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Likely heroes: Brave, my book, and my kid
A bit late on weighing in on the buzz from a couple of weeks ago re: Disney’s makeover of Merida. Short version: gross. Slightly longer version: It’s really making me question whether I want to take my kid to any … Continue reading
On marriage
After reading the SCOTUS Prop-8 transcript (hilariously condensed by a friend on FB), it seems the anti-same-sex-marriage argument being offered boils down to this: Opposite-sex couples run the risk of producing children, therefore the state has an interest in enabling these … Continue reading
TL;DR version of the previous post
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
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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Write what you know–and what you want to know
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
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Fiction, Geekery, GLBT, Politics, Publishing, Writing
Tagged books, diversity, publishing, racism, 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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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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Feminism, transphobia and gender bias
Perusing Tumblr today, it appears there’s a big to-do over the remarkable cluelessness of some cisgendered feminists. Best as I can tell, this all stemmed from trans activist Julia Serano’s lament that so much of the feminist energy of the moment is centered … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Feminism, GLBT, Human Nature, TV
Tagged Feminism, gender, transphobia
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Fun and games with Straight White Males: Class discrimination edition.
Looks like Scalzi’s post on Straight White Males got linked basically everywhere and garnered 800 comments before he closed. The thread was devolving, so it’s probably for the best, though I was finding his increasingly creative smackdowns amusing. Doing a … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Feminism, GLBT, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, Politics
Tagged classism, cooperation, glbt, intersectionality, politics, racism
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The Magical Unicorn of Progress
I wonder how many young progressives realize that we still haven’t passed ENDA, and that SCOTUS only struck down sodomy laws nine years ago. I also wonder if they realize exactly how much hard work has gone into getting us … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, GLBT, Intarweebz Drama, Nostalgia, Politics
Tagged equal marriage, glbt, marriage rights, obama, politics, unicorns
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