This journal is 99% about writing and shiny things. I rarely get into personal details about my life or honestly, anything deep. This is a choice that I consciously made when I created this LJ. (And yes, I am aware of the privilege associated with that.)
I’ve been reading and following what’s come to be known as Race Fail 2009 from the beginning (though honestly, it’s developed into more than just race.) I’ve spent hours and days on it, following links and reading arguments, counter arguments, people speaking with great fail as well as others speaking with amazing eloquence. I continue to read, listen, learn, and have been trying to educate myself as much as I can.
What some professional authors and editors have said has been shameful. I do not condone “outing” people or sharing their personal information online. I do not want sf/f to be a white-only domain.
This discussion will have wide reaching consequences for me, both professionally and personally. I have been talking about race with people, and I will continue to do so. I will continue to write CoC. I will read more books written by PoC. I will continue my membership with the Carl Brandon society.
I will undoubtedly fuck up, in word or deed. I promise that when it’s pointed out to me that I will get over myself, listen, learn, and work at failing less next time.
I’m still on vacation in LA with my family, so I am screening comments for the time being. I have very limited internet access and I want to make sure any discussion stays civil.
I leave you with links.
I didn’t dream of dragons — Deepad
White people it’s not all about you but this post is — Deepad
Sees fire — boyssmarmalade
Because there aren’t enough spoons on the planet — inallasahl
*applause* Hear hear.
I keep thinking about the different ramifications this is going to have. More so than I think people realize.
*applause* Hear hear.
I keep thinking about the different ramifications this is going to have. More so than I think people realize.
I started reading, found it interesting, followed a link, left for lunch, and then couldn’t launch firefox or IE! Then I read this morning that there is some mal-ware at the end of some of the links. I don’t know if that’s what happened to me or if my carrier was experiencing problems, but I thought I’d mention it here. I plan to go back and read some more, but I may be choosy about links.
So, that out of the way, I like your response.
Yeah, KC deliberately set her links to spamware. I just — ack! How can you shut down conversation that way? Or destroy historical content? Because she hasn’t done much but piss people off (I know she said her servers were getting overwhelmed. But better that then the reaction she’s received.) The Wayback machine still works, still brings back those pages, and people have screencaps as well.
And I’m glad you liked my response. I wrote 4 versions of it before finally posting this one.
I started reading, found it interesting, followed a link, left for lunch, and then couldn’t launch firefox or IE! Then I read this morning that there is some mal-ware at the end of some of the links. I don’t know if that’s what happened to me or if my carrier was experiencing problems, but I thought I’d mention it here. I plan to go back and read some more, but I may be choosy about links.
So, that out of the way, I like your response.
Yeah, KC deliberately set her links to spamware. I just — ack! How can you shut down conversation that way? Or destroy historical content? Because she hasn’t done much but piss people off (I know she said her servers were getting overwhelmed. But better that then the reaction she’s received.) The Wayback machine still works, still brings back those pages, and people have screencaps as well.
And I’m glad you liked my response. I wrote 4 versions of it before finally posting this one.