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Major expansion of con_or_bust
I am incredibly pleased to announce a major expansion of Con or Bust: after this year's WisCon, Con or Bust will provide assistance to people of color to attend the SFF cons of their choice, rather than only WisCon or other cons selected by Con or Bust. For more information, please see this post at con_or_bust.
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Elizabeth Moon's Fail: November Apex Success (Call for Submissions)
Many of you may be aware of e-moon60's recent racist, Islamophobic rant in which she indicated the depth of her contempt for Muslims and immigrants, among others, then deleted the over-500 comments taking her to task for her conduct. If not, you may want to avoid reading it while you're eating, to say the least ( Read more... ) -
Con or Bust's final days
Bidding on the auction at con_or_bust ends this Saturday, March 13, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern (which is before the DST changeover, in case anyone's wondering).
At present a dozen people have requested assistance (with a couple more interested if funds permit), and we're running about $300 short of the estimated need. So please spread the word! (This list of ( Read more... ) -
Requests for Assistance Still Being Taken at con_or_bust
Hi all-
The auction at con_or_bust is going very well, and there have been many new things added since bidding started, so please stop by and take a look if you haven't recently. Bidding closes next Saturday, March 13.
I want to remind everyone that fans of color may request assistance over at this post. I would also like to clear up a couple of potential ( Read more... ) -
How to Discuss Race and Racism Without Acting Like a Complete Jerk
This essay is based on a talk I gave at Boskone 47 (2010) of the same title. It is a work in progress (last updated June 2011; see comments) and I welcome comments and critique, though I take final responsibility for all contents.
The intended audience is people who have not seriously and critically thought about race and racism before, or are ( Read more... ) -
con_or_bust bidding starts this Wednesday!
Hi everyone-
It occurred to me that I was very remiss in not also announcing here that con_or_bust, the fundraiser to assist fans of color who want to attend SFF conventions, principally WisCon, is on again this year ( Read more... ) -
Tiptree-Brandon Bake Sale at Boskone
I will be running a bake sale at Boskone, a Boston-area SFF convention, on Saturday February 13th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., just outside the con suite. Proceeds will be split between the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council and the Carl Brandon Society, which is now managing the financial end of Con or Bust.
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"The master has a black and decker" criticism?
EDIT: A good thirty seconds after making this post it occurred to me to search via delicious and I found a page about it. Oh well, consider this post a rec rather than a request ( Read more... ) -
Good blog article
Here's a good article on the blog "Abagond:" How to Argue Like a White Racist - and it links to other good stuff on the same blog.
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Some links
Nominate for the 2008 Carl Brandon Society Awards until September 1 (not July 31 as it says on the webpage).
The Carl Brandon Society's Open Letter to the SF Community re: Ellison/Bradford Incident: "the Carl Brandon Society wishes to define some basic principles of discourse which were put into question as a result of this exchange. We hope ( Read more... )