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Rock on, Wil! Those douchecanoes can't talk to our Jenny like that! Of course, the larger issue is that no one should ever talk to anyone like that. Unless they WANT the Internet to explode at them.
Please stand by for a demonstration of relevancy (or: how to utterly fail at Public Relations)
A lot of you know that I absolutely love Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess. I love her so much, I gave her a picture of me collating paper to send to PR idiots who spam her with stupid product pitches. Jenny makes me furiously happy, so when I read on her blog last night that a PR douchebag called her...
I think he demonstrated his attitudes about 'male privilege' much more clearly than 'white privilege.' He demonstrated the former by actively talking about women; he demonstrated the latter passively, by omission. It ought to be addressed, but he has at least apologized for the greater trespass. Let's give him credit for that, for the kind of reflective analysis and the ability of an atheist to say he/she was wrong without losing face. Then we can talk about implied racism by omission.
Atheism, Sexism, Etc.: An Update
Important update on yesterday's post about sexist comments made by David Eller at the Oakland Rapture RAM: David Eller has offered an apology. A genuine one this time. It's posted on Jen's blog: Eller offers an apology. Good for him. This sort of situation can go south and get ugly very quickly: ...
Omg, you're so adorably vulnerable. Just ordered 2 copies - one for myself, and one to pass on. You're livin' the dream, man, keep it up! Your work is amazing and means a lot more than you realize to geek culture at large.
Announcing The Day After and Other Stories
This is one of the scariest things I've ever done: I'm releasing a short collection of short fiction, called The Day After and Other Stories. Last year, I collected a few short stories I'd written and sold them as a chapbook at PAX. It was a scary thing for me to do, because while I feel confide...
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