{"id":5377,"date":"2014-02-11T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2014-02-11T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:02:16","slug":"a-horrible-group-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/11\/a-horrible-group-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"a horrible group of people"},"content":{"rendered":"

In ref. the latest bit of SFWA-related fail<\/a>, and the petition to restore the old system that lead to last year’s various racist and sexist disasters – because apparently 2013 wasn’t a bad enough year for the Science Fiction Writers of America, they must need another one – I was pointed at something else today.<\/p>\n

The petition’s author, Dave Truesdale, described the 2007 atypically mostly-women PK Dick Award shortlist as, and I quote, “vagina-heavy” and the authors as “five furry pussies on the ballot<\/a>,” in his column on SFSITE.com. He later amended the post to claim it was satire and protest against sexism by women, in true Men’s Rights Activist fashion.<\/p>\n

Until now, I was merely very disappointed<\/em> in the signatories to this thing. Now I’m angry. Anybody who would sign a petition by this asshole is off my reading list and onto my die in a fire<\/em> list. Goddamn.<\/p>\n

For those of you on Livejournal, James Nicoll has a poll running<\/a>, which you may find interesting. The comment section is very active.<\/p>\n

eta:<\/b> Scalzi weighs in with some desperately needed advice<\/a> for signatories.<\/p>\n

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eta:<\/b> Related posts:
\nAn Embarrassing Stumble towards Irrelevancy<\/a> (Monday, 10 February 2014)
\nA Friday of Followups<\/a> (Friday, 14 February 2014)
\nWhat is Being Lost<\/a> (Monday, 17 February 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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