tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post6678395179297252362..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: modified in the guts of the livingTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-32021637372434331292008-08-01T03:36:00.000-07:002008-08-01T03:36:00.000-07:00Let’s talk about the Invisible Big Brown Bear in t...Let’s talk about the Invisible Big Brown Bear in the Editorial Conference Room…<BR/><BR/>http://ashokbanker.com/2008/08/01/is-american-science-fiction-fantasy-racist-and-sexist-bigotted-and-culturally-insensitive-too/Ashok K. Bankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130618135807852861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-33236805373758217452008-07-18T03:13:00.000-07:002008-07-18T03:13:00.000-07:00William Sanders update. Guy's got problems.<A HREF="http://tempest.fluidartist.com/2008/07/15/william-sanders-you-stay-classy/" REL="nofollow">William Sanders update</A>. Guy's got problems.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-20667256450864891782008-07-16T15:35:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:35:00.000-07:00Thanks for the support. I'm sorry I didn't include...Thanks for the support. I'm sorry I didn't include more background info; it'd been all over LJ and other portions of the sf blogosphere for a day or two, which in Internet time feels like an eon of global coverage. <BR/><BR/>Speaking to Vandana's point: I'm a little worried that the overt bigotry of Truesdale and Sanders obscures the severity of the problem elsewhere; it's very easy (especially, I think, for white male sf readers/writers) to dismiss them as extreme and crazy and still remain unconvinced of the effects of racism and sexism elsewhere in the field. In the post of hers I linked, N.K. Jemisin speaks of the difficulty of introducting a young student of hers to science fiction.Micolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526893946972805807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-55973819700068657342008-07-14T07:37:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:37:00.000-07:00Thank you, Micole.Thank you, Micole.Cat Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787563576714190527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-3768745593754038532008-07-14T07:00:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:00:00.000-07:00Thanks, Micole, for your courageous post. Not hav...Thanks, Micole, for your courageous post. Not having heard about the Sanders outrage, I checked out the links in your post and was appalled at the way Truesdale and his ilk conduct themselves in a public forum. It is interesting to see the naked and ugly face of racism and sexism --- one is much more used to seeing it in subtler forms. To me it shows that for all the rightly celebrated achievements of the American spec fic field in terms of both writing and culture since the 70's, there's still a long way to go. My personal experience of the field has been both wonderful (thanks to some really special people) and alienating, the latter being why I only go to one or two cons a year. <BR/><BR/>But all this is also a reminder to me why publishers like Aqueduct are so valuable, both in their support of diverse and interesting voices that may otherwise be lost in the wilderness, and in their creation of communities like this one. <BR/><BR/>VandanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-67107394374224403362008-07-13T15:14:00.000-07:002008-07-13T15:14:00.000-07:00Brave decision/declaration, Micole. Kudos.Brave decision/declaration, Micole. Kudos.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.com