tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post7524024310211172547..comments2023-11-12T10:12:51.801-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Twist: Women Destroy Science FictionElizabeth Twisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-48447709585734707352014-02-17T12:29:23.745-05:002014-02-17T12:29:23.745-05:00This Kickstarter sounds like a great project, thou...This Kickstarter sounds like a great project, though I must admit I did a double take on the title before I realized what they were trying to accomplish. I think the more appropriate title would've been Women ROCK all genres!<br />Nutschell<br />www.thewritingnut.comnutschellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967710710805174781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-19164170534905401712014-02-11T21:43:28.284-05:002014-02-11T21:43:28.284-05:00I really appreciate that you checked the situation...I really appreciate that you checked the situation out, Botanist. Thank you, and thanks for returning here to let me know that you did.<br />Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-30658038077020725652014-02-10T11:51:10.985-05:002014-02-10T11:51:10.985-05:00Thanks for the references. I followed up a couple ...Thanks for the references. I followed up a couple of searches and that explains a lot. <br /><br />Since I am not a member of SFWA (and never will be, given their membership requirements) this shameful display of dinosaur thinking passed me by.Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098709722475364465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-75966425525611786122014-02-09T23:41:58.261-05:002014-02-09T23:41:58.261-05:00Earlier I wrote and posted a very long response to...Earlier I wrote and posted a very long response to you, Botanist. <br /><br />Apologies to anyone who wanted to re-read my earlier comment. This is still probably going to be long but it will also be more on target.<br /><br />I believe this campaign is a partial response to some highly negative stuff that went on last year, spearheaded by a certain individual to whom I don't want to link. However, you can easily find one of his more offensive blog posts by searching for the following:<br /><br />Women ruin everything SFWA edition<br /><br />This man was, according to Jim C. Hines, supported for SFWA presidency by ten percent of voting members, which is ten percent too many if you ask me. <br /><br />The Women Destroy Science Fiction Kickstarter is, as far as I can tell, a cheeky response to this type of thinking. <br /><br />SFWA took it in the shins last year after the organization allowed several very old-fashioned ideas about women to be expressed in their Bulletin, thus alienating many members, both women and allies. <br /><br />If you search for "SFWA sexism 2013" you'll find a few articles that will summarize the problem. Sadly, there are fewer responses to the rampant racism, also partially perpetrated by the same individual, which took place around the same time. <br /><br />The science fiction writing community has some healing to do. This Kickstarter is trying to help. Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-80054029403992306172014-02-09T01:03:35.225-05:002014-02-09T01:03:35.225-05:00I admit to being rather perplexed by the whole pre...I admit to being rather perplexed by the whole premise here. I honestly had never heard this statement before and didn't realize anyone <i>was</i> talking about it because it's patently nonsense. <br /><br />Ursula K Le Guin, anybody? Anne McCaffrey? Julian May? Just off the top of my head. And right now I'm reading a fabulous series by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett.<br /><br />To me, this claim feels like a bizarre non-issue, so I'm really curious who & in what forums people are claiming that women destroy any kind of fiction. Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098709722475364465noreply@blogger.com