In many ways, I’m a classic liberal: I don’t believe in censorship, even of works I feel are reprehensible. I think fiction, and well-written non-fiction, can be cathartic, and that catharsis is a good thing. Most of us have some sort of negative desire: something that, if fulfilled, would harm us or others. For most […]
Marion Zimmer Bradley: It’s Worse Than I Knew
Moira Greyland (Marion Zimmer Bradley and Walter Breen’s daughter) has agreed to let me share her email. This is really hard stuff to read, and I’ve just thrown up my lunch. I knew about none of this part of things until a few minutes ago. Hello Deirdre. It is a lot worse than that. The […]
Marion Zimmer Bradley Gave Us New Perspectives, All Right
Leah Schnelbach wrote a piece on Tor.com for Marion Zimmer Bradley’s birthday. I’m not going to link to it. In this case, I feel that what’s most important about Marion Zimmer Bradley isn’t that she wrote a bunch of stuff. I feel that what’s important to remember about MZB is what she enabled that was […]
You Get One Shot To Fix Things
Trigger warning. I’ve been on the Internet a long time. I’ve seen everything from the first spam onward. I entered my first internet controversy in 1993. I’m sure you’re all shocked. This resulted in attempted (but failed) personal harassment in 1995. That feud is still ongoing and has its own Wikipedia page. So you might […]