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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Hey, my apologies for referencing a disco song, but as much as I like Yngwie Malmsteen, I won’t subject you to “Now Your Ships Are Burned.” Anyway, Jon Del Arroz writes on blacklists [http://delarroz.com/?p=856&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=gplus], the need to make others aware of them, and more importantly , the need to, as Vox would put it, to develop alternate platforms. More to the point, to forge forth and not look back. > It all comes down to blackballing again. And here’s where I call…
And pull out some wrongthink [http://badnovelist.com/giveaways/wrongthink-sci-fi-giveaway/]. (Hat tip to Brian Niemeier [http://www.brianniemeier.com/2017/04/wrongthink-sci-fi-giveaway.html]) > The Wrongthink Sci-Fi Giveaway is about showcasing authors who have been marginalized by the gatekeepers of the sci-fi publishing industry for the sin of not complying with progressive social justice dogma. From Sarah Hoyt, who was accused of racism and ”internalized misogyny” for her association with t…
Google recently put out its methodology for determining wages and pay to address allegations that they are systematically underpaying female staff and programmers. The verge of course has [the expected response](https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054812/http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/11/15254582/google-gender-gap-pay-methodology) (web archive). Let’s start with the headline:> **Google releases pay methodology in attempt to prove no gender gap exists** Subtle, I tell ya. Reeeeeaaal subtle.> The…
We are repeatedly assured that we need “diverse” characters (of uniform belief) so that women, and other minorities than while males (women are not a minority) can see themselves in the characters to better appreciate the story and the role model. I’m going to ignore for the moment the whole “content of character” not being the same as “color of skin/shape of genitals” thing, and take them for their word. If we need people who represent us – let’s leave aside stories with alien protagonists, e…