On Saturday the Frisky Pagan reviewed a Hugo-nominated story calledOur Talons can Crush Galaxies, by Brook Bolander. He was not kind [https://friskypagan.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/reading-the-hugos-our-talons/]. I had no intention of reading it for myself to see if he was fair. First, the quotes he provides already make my skin crawl. No, I’m not kidding. I’m used to some grade-A solipsism and narcissism out of feminists, but rarely do I read things that, if the person writing them were in the…
Over at Seagull Rising [https://seagullrising.blogspot.com/2017/04/cora-lyin.html] Jon Mollison discusses Cora Buhlert and her lack of awareness of what she refers to. Cora B in bold…. > > *Does anybody else find the idea of a rabid puppy taking inspiration from Jonathan Livingston Seagull of all things as funny as I do? Of course she thinks it’s funny. She doesn’t know what you’re talking about. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the story of a seagull whose unwillingness to conform to the dem…
Vox Day had recently posted on the controversial teaching methods of a certain college professor [http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/04/controversial-teaching-methods.html] who has some rather controversial teaching methods involving anti-free speech rioting and bike locks. It was noted how it was the 4chan guys at /pol/ that tracked down the professor from various images of the event. Two comments I found interesting. > /pol/ = weaponized autism I f*cking love these guys. Their ongoing persecu…
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Bradford Walker has suggested we fork Star Wars, and then proceeded to suggest some other sources to look at – and said sources immediately tugged at some truly nostalgic memories. First – Yamato [https://bradfordcwalker.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-life-in-fandom-alternatives-to-star_19.html] . While I’d had some exposure while visiting the grandparents via Boston channels to the giant-robot cartoons out of Japan, “Star Blazers”, as it was released in the states, was truly something else. Sure, the…