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The cold is really bad today, possibly cause of travel yesterday, so I'm a turnip.

But have you guys seen Nnedi Okorafor's post about Lovecraft's racism & the World Fantasy Award?

I have to admit, I hadn't ever seen a WFC award and I had no idea it was a Lovecraft head. I'm rather nauseated.

So, Star*Line published yet another majorly racefailtastic thing, this time with extra added homophobia, transphobia, and pick-your-bigotry. And that's the fourth in what, a year? (ETA: more like two years, my bad, the illness has screwed with my time sense. Still not good ( Read more... )

Last night was bad, and today is beyond imagining, so I'm not going make it a discussion ( Read more... )

So you guys

I thought this was obvious. People keep proving me overly optimistic. Check your privilege at the door, please

This does not mean "If you can't say nice don't say anything"; that is a sweet and gentle tool of oppression. Besides, I get stuff wrong all the time and appreciate being called on it once I've had a minute to get over ( Read more... )

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What Monique says.

Today, millions of people are using revisionist history to make themselves feel good about privileges built on genocide and ongoing oppression.

Because of this, today, when I see thanks without any contextualizing or acknowledgement of the people harmed, it reads as implicit support of that harm. Or by saying "Well that's ( Read more... )

In light of this post by nojojojo , I'm done too.

I cannot shake the feeling that the Troika's holding out for a Fauxpology from Moon that they can pass off as their excuse to keep her. I cannot overstate the extent of NO there; Moon's recent posts (and continued comment deletion), as well as her long history of anti-Muslim bigotry, say very clearly that ( Read more... )

I'm coming out of my hole for a mo to say this:

You don't know shit about Kali. She is not in fact your bitch.

You prove your utter ignorance by claiming She holds maliceOf. All. Things ( Read more... )

(Because of COURSE when I decide to go to bed, my brain goes but but but.)

I won't say the last thought cause there's always one more with this stuff isn't there?

When I got to the US, and the racism-against-ME was less overt, I was so grateful that it really did seem "as good as it could get". My new friends were the least hurtful people I had ( Read more... )