You know, because Europeans never infected any other areas with *their* diseases or anything...
I don’t want to belabor this, but Asimov was exactly one year older than my father, who, even in the paleolithic days of the 60s and 70s was well aware that men should not be assaulting women. Men who did such things were not accepted as harmless, except by their friends who either behaved the same way or covered for…
My older sister and I (she in her early 30s, I in my early 20s) went to Italy together in 2008. Before we left, everyone warned us that as two white women of reasonable attractiveness, we should always stay together and beware the handsy Italian men. Heard it a million times before we left for the trip.
And if it were clear your comments were making some people uncomfortable, would you stop?
I had a professor in college who wouldn’t let anybody float a “devil’s advocate” argument without first articulating their own honestly held thoughts on the subject. I always liked that. So, devil’s advocate aside, how do *you* feel about the situation you described?
Right and I knew absolutely no men of Asimov’s generation. oh wait, I did know plenty of men in that generation who, despite the historical and social context, managed to not grope women.
This is a delicate point, but it’s worth noting that Asimov was already aged in his 50s by the time the Women’s Liberation movement started to gain real cultural currency.
As someone who was female in the 60s and also familiar with shitty sexist behavior at that time, I’m here to tell you that this excuse cuts no ice. It wasn’t like people had just discovered fire back then and were still drawing on cave walls. There was a rising consciousness, and people were being called out for this…
My college SF professor, a Hugo Nominated author who happens to be a woman, went up during a worldcon to talk to Bob Heinlein to talk to him about WorldCon business. He basically slapped her on the ass and asked her to get him a drink, and then shook her husband’s hand. She took him Heinlein by the shoulder and calmly…
I have an acquaintance who, when she was an 11-year old, met Asimov. He pinched her. She punched him.
There was a bit more: Shadow and Laura, Wednesday and the waitress (kinda), Shadow and Bast (passed off as a dream, but totally wasn't), not to mention how Robbie and Laura died.
Yes! But you always a little bit of strategically placed dirt on you so that you look extra sexy. But eyeliner and lipstick remain intact.
I do drives and motors. Install them and commission them. This work goes into many industrial mills.
Remember the time Wolverine borrowed Aquaman’s magic knickers....
I for one am glad that the man in charge of the rebellion at the moment isn’t giving the Empire a straight answer.
I also think Ledger’s Joker is such a amazing product of its time. You can argue the Joker is first and foremost, an agent of chaos but what makes that really scary is the raw idealism behind it. He’s willing to die on several occasions just so that he can carry forth a message and a worldview that is opposite…
Really? Does anybody really care about this? I don’t even understand why people are upset about this. She used a private server that may have been almost as insecure as the State Department server she was supposed to have used. Right now there is no part of the government, even the NSA, who can manage to keep their…
it’s hilarious how they “blame” millennials.