No.

No.

My wife is a Geologist, and she has always told me that geologists in the field are notorious drinkers. Confirmed.

We’re not going anywhere.

We’re not going anywhere.

Which only serves to highlight how flawed the Grammys and Oscars are by comparison. Both have taken heavy flak over the past half-decade for the underrepresentation of artists of color, yet nothing changes.

it ignores social situations that currently exist where some groups seem to give a higher weight towards representation than skill

Ah, yes, your implication being that if women won, it’s certainly not because they are talented writers who deserve to win, nah, of course not. Weird how no one asks the same question when it’s all men. But when a few women win, suddenly people wonder if they “really” deserved it.

What the fuck makes you think that this would make them legally liable for anything? You don’t know their bylaws. Beale isn’t a member of their organization, he’s just some asshole with a publishing house that keeps trying to leverage the membership of Worldcon to vote a certain way, manipulate the contest through…

Because their explicit motive was to either damage the reputation of the awards, or to hijack it to fit their own political agenda. The implicit motive, demonstrable from what has been seen on their slates in the past, is to bouy up sales for Beale’s publishing house by giving it undue attention (undue meaning “these…

Rabid Puppies is the “All Lives Matter” of fandom and it demeans us all.

The Martian won for it's relatable portrayal of a handicapped, black lesbian stuck on mars.

Middling reviews can also indicate unusual storytelling forms/new ideas that just don’t jive with everyone. Okorafor’s noted that a lot of people have knocked it down for being on the short side of novella length, and that’s not really an indicator of quality.

It has come to my attention that I made a mistake in my assumption and acted rashly, I’m sorry for this comment and for saying rude things to the person I directed this comment towards.

I haven’t read Jemison (but she’s on my list) but Nneddi Okafor is the fucking bomb, she leaves nothing in reserve and just goes to town on cultural mythopoeia, sci-fi and fantasy all at once. Truly awesome stuff to behold. And makes Zap Brannigan’s dick shrivel up.

did they win because they were women, and women of color, or did they win because their stories wee worthy of winning?

Seriously, the Hugos should explicitly blacklist any book that comes from his publishing house altogether to send a strong message that conflict of interest and deliberate attempts to sabotage the reputation of the Hugo awards are NOT acceptable behavior. Sure, maybe someday his company will publish something worthy…

Nope, the OP is probably one of those people who think we’re all equal now and that folks who complain want some kind of special treatment. Basically, he’s your drunk uncle on FB who thinks talking about a problem is the problem rather than the problem itself.

Insisting that people hide who they are - whether it be their gender or ethnicity - isn’t progress either.

I have no clue why VD’s fellow bigots even follow him. It is abundantly clear the only reason VD did all of this puppy crap is to make himself more money by advertising his own publishing house’s books. So glad he lost.

So you think the problem would be better addressed if no one mentioned it? Would you prescribe the “shut up and get back in the kitchen” brand of silence, or the “your house is on fire, but if we’re just ‘civilized’ and don’t discuss it, the problem will magically fix itself” brand of silence?

the supreme irony of the puppies is that by pitching a hissy fit about all the damn liberals and SJWs in their science fiction, they’ve helped highlight the problem of representation at the Hugos, and as a result people who weren’t getting the kind of attention they deserved rallied together with a lot of passionate,…