Some Advice for White People in Fandom--a piece about how to write fanfic about nonwhite characters, if you're white, and avoid doing something stupid, offensive, racist, and bad-writery. Probably valuable even if you're not a fan, a writer, or white.

If you screw up anyway, here's How To Apologize (in general, not just for saying something ( Read more... )

Piece on the relationship of creationism to racism. Highly entertaining.

From kyra_ojosverdes via samvimes: Author Stan Goff, a retired 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces, sounds a warning call that many of the historical precursors of fascism-white supremacy, militarization of culture, vigilantism, masculine fear of female power, xenophobia and economic destabilization-are ascendant in America today.

Sitting up straight is bad for you. (Thanks, hermayalaine)

So is acting like a racist ass, especially if you're a politician.

So is opening PDF files with viruses in them. Beware emails about a computer you allegedly ordered. (Thanks, valasia)

So is filling in your password on a site linked from a spoofed Yahoo Messenger IM.They're getting awfully sneaky. Step ( Read more... )

A story from singingnettle's life. I, also, hope that such small impressions make big differences in the shape of the world.