Welcome to the 12th Erase Racism Carnival! Sorry this edition is a little late. We had a few issues to deal with at ABW Central this weekend. This is a very media-heavy edition, mainly because media issues are very interesting to me. The summer movie
I’ve lived in New York off and on for almost 11 years and I’m very lucky in that I’ve never been mugged, maimed, or had someone break into my apartment. However, today I had someone steal something from me for the first time. I was
Reminder: Today is the deadline for Erase Racism Carnival. submissions. You can either submit by commenting in this post, or by emailing me here, or through the blog carnival submission form (be sure to choose the right carnival). I’ll be deadly silent this weekend until
I mentioned Imaro in the comments of the Diversity in SF Fiction post, but it deserves more highlighting. Last year, the Carl Brandon Society blog announced that Night Shade Books was reissuing the book. When I next saw the proprietor of Night Shade (that would
What the hey? A Bookswap. You know, where a group of people get together and trade books around they’re all interested in. Okay, and what are you all interested in? Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy books and stories. Reading fiction written by women because we
As I said before, I spent the weekend hanging out with the SFWA crowd and attending the Nebula Awards. Standing in a room full of the most amazing writers on the planet is a heady experience, let me tell you. And it never becomes less
I recently realized that while I have an excellent post on White Privilege, I don’t have one specifically about Male Privilege. While it’s true that most any essay or post dealing with White Privilege can be applied to Male Privilege with a quick copy/paste, it’s
New carnival coming up — the People of Colour SF Carnival. I think it’s an excellent idea for these reasons: Because Lt. Uhura should have had more lines. (ST: TOS) Because Kevin Sorbo was jealous of Keith Hamilton Cobb and wrote him out. (Andromeda) Because
So for the past couple of weeks I’ve been dealing with the discussion around diversity in SF/F whether it be racial or gender or whatnot. And I’ve had a lot of positive feedback online. But, of course, there were the inevitable asshats who trotted over
I like blogging about TV, I’ve discovered, and I’ll probably do it once a week or so as time goes by. I’m just doing a bunch at once because, as I said, I felt like a little break would be fun. Then again, this one