That’s unfair. Lovecraft also hated the Portuguese immigrants in his native Providence (Rhode Island had, and still has, to a degree, a large Portuguese-American population, and was one of the few places in the US where it would actually be possible to be racist against the Portuguese)

Meh, Children of Dune is just approaching the embankment of weird. It doesn’t completely go off the rails until God Emperor.

See? This one gets it.

Heinlein dragging the icky stuff forefront and retroactively making most of his works explicitly about how great incest is comes to mind.

I will never stop being bitter over what he did to Alai.

This just remindes me how much I’m amused by the comments I always get when just mentioning that the Dune books are sexists and homophobic.

I don’t know Villenueve, sci-fi fans haven’t exactly shown themselves capable of handling films that subvert heroic tropes and turn their hero stand-in into either a villain or failure.

I don’t think that’s among the criteria used to diagnose anorexia in the DSM-V.

It was a bit unprofessional, but you’re trying to make it more than what it actually was...which is just as weird.

Yeah you totally want your security guards giving their phone numbers out to a bunch of potentially underage girls on the job.

Child free aunts and uncles are awesome. They perform key roles in child rearing. Especially aunts. They tend to invest in their nieces and nephews by taking care of some of the nurturing, developmental, fun/play and financial aspects of raising a child. Helping parents to focus on the essentials, like keeping the…

I’ve always known I didn’t have kids and I feel the same way you did. I’m actually good with kids and I could have done it, if I’d had to, but it’s not what I would choose for myself.

I agree. In my case, I realized pretty early on that I don’t want kids, but that I actually think I could be good parent if I had to. It’s just not something I want.

I’ve never wanted children. I knew that when I was a kid, myself. It always seemed like such a lot of work. It’s hard enough getting my sh*t together to get out the door and to work on time, if I had to make sure another person or two also had their sh*t together , I’d lose my damn mind.

I realized how I didn’t want kids in college, and while I had a couple times I questioned it (always for the sake of a relationship - dumb me), I’ve become more and more secure in the belief that I made the right choice. Like Clarkson, I have some nieces I adore, and I am so grateful I get to be their aunt, but hell…

It’s easier for men (which I am) and I enjoy being 49 and single and living a fun life. I still get it from my married friends and their wives “you never wanted kids or to be married” 1. Fuck no, 2. Meh I met someone along time ago and it didn’t work out and now I know it was for the best.

Never had a kid, never wanted one. I’m a musician, and my life has always been 100% about music. I did marry, though- 7 years ago at age 56, but marriage was never a goal of mine... we just did it to save on taxes after selling and buying another house! Practical reasons, ya’ll....

It’s fucking sad that in the futuristic year of 2023, it’s still headline-worthy for a woman to say she doesn’t want kids.

PREACH IT SISTA!

We need a lot more people with her great attitude.