Quoting an email from Mark Coker of Smashwords: In case you haven’t heard, about two weeks ago, PayPal contacted Smashwords and gave us a surprise ultimatum: Remove all titles containing bestiality, rape or incest, otherwise they threatened to deactivate our PayPal account. Smashwords has built their site around PayPal. They are negotiating, but PayPal holds all the […]
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I’ve had people say that to me. Yes, I wanted to smack them. It’s not actually what I’m saying here, I just liked it as a title. Recently a young lady on my Twitter feed decided to tweet some pictures of herself in various outfits. I clicked a few (I was actively avoiding editing, of
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I am so tired of hearing it passed around how this kid was bullied at school, that kid was harassed in class, and “no one did anything.” Now, if you’ve lost a loved one due to this horror–you go right ahead. You blame me, them, God, everybody. I am so sorry for your loss and
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Today, my email informs me, is Transgender Day of Remembrance.† I think it sucks that such a day is needed, but the fact of the matter is that one in four transgender people have been physically assaulted due to their identity. One in four. One in ten has been sexually assaulted because of who they
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How did this sneak up on me? You’d think at least one of my twitter-friends or the newsletters I get would have mentioned it… Anyway. Because it did sneak up on me, I have nothing prepared. I’d love to come up with an eloquent and impassioned plea that would soften the hearts of the most
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ETA: I’m so glad people are stopping by, but Austin can’t see the view #s on this post. Won’t you leave a few words of support? Even if it’s been said by someone else, I think saying it again can help. I found a conversation on Twitter by accident. I went to click “reply” to
There’s more fail in my fandom today. SF, my genre, my dear and marvelous explore-the-world-and-make-it-a-bigger-and-better-place-to-be chosen form of entertainment…sigh. I could say a lot of things, but others have said it better. Shweta_narayan on what assimilation feels like from the inside. Another response here, on this being just another example of SF reflecting the times.