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POINTLESS THREAD III: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN AGAIN
Jimor:
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 18 Jul 2013, 19:52 ---So on the SFWA video...if a white guy wins a nebula, there's a huge flame war over it, am I understanding that right? (also, what's a 'cis-male'?)
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The cis- thing covered much better by others. As for SFWA, if ANYbody wins the Nebula, there's a huge flame war over it. SFWA has been having flame wars since before there was an Internet (in any real sense at least, SFWA was founded in 1965), and one member semi-facetiously wrote up a flame-war calendar to assign specific recurring flame wars to to each month of the year so we could keep things straight.
Right now, the buzzword is diversity. Not that it isn't needed in the organization (and in fandom in general -- as an example of how strongly the stereotype of pudgy, balding middle aged white men with beards fits, I can usually spot people going to the World Science Fiction convention each year on my connecting flight to the final destination. At one convention in Seattle I was at, they placed a hard limit of 6 people on all the elevators rated for 3000 lbs.), and not that anybody disagrees that it's needed, but there's a good sized sub-group in science fiction fandom/writing who are pretty successful at using the issue to boost their own standing by pouncing on anybody who wavers from the party line.
Jace:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 19 Jul 2013, 18:57 ---The word "trans" originated as a slur, used by people who wished to classify and demote a group of people they perceived as wrong.
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Did it really? Or did it originate as shorthand for someone who was transitioning to a different gender (or sex, whatever).
I dunno these things so don't get all sjw tumblr on me here.
Sorflakne:
--- Quote --- Right now, the buzzword is diversity. Not that it isn't needed in the organization (and in fandom in general -- as an example of how strongly the stereotype of pudgy, balding middle aged white men with beards fits, I can usually spot people going to the World Science Fiction convention each year on my connecting flight to the final destination. At one convention in Seattle I was at, they placed a hard limit of 6 people on all the elevators rated for 3000 lbs.), and not that anybody disagrees that it's needed, but there's a good sized sub-group in science fiction fandom/writing who are pretty successful at using the issue to boost their own standing by pouncing on anybody who wavers from the party line.
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Not sure I understand...so if you don't look like a stereotype, you get pounced on?
LeeC:
hahah I should have done this with my ex. we used to argue about rent and bills alot.
LTK:
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 20 Jul 2013, 11:59 ---
--- Quote --- Right now, the buzzword is diversity. Not that it isn't needed in the organization (and in fandom in general -- as an example of how strongly the stereotype of pudgy, balding middle aged white men with beards fits, I can usually spot people going to the World Science Fiction convention each year on my connecting flight to the final destination. At one convention in Seattle I was at, they placed a hard limit of 6 people on all the elevators rated for 3000 lbs.), and not that anybody disagrees that it's needed, but there's a good sized sub-group in science fiction fandom/writing who are pretty successful at using the issue to boost their own standing by pouncing on anybody who wavers from the party line.
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Not sure I understand...so if you don't look like a stereotype, you get pounced on?
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No, if you express an opinion deviating from the norm, you get pounced on.
Also, that picture is A) totally photoshopped and B) should have been captioned "MEANWHILE, IN RUSSIA"
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