The Midweek Mingle: A Question of Barriers
Just like last week, this isn’t going to be so much of me trying to give advice. This is something I hope we can talk about, and something I hope … Read more
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The Midweek Mingle: An Injection of Positive Thought
So, as I prepare to wing my way off to Worldcon in a week (Yeah. I still have way a lot to do), I’m inevitably thinking about equality and diversity … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Overcoming 3 Hurdles for Inclusive Writing
When I first really started writing and publishing, I was pretty well convinced of a few things that I could and could not do with my books. Silly things, too. … Read more
Midweek Mingle: Capturing Community
Ugh. I want to start by apologizing for missing last week. I went camping the weekend before and ended up with food poisoning. Last time I agree to let anyone … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Safe Spaces
The idea of ‘safe spaces’ for any minority group often sets people on edge faster than just about anything else to do with inclusion talk. I get it. I really, … Read more
Midweek Mingle: Just Do It
So, most of what I tend to post in the Midweek Mingle, at least when it comes to fiction, is fairly focused. One thing or one very small group of … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Shared Hardship
So, when I first started doing the Midweek Mingle, I gave a fair bit of general information, along with discussing the Big Scary Barrier (TL;DR: Just because somebody doesn’t act … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Watershed Moments
A lot of the complaints I’ve heard about QUILTBAG+ representation in fiction are about the portrayal. People are happy to see these characters, yes, but the way the author shows … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Crossing Cultures
One of the biggest things in SF/F literature is cross-genre works. Almost every time I go to a convention, or run through a site on speculative fiction writing and whatnot, … Read more
The Midweek Mingle: Hollywood Tokenism
When it comes to diversity in fiction/cinema/whatever, we’ve come a long way. Like, a really, really long way, in a relatively short time. If the Supreme Court rules that same … Read more