a_d_medievalist

Stirring the Swarm (DSM, not me)

a_d_medievalist May 02, 2015 20:31

So I posted a comment in response to this post, at Deirdre S. Moen’s blog. I’m posting it here, too, since I have commented there in the past, but the comments were not approved ( Read more... )

internet fail

Busy Little Bees

a_d_medievalist May 02, 2015 09:34

crossposted at my Tumblr

You knew it was too good to last, didn’t you? After the discovery, the outing, and the apologies, things on the Winterfox/Requires Hate/Benjanun Sriduangkaew/Beetori Sritruslow/Talking Hive front got quiet for a while. And then they weren’t. Twitter is an interesting thing. It’s not always easy to track conversations back ( Read more... )

internet fail

Required post on Requires Hate

a_d_medievalist Nov 15, 2014 00:21

This may be too short to say all the things it should. Maybe. I tend to write long when I don't have time ( Read more... )

internet fail, race

Stardust and Privilege: This is not the Loncon you were looking for

a_d_medievalist Mar 03, 2014 00:01

(trigger warning -- talk about harassment, bullying, sexual assault, PTSD, and other such things ( Read more... )

hugo awards, internet fail, privilege, twitter fail, cons, sf/f

Lads continue to dominate SF/F

a_d_medievalist Mar 01, 2014 10:53

Going to Loncon3?

You might want to read Why I have resigned from the Committee of Loncon3.

Make sure to read the actual letter of resignation at the end. To anyone who understands written English and knows Jonathan Ross's track record, it's clear that, in choosing him to host the Hugo Awards, the Chairs willfully ignored their own charter.

ETA ( Read more... )

sf/f

3000+ words in 4+ hours

a_d_medievalist Oct 12, 2012 08:18

So I haven't posted much here lately, primarily because I'm swamped. But teaching impelled me to post on teaching ove at my regular blog, which I've neglected of late. There's this post, and then this follow-up. Comments welcome here or there.

teaching, academia, students

I have the power!!! (to put the record straight)

a_d_medievalist Aug 05, 2012 15:32

ETA: I'm making this public, because I didn't think it right to lock a response to something that was public. But I have left out names for a reason, and my guess is that more than half the people on my regular F-list have no idea what this is about. My feeling here is that my misrepresenter has a right to know that I've said this, but I also was ( Read more... )

rants, things that piss me off, wankery, sf/f

Random response to Readercon posts at Scalzi's site, etc.

a_d_medievalist Aug 01, 2012 20:16

I was commenting herebut it was tl;dr. But it's my thoughts, and it's my LJ, so I thought I'd put it here. It's public, and I'm reserving the right to hide or delete if people who don't know me well enough to assume I'm not a total idiot start making assumptions or calling in the dog-piles.

( here it is, behind the cut )

feminism, cons

Blogenspiel's Tenth Anniversary

a_d_medievalist Jul 31, 2012 10:17

I have posted something there. Comments welcome wherever.

blogging

Actual Blog post

a_d_medievalist Jun 21, 2012 12:54

I blogged about the UVa thing at the usual place. Feel free to comment here.