So I've written all of four comments (or "letters") at Salon.com, and the most recent one was marked as "Editor's Choice." Very nice. It was in response to an article which pointed out similarities in the rhetoric between slavery apologists of the 19th century (including John C. Calhoun, whom, oddly enough, I'm related to by marriage) and the folks ( Read more... )

Here at Whedonesqe. Basically a disgruntled fan is unhappy at the news that Marti Noxon is now Executive Producer of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and drags out the usual complaints. So Joss weighs in:

How sick am I of Noxon-bashing? Enough to break my rule of silence, certainly.Good on him. It behooves TV producers, popular authors, etc., to ( Read more... )

In the various incarnations of the Bronze, we'd occasionally have problems with impersonators. Usually it was a joker pretending to be a BtVS cast member, but a few were people trying to impersonate regular posters. This was enough of a problem, apparently, that the people who put the Bronze Beta code in place added a password-protected screen name ( Read more... )

What is it that stops us from doing evil things? In most people who have a normally developed conscience, it's the desire to avoid harming our fellow man ( Read more... )

The crypt scene in the BtVS episode "Villains" was extremely controversial in my corner of Buffy fandom. That being the Bronze and the various successor communities. I don't know for certain whether it was so among the general viewership, but my general sense is, not so much. What happens is basically this: In the previous episode called "Seeing ( Read more... )

Privilege is invisible to those who have it, it's often been said. Not only is this true, it's worth repeating from time to time... because one's privileges tend to turn invisible again the second you quit paying attention to them ( Read more... )