Miscellany!

[lady_ganesh]

Really interesting interview with the young man who plays the son on Breaking Bad, R.J. Mitte. He has cerebal palsy in real life, though not as severe a case as the character he plays.

Angel is free to watch at TNT.TV. In case you are chash curious. (Damn, Gunn's first appearance is hot

Comments

[lady_ganesh]

It's probably just as well she didn't allow comments, because what would you say to that?

[lady_ganesh]

I'm not even sure she's been published. Which I suppose makes it all the more lulz-worthy.

[ysadrel]

Y halo thar, series I have never seen but should.

[lady_ganesh]

<-- The pretty men call you.

[ysadrel]

...GODDAMMIT, TNT, STOP REQUIRING WINDOWS.

O well, I will switch OSes later this evening.

[lady_ganesh]

And there ya go.

[lindentreeisle]

That post was pretty over the top. But honestly, I spent about 20 minutes untangling the thread that her cite linked for Charles Stross, and I am still not quite sure how he has proven himself so appallingly racist and evil that you would never want to consider a single idea he's had or written about. I guess....he said he thought the original criticism of the author in question was incorrect? And that makes him an Evil Man? *headscratch

[lady_ganesh]

I didn't go back to the thread because I didn't have a List until she opened her mouth, hahah. But the original post was basically someone's List, not their call to action-- though a call to action might be implied by a reader. (Lots of people, for example, have taken exception to the idea of boycotting Tor overall, as it publishes authors of color and people who've said good stuff in RaceFail.)

Probably the simplest way of solving the problem of literary critics wanting to eat your face is to not engage with them.

That's actually what drives me insane about the whole thing. Critics say nasty stuff about authors all the time! Every day of the week! And somehow, authors manage to live. They're expected to put up with this, it's part of the job. And somehow, somehow, when a person of color says 'hey, there are some racist tropes here,' that's different?I don't know if it's the arrogance that comes from being in a small field where there isn't as much pro criticism? Or they're just natural assholes. Whichever it is, I don't get it.

[lindentreeisle]

Well, it's a little different than regular "your book sucks criticism," because if people can't put themselves in the right frame of mind, it's easy to read "your work has some racist overtones" as "die kkk motherfucker." I'm not saying it's okay to react to race-related criticism with a freak-out, I'm just saying I can understand (to an extent) why it bothers authors enough for them to fight over it where criticism on plain ole writing quality might not.

I still have no idea what the fuck Cramer's problem is though. :P

[lady_ganesh]

Well, yes, but still-- dude, how many times have you been called a 'feminazi' or whatever? W*ll S. has apparently been on Usenet-- Usenet!-- so it's still a remarkable thinness of skin.

[threewalls]

*hugs*

Supportive friends proving their supportiveness is FTW.

[lady_ganesh]

I am watching Angel reruns. Angel reruns make everything better. Except for the sucky ones, but I'm not watching those.

::hugs back::

Thanks.