Bruce Baugh on the archetypal white outsider hero and how that is not the focus of his new Spirit of the Century supplement New Horizons. The problem from the perspective of the people within a marginalized community is that making the white hero key to their liberation strips them of what moral philosophers and ethicists call agency , the power of independent choice with moral consequences. People...

A few days ago, a big new SF anthology was announced – The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF , featuring 21 stories, each by a different and well known white male author. There's been a fair amount of controversy surrounding this book, much of which was caused by a particularly incendiary and ludicrously stupid post by SF author Paul Di Filippo in the comments to the announcement. As a lovely antidote...

At some point, I lost track of almost every post from an entire week of y'all updating, over a period that ended a few days ago. I don' think I was logged out of LJ; odd. I just finished read them. I skipped most replies I might have made due to lack of timeliness and because I lack the brain at this point of tonight to add anything worth filling up a comment. So, quickies: • Yes, all this is why...

Saw Every Little Step at the Colony with maegwynn . The film chronicles the over a year long casting call and audition process with unprecedented access by the camera crew for the 2006 revival of _A Chorus Line_ on Broadway, and with several of the original crew and cast involved in the revival the film also documents the creation of the original in the 70s. Recommended for the creative...

Y'all need to see this: Many thanks to bruceb for the link. (Oh, and I saw Star Trek a couple of weeks back. I thought it was dumb and full of plot holes, but the explosions, miniskirts and moments of awesome more than made up for it.)

Somehow, I don't get fascinated by conservatives saying stupid, vile things any more. I mean, I always thought Ann Coulter was boring, and while I didn't mind people giving her a close reading to see what was wrong with every phrase, the motivation just wasn't there. What she was writing was signal of a sort, but the lack of facts and connection made it no fun. And I bet the people who gave her a close...

Hello Fen! To make browsing easier, I have compiled a list of all Shatter the Silence posts: Personal Essays/Thoughts terajjin : Shatter the Silence bonniebelle29 : I Didn't Know telesilla : Ruth's Three Rules of Being an Ally furikku : On diversity nnaloh : Looking for clues haddayr : My post witchsistah...

Hello Fen! To make browsing easier, I have compiled a list of all Shatter the Silence posts: Essays and Personal Thoughts terajjin :  Shatter the Silence hapex_legomena  : FOC_U: My Anger Is Not An Isolated Incident bonniebelle29  :  I Didn't Know telesilla  : Ruth's Three Rules of Being an Ally furikku  : On diversity nnaloh  :  Looking...

I actually wrote this yesterday, but... Fen of Color United and me as a white creator . 

not only do we not exist - evidence to the contrary , but we also have imaginary grievances *. * you will respect bruceb's ban on arguing.