If you're a Substack publisher who is bumping up against Substack's ambition to boost far-right (and anti-trans) voices, lemme just say that Buttondown is lovely and easy to use, and they give amazing customer service.
RIP David Drake. He was an incredible writer, a Vietnam war veteran who wrote military fiction that, in his words, "indicated very graphically that war was a messy and utterly futile business."
He was a generous mentor to aspiring SF authors and a true mensch.
A brilliant trans woman (whom I've met and admire) is in danger of being out on the street. She needs to raise $4300 TODAY to cover the cost of moving into new stable affordable housing. Please help if you can! And please spread the word!
Hugely important — Penguin Random House and authors including Malinda Lo file a suit pushing back against Iowa's draconian book ban law — which in part, bans books in schools "relating in any way to gender identity or sexual orientation."
Hey, my friend is a teacher at a school that is majority BIPOC and majority low income, and they are doing incredible work. The students write and perform their own play! She's raising money to give them better lunches:
Mocking fascists is worth doing, even if you never change a single bigot's mind that way. The people who get singled out for hatred need to be reminded that the haters are fools.
Back in the day, I ran a website called God Hates Figs that mocked religious homophobia. In my latest newsletter, I talk about that experience -- plus why I loved #TheMarvels!
IQ tests are an *excellent* way of seeing whether someone is smart. If they believe IQ tests have any validity, they've fallen for an obvious scam, and draw your conclusions accordingly.
Dolly Parton asked about trans rights: "I just want everybody to be treated good...
I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That’s who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton."
'[Jennifer] Armentrout told Popular Information that it was surprising to learn we are "living in an era where, apparently, some adults find it appropriate to contact the police over a fictional book involving gargoyles."'
Most apps are just clingy bitches. They want to collect too much info, they take up too much space, they want to notify you of trivial bullshit. Most apps should just be websites.
The Sacramento Bee quoted me in an article about #KOSA.
"As a trans woman, but also as someone who has found community and fellowship in many ways online, I am desperate to protect the internet from the new wave of repression that KOSA would bring."
Just to be clear: #KOSA is a horrible piece of legislation that could utterly wreck the internet, especially for LGBTQIA+ folks.
But you could fix the worst problem pretty easily, by taking out the part that allows every state attorney general to sue at will. Just make it the FTC instead.
Just a heads up: it's very likely that KOSA will pass and trans people will get silenced on social media sites like this one. Please take time NOW to subscribe to newsletters and Patreons of trans creators, because we won't be able to each you otherwise.
Author of Victories Greater Than Death and sequels, All the Birds in the Sky, City in the Middle of the Night.Writing New Mutants: Lethal Legion for Marvel. SFF book critic for the Washington Post. Co-host of Our Opinions Are Correct!