I just literally finished reading an article about author Hugh Howey and his support of fanfiction in his Wool universe and was all, "What a righteous dude!"

And I then saw a link to this come across Twitter not ten minutes later: The Bitch From Worldcon. And added another author to my list of "not worth my time or money ( Read more... )

Hello, livejournal! I was all set to post a fun happy update, but then spent all day yesterday in a rage blackout at this clusterfuck in my state: Lawmaker barred from speaking after 'vagina' comment and A controversy is born after 2 Michigan lawmakers' comments in abortion debateRep. Brown was speaking against Michigan's proposed abortion ban ( Read more... )

So men discover a kid's (and very explicitly gendered 'girl') show and become fans and write fic, make art and vids and Wired is all "OMG, amazing and cool!" And people say, "'When I say ‘amazing,’ I’m referring to the crazy amount of content and the hard-working people who produce material every day, which I haven’t seen in many other fan bases ( Read more... )

Linkspam on the fail surrounding Patricia Wrede's "Thirteenth Child", an alternate fantasy pioneer history of the Americas where Native peoples never existed. From the Tor review, "This is an alternate version of our world which is full of magic, and where America (“Columbia”) was discovered empty of people but full of dangerous animals, many of ( Read more... )

Renowned Hoo-Ha Doctor Wins Nobel Prize For Medical Advancements Down ThereOh, the Onion. So funny, because it’s so sadly true ( Read more... )

If you want to protect reproductive rights, that includes ALL aspects of reproduction, not just abortion and birth control. If you're arguing for abortion and birth control to be in women's control, but also arguing based on extreme cases that women undergoing fertility treatments need psychological evaluations before they're allowed treatment, or ( Read more... )

I am beyond appalled at the epic and escalating levels of fail coming out of the latest round of debates on writing, racism, Othering and cultural appropriation. rydra-wong has roundups here, here, here, here, here, and hereHere's the thing, fellow white people. It's simple. Don't be an asshole. And if you decide you need to be as asshole, own it. ( Read more... )

Looks like there's another round of OTW criticism with Rebecca Tushnet's recent interview on NPR, and once again one of the main themes of the criticism I'm seeing is that OTW is taking fandom and fanfic public, making visible a subversive and underground community ( Read more... )

( Spoilers. Not positive comment on Dr. Horrible )

Dude. Thank god they are few and far between, because I really can't handle fic that deals with infertility. Not because it hits too close to home, but because after five years of dealing with it myself, and three years of treatment, I know far too much about the process to not read these stories and go, "What? WHAT? NO. That's... NO. OMG. ( Read more... )