Tag Archives: fandom wank

2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards: Get out the popcorn!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Cora

The winners of the 2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards have been announced. You may recall that this year’s nominations proved to be unexpectedly controversial, when a bunch of people did not agree with the nominated works and creators at all. … Continue reading →

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SFWA drama comes to a conclusion

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Cora

The ongoing drama about racism and sexism in the SFWA (just read the other posts in the series for an overview, particularly this one) has finally come to a conlusion of sorts. Yesterday, the SFWA posted the official announcement that … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Girl Cooties

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Cora

Yes, we’re still having that conversation – sigh. Though by now it’s not one conversation but at least four different intertwined discussions, one about SF romance and how some men feel threatened by it, one about racism and sexism in … Continue reading →

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SFWA: It gets worse…

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Cora

So we have been having a discussion, the umpteenth reiteration of a discussion that has been going on since the 1930s, about the marginalization of women and for that matter people of colour and GLBT people in the SFF community. … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Girl Cooties or Do we need a different writers organisation?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Cora

Warning! Knowing what happened to other women who dared to have opinions, be warned that trollish comments will either be deleted with extreme prejudice or held up for ridicule. In the past few days, the ongoing discussion about women in … Continue reading →

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The latest state of this year’s awards debate

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Cora

Apparently, we’re still talking about the Hugo and Clarke Awards, so here are the latest links: At Tor.com, Niall Alexander offers a summary of the uproar surrounding this year’s all-male, all-white Clarke Award shortlist. There’s not a whole lot in … Continue reading →

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Mixed Links – mostly SFF but not necessarily Hugo related

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Cora

First of all, here is a signal boost. Ben Wolverton, the 16-year-old son of writer and teacher Dave Farland/Dave Wolverton, has been critically injured in a longboarding accident and is currently in a coma. The treatment costs are enormous and … Continue reading →

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Award me, baby, one more time

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Cora

Yes, we’re still talking about the Hugos and awards in general, though by now the discussion seems to have moved on from general complaining and whining to constructive criticism of how the Hugos could be fixed, provided one agrees that … Continue reading →

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The Hugos, the Clarke Awards and what do you want, exactly?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Cora

We’re still talking about the Hugo awards and whether they are broken or not. Though as a bonus, we’re now talking about the Clarke awards and whether they are broken as well. So here are links to the latest posts … Continue reading →

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Linkdump – One hundred percent Hugo and Clarke Award free

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Cora

The hits on my Hugo reaction link round-up have gone through the roof thanks to links from John Scalzi, James Nicholls, Liz Bourke, Jay Lake, Radish Reviews, SF Signal and others. I’ll do another link round-up about the reactions to … Continue reading →

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