Link Sprinkle

I have RL stuff to deal with at the moment, so mostly this post is a collection of links I find fascinating. As always, rydra_wong is awesome for finding all of the links! I just find the ones I think are most relevant and put them in an order that is useful to me. Hopefully when I have time in a few days, I can write a post of my own.

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WTF IS GOING ON

A timeline in a comment made by sparkymonster

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ROFLcopters
Kathryn Cramer has used a pseudonym on the Internet! LOL!

Despite turning EVERY ARGUMENT EVAR into a discussion about class politics, and how racism doesn't matter as much as classism, AND ESPECIALLY DESPITE learning where various LJers went to college and then somehow using slight of hand to insinuate that their opinions about race and class no longer matter if they come from a background of financial privilege....Lo! Will Shetterly keeps himself poor so that he does not have to pay taxes! LOL!

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Why these people fail.

The politics and deconstruction of "outing."
vito_excalibur: Once More, With Failing

veejane on how this shitstorm is indicative of the "old guard" of the SF/F fandom handing over the keys with a huge tantrum.

coffeeandink: kicking some major ass.

shati on how people's race and backgrounds are playing a role in how people are treated in this, RaceFail 9000.

yeloson: Engaging in Violence

maerhys: Beyond Me To We: On Usernames, Legal Names & The Internet

raanve has an exchange with Kathryn Cramer, in which Cramer acts heinously. Her logic! There is no sense there! As noted by others.

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How to Derail the Fight Awesomely

darkrosetiger is collecting links to fanfiction about characters of color in Stargate: Atlantis over at deadbrowalking

tacky_tramp: Turning us to the posts that actually discuss cultural appropriation!

springfluff is a fandom exchange with no deadlines or administrative pairing-up of people. You just post requests for fanfic, fanart, icons, interpretative dance, whatever. And people can provide for the needs of others at will. A lovely way to destress!

inaname is now open for submissions.

nextian: Post what you want from media, and others will tell you where to find it. AMAZING.

50books_poc is a great community to add to your friends list! Even if you, like me, are not doing the challenge of reading at least 50 books by people of color in one year, it's a GREAT way to get all sorts of book recommendations!

sparkymonster with a picspam of hot men of color. And I do mean hot.

So, if nothing else, we know which side of RaceFail 9000 has the most fun.

What will you do?

So RL things are making it impossible to formulate a complete and coherent post of my own, but then oyceter went and was bad-ass and made a lovely thoughtful post which everyone should read.

Why the resounding silence? Editors, authors, fans—all the people who were not talking about RaceFail and what people in their field were doing: where are they?

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What SF book fandom is telling me—a woman, a person of color, and a long-time fan of SF books and a con-goer—what you are telling me is that you don't care. That these are, in fact, your community norms, that you are all right with people who have more power in your community (by virtue of profession, race, and gender) using that power to harm other, less powerful, members of your community. That you are fine with the erasure of women, of people of color, of those without the same professional privileges you enjoy, and that you are willing to stand by silently and let people be hurt.

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I want to know if this is the norm for SF fandom. I want to know what SF fandom is doing to welcome oppressed groups—actively welcome, because simply saying "Come in" to someone who has just been assaulted in your house is not the same as showing them the precautions you have taken against further assault. I want to know if I and my allies will be safe.

But mostly, I want to know what you who have been silent are going to do.

I say this because it is all too easy for me to stay on the periphery. So don't tell me. Show me. Not via links or comments, but by making changes—in yourself, in one aspect of your life, online or offline, public or private, large or small. Help us all change.

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I'd like to spend this week focusing on POC; in particular, I will try to catch up on all my backlog of book write ups by and about POC. I am going to read the 12th POC in SF Carnival. I will continue working on making my blog a safe space for oppressed people and issues of social justice. I will work on my pieces for the Asian Women Blog Carnival and the Remyth Project. I am going to continue to deal with these same issues of safety and trust and social justice offline.