I read Justine Larbalestier's awesomely awesome post this morning on Derailing and why it's derailing to take a discussion about one thing and make it about you, even if you are just asking a question to help you understandI've been in some mindbending conversations lately about feminism and Joanna Russ and that has encouraged me to continue ( Read more... )

I'm about to write a bunch of posts, separately, sorry for that but I want to keep a bunch of these things discrete.

I've been thinking a lot about the "Russ Fuss" as I tagged my feminist post on Friday. The comment threads really got me down, to be honest. I know I was not a fun date on Friday night (sorry) and it kinda squelched my wanting to ( Read more... )

But it doesn’t take a seer to predict that with more awareness and a more open mind, editors will be less likely to dismiss, even unconsciously, fiction that is good but isn’t only about white heterosexual male concerns.
Creating Better Magazines (And Anthologies)I've been enjoying K Tempest Bradford's commentary on the diversity of voices in ( Read more... )