About me, some stuff
NaNoWriMo 2015: I succeeded, but barely, and a little sloppily. The words weren’t all from the same novel, for example. And normally when I write, if I change my mind mid-scene about how the scene should go or what line of dialog the person should say, I will delete theContinue Reading
One of my earliest memories is my first nightmare. I was five, had just started kindergarten, and was having… social adjustment problems. As the oldest child in my family, I was used to interacting with adults. I was also a nerdy little thing, already prone to big words (for aContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 9 of 9. VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!!! ) Let’s see, where were we? I believe our essayist was insisting that his erotic preferences are, in fact, the obvious and objectively correct default for the entirety of the humanContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 8 of 9. Really? We’re not done yet? Good lord. ) When we left off, we were talking about feminism-as-cult. So why are the ladies in despair? Why do they commit suicide in record numbers? Is itContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 7 of 9. I… I don’t know if I can make it after all… let me just lie here… and die… ) When we left off, our essayist was explaining the conspiracy to take over the country forContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 6 of 9. I can taste victory!) When we left off, Mr. Wright was talking about how unrealistic he finds women in film who can kick your butt. He goes on: I have never seen a sceneContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 5 of 9. We’re in the home stretch now!) Earlier in the essay, we were treated to the spectacle of our essayist pretending he didn’t understand the dictionary definition of sexism. So, he redefined it to something he personallyContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 4 of 9. We’re almost halfway there!) Back to our deconstruction of the essay, we briefly diverge into something that isn’t detailing exactly the ways in which our essayist believes that women are different from men. Instead,Continue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 3 of 9. See, we’re a third of the way through already!) So, here’s what we’ve got so far: Mr. Wright believes that “strong female character” is code for “masculine female character” and that this is aContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 2 of 9. Don’t panic!) When we left off, Mr. Wright was in the middle of detailing his idealized feminine qualities. Diving back in, we get to: The female spirit is [..] deep in understanding rather thanContinue Reading
So, this year. There was this thing nominated for a Hugo. You might have heard of it — “Transhuman and Subhuman,” a collection of essays nominally on the subject of science fiction by John C. Wright. It was in the Hugo packet. One of the essays is the novel-length anti-feministContinue Reading
Friday, October 2 3:00pm Richmond E | Women In Urban Fantasy 7:00pm Minoru A | Multi-Author Book Launch Saturday, October 3 10:00am Minoru A | Killing Off Characters 3:00pm Richmond E | From Oz To Teen Wolf: The Rise of Sexy Weres 5:00pm Richmond C | Sad Puppies & HappyContinue Reading
For the last couple of years, I’ve been on a kick of re-reading Stephen King books. Usually I’ve stuck with the ones I liked the first time (The Shining, Carrie), or at least half-liked (It, The Stand, Pet Sematary). But a discussion on on File770, followed by this (http://www.tor.com/2013/10/09/the-great-stephen-king-reread-the-tommyknockers/) promptedContinue Reading