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Boston
Not enough time at the moment to write a lot about this, but a couple of points: 1. There’s a certain painful humor in watching racists falling all over themselves to blame the people they think of as enemies. The … Continue reading
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Identity: politics
Finally climbing down off of six weeks on plague mountain, and can think a little again, so I may be posting here a bit more in the near future. Woop! Getting the gears spinning today: some thoughts on identity, and how it shapes … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Feminism, GLBT, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, Politics
Tagged diversity, identity politics, intersectionality
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Guns, stubbornness and broken people
I haven’t cried about Sandy Hook. I’ve felt almost nothing, actually. I worry when I hear of one of these things happening close to people I know, but even then, I tend to shrug it off quickly once I know … Continue reading
Essentialism follies: class edition
Am currently embroiled in a bit of a debate elsewhere about declining standards in language education being a bellwether for declining education in general (and the subsequent serious social ills that come along with that.) As usual, I’m getting blowback … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, Politics, Writing
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Casting a wider net
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
Posted in Entertainment, Ethics, Fiction, GLBT, Movies, Politics, Publishing, Writing
Tagged cloud atlas, entertainment industry, racism, yellowface
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Saints and sinners
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
Posted in Entertainment, Ethics, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, TV
Tagged benedict cumberbatch, celebrity worship, fandom
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Hands off
Lots I’d like to say right now re: Scalzi’s latest post and something I saw this morning featuring male superheroes in the costumes of female ones. Am short on time today, however, so you’ll be spared my usual verbosity on … Continue reading
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Voting with your wallet: Media diversity edition
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
Posted in Entertainment, Ethics, GLBT, Movies, TV
Tagged diversity, entertainment, fringe, game of thrones, glbt, people of color, tv
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Potpourri
A few things have come up in the past several days that touch on topics of previous posts. Won’t rehash it all, therefore, but figured it’s worth making a few points.
Posted in Ethics, Feminism, Geekery, Politics
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Last post on the con-models thing
Getting some good, thoughtful comments and having some good discussions on the first post in this chain, but they’re getting a bit meta. I’d kind of like to steer this back to the original topic, which is my assertion that … Continue reading
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