stillness is a lie, my dear
Over the summer, something very troubling happened: The Romance Writers of America listed a romance set in a concentration camp as a finalist for the Rita, its most prestigious award, the community fought back, and the board issued a statement betraying a fundamental lack of understanding about the issues at hand. That For Such A Time made it […]
Dear my beloved internets, it has come to my attention that many of you are somewhat deficient on the topic of censorship. Namely, you don’t know what it is, and you seem to be struggling with this subject, which often makes it difficult to have fascinating, complex, and important discussions about a wide range of […]
Given the amount of time I spend talking about language, I often encounter the idea that I am trying to ‘take words away’ and want certain words to vanish from English usage. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the very idea horrifies me. Sanitising the language we use to make these words go […]
Read a Czech translation of this post prepared by Vera. Recommended reading: The fiction of “free” speech and Yeah, what *about* your free speech “rights”? Comment moderation. Any website which moderates comments is familiar with the inevitable accusations that free speech rights are being violated. Lots of folks have written on this subject, very well, […]
A few weeks ago, something pretty thoughtless went up on the Tumblr Staff Blog. The Staff has a weekly feature, Tumblr Tuesday, which is usually silly and fun, a way to get people connecting with each other, and to make the Staff seem a bit more personable and friendly. On 12 January, 2010, a staff […]