heartthrob. It's a lot less indie guitar and a lot more pop production than their previous albums, but I think I like it maybe kind of.

The digital version of Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night seems to be on sale for $1.99 right now ( Read more... )

Today's interactive Windsor McKay Google doodle is brilliant.


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Deconstructing the Complete and Utter Insanity of 'Batman: Odyssey': Part 1, Part 2 by Laura Hudson and David Wolkin:

Laura: And suddenly, Batman is charging up a train with a loaded gun. A gun that he is trying to hold in one hand while he climbs.

David: Which was a stupid thing to do. We knows this because the thought bubbles are telling us ( Read more... )