I applaud you for raising children with set expectations and the autonomy to argue for them. I was raised in a house with undefined and changing expectations with little agency. The power you’re giving your children is something they will 🤞 carry with them as they make their way through the world.
Let’s not forget about the misogyny.
As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)
I really wish people talking about how unfair it is for cast and crew members to lose jobs when a serial rapist like #NeilGaiman gets deemed financially risky by big studios would instead pivot to how unfair it is for cast and crew to not be insured again the risks of working with sexual abusers.
If the model uses stable diffusion, the data is stolen. Do not pass go. Do not collect on your plagiarism machine.
"AI is not a tool, it's a plagiarism slot machine." - @kellymckernan.bsky.social Excellent article at Creative Bloq by Ian Dean.
How generative AI and AI art is affecting artists.
This article from 2 years ago about Joss Whedon brings up some of the same abuse of power issues that we're discussing about Neil Gaiman. Framing these kinds of relationships as "consentual" is problematic.
‘Who did Joss Whedon have an affair with on Buffy?’ - they weren't affairs, they were an abuse of power. Read more on Grazia.
Wrote a thing about the current Neil Gaiman accusations multimindpublishing.com/2024/08/07/a...muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html It's not surprising how SFF and nerd spaces are quite quiet. You will allow what you will accept 🤷🏿♀️
So, another writer acting badly: Neil Gaiman. Given his usual demeanor and the company he tends to keep, such as public-groping, all-around vicious person Harlan Ellison, the rapey and abusive China M...
More writers speaking up about Gaiman. Lewis Shiner: "I am relieved that sexual predator and narcissist Neil Gaiman is finally being exposed. I have first-hand knowledge of lives that he's damaged, and I hope more and more survivors of his abuse come forward."
