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I disagree. I do think there are ways that men are hurt by sexism that have no equivalent in your…
Speaking as a man I would never join an organisation that focuses on men's issues. To do so would be…
Why are there no dedicated left orgs like that? In the UK there's the Men and Boys Coalition. In the…
I’ll address the final part of your comment separately. Before I do that, I have some more data to bring…
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Fanfic: If Breq Were a Dinosaur, My Blog
My friend Ann Leckie showed me a tumblr where people were sharing fan fiction they’d written about the Ancillary Justice universe. This inspired me to write some of my own. Since everyone else is writing parodies of “Dinosaur,” I figured … Continue reading
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Help me pick out my new glasses!
Let me know which one or ones you think look best!
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Effective Altruism
Effective altruism reading material for busy people is a useful link-list for people who’d like a quick guide to the Effective Altruism (also called EA) movement. Here’s a quote from an EA primer by Scott Siskind, which is included in … Continue reading
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Grace Loves Lioness: a love letter for our anniversary
Recently, Barry let me know that he was travelling, and I wondered if he would be anywhere near me, so that we could meet in person for the first time. And he was going to be, on a particular date! … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett Has Died
Science fiction and fantasy humor writer Terry Pratchett has died. This is not unexpected as he has been ill for some time, but it’s still sad to see the end. As I said on my livejournal: I don’t believe in … Continue reading
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Rachel Swirsky’s Recommendations for 2014 Young Adult & Middle Grade SciFi/Fantasy Novels
So! I’m on the Norton jury this year, which is the jury that’s responsible for reading widely for the award (which is given to young adult and middle grade science fiction and fantasy novels). After SFWA voters wisely nominate their … Continue reading
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Rachel Swirsky’s Recommendations for Novellas Published in 2014
Every year, I try to binge read short fiction and make recommendations on it. I am not able to do a very comprehensive job this year. First, because I’m on the jury for the Norton Award (given to science fiction … Continue reading
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Recommending Fiction from “Across the Aisle”
At some point, I’d like to put together a recommendation list of awesome stuff (science fiction and fantasy, probably only short fiction because that’s where I feel like I really have a specialty) by conservative or right-wing authors. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading
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Two Opportunities for Writers I Thought Worth Publicizing Here
I subscribe to the Creative Writing Opportunities List. It’s a Yahoo group called CRWROPPS-B. These two opportunities showed up in my inbox today that I thought would be worth letting people here know about. Since they do not concern the kind of writing I … Continue reading
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“So no I don’t always believe them and yeah I let them know that.”
This is a very seasoned detective, 15 years in a sex crimes unit. When I asked him sort of what happens when victims come in to report an assault to the criminal justice system, this is what he said. He … Continue reading
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I don’t think it’s good for feminism that ending sexism is seen as something without direct benefits for men, when…