You can also remind them they're being an asshole, and that no one likes assholes.
*sets up a little pillow fort with a đłď¸ââ§ď¸ flag on top* Hi darlings. SFF is for everyone. We're here and we're writing and no one can stop us. You matter. Don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise. đ
I would be stunned by the lack of humility in E Lily Yu's blog post but, well, I've met her.
It is extremely sad to see that a luminary of SFF short fiction has revealed herself to be deeply and viciously transphobic, and specifically transmisogynist. I'm just so sorry for all of us, but especially the trans people in SFF who had considered her a colleague and friend.
This is an excellent thread. E. Lily Yuâs position/post is disappointing and exhausting and ultimately⌠I just woke up, I canât think of a word small enough for someone who espouses these views. Her post can just fuck off.
When I was 2 or 3 years old, my parents took me to the drive-in to see Close Encounters. Which I thought was really boring, so I watched a movie about Vikings (Lee Majors' epic fail The Norseman) on the other screen instead.
Hey Bluesky! Hit me up with the most recent book, story, song, or other piece of art you loved that was created by a trans person. Let's boost some trans creators today.
The thing about "just move away from areas where natural disasters are likely" this time around is I feel like "the mountains flooded" isn't really registering with people.
In the last few years texas has blizzarded and iowa had a hurricane and the pnw had a heat wave and we are just so off the map at this point. There's just no telling.