The other day I grumbled my confusion on Twitter. I was looking at a nonfiction book on Amazon and most of the bad reviews were due to the author’s occasional use of the f-bomb. Let me say straight out–I use that word. I try to keep it to a minimum online because I know it […]
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I hate the term “politically correct.” It’s a misnomer, a slur that most people seem to accept at face value, but it’s in no way true. If I say “African American” rather than one of the old, hurtful descriptors, I’m not doing it because a politician wants me to say it. I’m saying it because
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Sometimes I forget that I tend to hang out (online) with people much younger than I am. That the feels are ALL THE FEELS and everything is COMPLETELY INDISPUTABLE. Anyway. Yesterday I came across a post on Tumblr that upset me. I don’t know if the original was a guy’s post, or from his bio,
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Someone reviewed one of my novels the other day, and in the review she made mention of the occasional homophobia my boys run across in my SF. Okay, first, a clarification–I know it’s common usage (I do it too) but it’s not homophobia. These persons aren’t pathologically afraid of GLBT people. They do not spot
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I meant to have a great post ready for today. I actually knew it was coming! Umm…yesterday. But hell. My mind was on other things, and I didn’t come up with anything. Because, you know–I have that luxury. I’m straight and cis. This day is very important, but it’s not about me. It can slip
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What do you do when your treasured child, your darling daughter, your handsome and sweet son, announces he’s gay? Say you love him/her. Do it now. That child you have loved all her life, that baby you guarded and toddler you chased, is standing there afraid they’ve done the one thing Mom and Dad can’t
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I was reading this wonderful post, and a comment annoyed me. It was just one, among many wonderful supportive comments, but still. (Yes, I know. Even though I tell my friends never to read the comments, I was reading the comments. I’m a bad girl.) The commenter (you can find it yourself if you like)
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