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More Requirements and Chapters
Nov. 13th, 2014 11:07 amI managed NOT to get a Tate chapter out this week, BUT, for those of you reading the School for Wayward Demons, there is a new installment out today--and it's a doozie! It's called Bad Jaguar! and it's up now. It also comes with some AMAZING, knock your socks off art by Mandie Brasington.
Meanwhile, in the continuing Requires Hate debate, Daily Dot has written one of its exhaustive articles about the whole event: "Acclaimed Sci-Fi Writer Exposed as Notorious Internet Troll."
They ask a really troubling question, which is, is there a double-standard here? Are there toxic personalities in the SF community who are more readily tolerated because they are (white) men? (I put the white part in parentheses because Chip Delany is mentioned.)
I don't know what to make of that.
I feel there are things I could say, but I won't. I won't partly because I don't want to go on record saying anything that could be construed as being apologist for any of the behavior of the men cited--not because I secretly agree with any of it, but the opposite. I refuse to even *accidentally* seem like I would condone any of it.
I also am backing away from an opinion about this because I think the issue of hate and who owns the right to be angry is, in this case in particular, ultimately an argument best spoken to by the communities of color who were hit hardest by RH. As a lesbian, I get the usefulness of being the "angry lesbian" (or having one in your community), but I also think there is a REAL difference between writing a snarky, strident opinion piece and actively harassing someone/using hate-speech to silence opposing opinions, and internet stalking--all of which RH/winterfox/et al. has, according to many very reliable sources, actively engaged in. It is problematic that she's a woman, PoC, and queer, but the hatefulness she's being accused of I would tolerate from no one. It's completely inexcusable by race, creed, sexual orientation, or... really, anything.
So that's me... I have a lot more to say, but I'm going to make good on the backing away and leaving this for other people, particularly RH's victims and the communities she's been a part of, to argue.
If you want something happier, there is that chapter I posted! :-)
Meanwhile, in the continuing Requires Hate debate, Daily Dot has written one of its exhaustive articles about the whole event: "Acclaimed Sci-Fi Writer Exposed as Notorious Internet Troll."
They ask a really troubling question, which is, is there a double-standard here? Are there toxic personalities in the SF community who are more readily tolerated because they are (white) men? (I put the white part in parentheses because Chip Delany is mentioned.)
I don't know what to make of that.
I feel there are things I could say, but I won't. I won't partly because I don't want to go on record saying anything that could be construed as being apologist for any of the behavior of the men cited--not because I secretly agree with any of it, but the opposite. I refuse to even *accidentally* seem like I would condone any of it.
I also am backing away from an opinion about this because I think the issue of hate and who owns the right to be angry is, in this case in particular, ultimately an argument best spoken to by the communities of color who were hit hardest by RH. As a lesbian, I get the usefulness of being the "angry lesbian" (or having one in your community), but I also think there is a REAL difference between writing a snarky, strident opinion piece and actively harassing someone/using hate-speech to silence opposing opinions, and internet stalking--all of which RH/winterfox/et al. has, according to many very reliable sources, actively engaged in. It is problematic that she's a woman, PoC, and queer, but the hatefulness she's being accused of I would tolerate from no one. It's completely inexcusable by race, creed, sexual orientation, or... really, anything.
So that's me... I have a lot more to say, but I'm going to make good on the backing away and leaving this for other people, particularly RH's victims and the communities she's been a part of, to argue.
If you want something happier, there is that chapter I posted! :-)
