Category Archives: Entertainment

TL;DR version of the previous post

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Realized I could boil my whole point down thusly: The way entertainment is currently funded and distributed is seriously broken. This is mostly because traditional distribution channels are controlled by a very small number of very large companies, all of … Continue reading →

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Are commercials an endangered species?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Fascinating little Variety story here reporting on the Television Critics Association events going on this week. It covers comments from Netflix’s chief content officer regarding whether his company might make their ratings public. Gist: “Why would we do that?” Money quote: ”If people watch it … Continue reading →

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Heroes and allies

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Was hanging out Chez Scalzi today, for his post about feminism, and ran across a couple of folks who didn’t quite seem to get the concept of how to be an ally for someone fighting oppression. At the end of … Continue reading →

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Write what you know–and what you want to know

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Got followed on Twitter today by a neat new collective of writers, focused on folks writing PoC characters. Not sure how they found me, but I’m glad they did. In one of their first posts, they link to this Slate … Continue reading →

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Casting a wider net

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Crossposting this from my Tumblr response to a great post on acting and race by the brilliant Jasika Nicole, which itself is a follow on a post from Racebending.com. (Background: actor Jim Sturgess Tweeted something childish related to his “yellowface” character in … Continue reading →

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My Life in TV

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

…because I like making lists, apparently. :) What I find interesting, looking over this huge list, isn’t how much of my life has been spent in front of the tube (which is, to be sure, slightly scary), but how much … Continue reading →

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Saints and sinners

Posted on August 18, 2012 by

It apparently bears reiterating: celebrities are human beings, and should be treated accordingly. Those who behave well should be lauded and those who behave badly should be rebuked. Simple, right? Unfortunately, the nature of celebrity means that both of those reactions … Continue reading →

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Voting with your wallet: Media diversity edition

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

Anyone who’s on Tumblr and loves to read the words of a smart, funny woman who also happens to be black and queer needs to go follow Jasika Nicole. She frequently comes up with some amazing perspectives about the world … Continue reading →

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Addendum re: privilege and the abuse thereof

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Something that today’s geek sexism thing has brought up: it’s kind of astonishing, if not surprising, how so many people who abuse their privileges think that being called out on that is a complaint about their privilege, rather than the … Continue reading →

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Geek authenticity and sexism

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Much as I love Scalzi, his response here to the clumsy denouncement of con babes here is kind of missing the point–and also making things worse. That this comes on top of last week’s debacle with Simon Pegg drooling over … Continue reading →

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