this is a classy establishment

Who's got the time?

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:04:52 -0400

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:45:45 -0400

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink:

inky-petrel:

I am going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you have ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they…

THIS. This is fantastic. *applauds* Also some fantastic artwork in the article.

Greatest quote: “Let’s just put it this way: if you think there’s a thing – anything – women didn’t do in the past, you’re wrong.”

Volunteer Recruiting: Testing Volunteers & Web Developer Staff

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:18:32 -0400

transformativeworks:

We’re looking for Web Developers with Drupal experience & motivated Testing volunteers. Apply by May 27th. http://bit.ly/10fyg8z

Volunteer Recruiting Update: AO3 Support & Tag Wrangling

Sun, 05 May 2013 21:37:21 -0400

transformativeworks:

Volunteer Recruiting Update: We’re looking for volunteers for our Support team and once again seeking Tag Wranglers http://bit.ly/1052QnT

Two awesome AO3 volunteer teams! \o/

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Sun, 05 May 2013 02:38:57 -0400

My five favorite things about the OTW

Thu, 02 May 2013 01:09:39 -0400

hermitsoul:

heyheyrenay:

hermitsoul:

samjohnssonvt:

heyheyrenay:

Brainstorming sessions and late night chats and a My Chemical Romance concert.

Development of professional human resources skills.

Getting to know so many talented and awesome people.

Building a committee. Surviving building a committee?

The AO3’s folksonomy. Wrangling is a gateway drug. One day a wrangler, the next day, Suddenly Chair. ilu TW!!!

emphasis added for goddamn truth. I’m not yet done blaming you, Renay.

#5 is so very true. I’m still not sure how I got from wrangler to Support chair. Oddly enough, I’m pretty sure that Renay is also to blame.

I gleefully accept blame for both of these things. ;) Now, onto my next trick: convincing both of you you’d be EXCELLENT Board members. I bet if I took a vote on whether that should happen, there’d be at least 50 hands in the air. ;)

Wait, what - no. No one is tricking me into joining Board. Sam, back me up here!

FINE FINE. KILL ALL MY DREAMS, BOTH OF YOU. ;______;

My five favorite things about the OTW

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:49:49 -0400

hermitsoul:

samjohnssonvt:

heyheyrenay:

Brainstorming sessions and late night chats and a My Chemical Romance concert.

Development of professional human resources skills.

Getting to know so many talented and awesome people.

Building a committee. Surviving building a committee?

The AO3’s folksonomy. Wrangling is a gateway drug. One day a wrangler, the next day, Suddenly Chair. ilu TW!!!

emphasis added for goddamn truth. I’m not yet done blaming you, Renay.

#5 is so very true. I’m still not sure how I got from wrangler to Support chair. Oddly enough, I’m pretty sure that Renay is also to blame.

I gleefully accept blame for both of these things. ;) Now, onto my next trick: convincing both of you you’d be EXCELLENT Board members. I bet if I took a vote on whether that should happen, there’d be at least 50 hands in the air. ;)

My five favorite things about the OTW

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:46:55 -0400

Brainstorming sessions and late night chats and a My Chemical Romance concert.
Development of professional human resources skills.
Getting to know so many talented and awesome people.
Building a committee. Surviving building a committee?
The AO3’s folksonomy. Wrangling is a gateway drug. One day a wrangler, the next day, Suddenly Chair. ilu TW!!!

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:28:18 -0400

samjohnssonvt: Yes, Virginia, we do have that canonized. (At...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:32:46 -0400

samjohnssonvt:

Yes, Virginia, we do have that canonized. (At least we do now.)

(For reference, I was logged in, so I’ve got wrangling interface buttons.)

Ahhhh, tag wrangling…it always comes back to tentacles.

Volunteer Recruiting: AO3 Documentation, Communications, and Tag Wranglers

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:27:51 -0400

transformativeworks:

Volunteer recruiting is open! AO3 Documentation, Communications, and Tag Wranglers are looking for help: http://bit.ly/ZeQ4mx

VOLCOMRADES, I LOVE ALL OF YOU. :D WE DID IT!

A Statement on Apple's Banning of SAGA #12 from Brian K. Vaughan

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:19:55 -0400

imagecomics:

For immediate release:

As has hopefully been clear from the first page of our first issue, SAGA is a series for the proverbial “mature reader.” Unfortunately, because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex, Apple is banning tomorrow’s SAGA #12 from being sold through any iOS apps. This is a drag, especially because our book has featured what I would consider much more graphic imagery in the past, but there you go. Fiona and I could always edit the images in question, but everything we put into the book is there to advance our story, not (just) to shock or titillate, so we’re not changing shit.

Apologies to everyone who reads our series on iPads or iPhones, but here are your alternatives for Wednesday:

1) Head over to you friendly neighborhood comics shop and pick up a physical copy of our issue that you can have and hold forever.

2) While you’re at it, don’t forget to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which helps protect retailers who are brave enough to carry work that some in their communities might consider offensive. You can find signed copies of Saga at the CBLDF site right now.

3) Download the issue directly through sites like https://comics.imagecomics.com or on your non-Apple smartphone or tablet.

4) If all else fails, you might be able to find SAGA #12 in Apple’s iBookstore, which apparently sometimes allows more adult material to be sold than through its apps. Crazy, right?

Anyway, special thanks to Eric Stephenson and everyone at Image for supporting our decision, and for always being so supportive of creators. Sorry again to readers for the inconvenience, but I hope everyone will be able to find an issue that Fiona and I are particularly proud of. And after you do, please check out PanelSyndicate.com, the new digital comics site I own with artist Marcos Martin, which remains 100% uncensored by corporate overlords.

Your pal,
Brian

—

Image Comics adds: If you download the file, you can then sync it to your iOS device.

Having seen the images in question, this is really frustrating. I wish I could say something clever here about how companies use women’s bodies — ALL parts of women’s bodies — whatever way that want and sell sell sell, while ever moving in the direction of protecting the patriarchal sanctity of the certain parts of men’s bodies by shutting down creators who dare to use it in their storytelling but I’m stumped how to put it into words. /o\ Ugh.

I’m really disappointed in Apple.

hellotailor: tywinlanisters: → Pastels GOTH LYFE

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:34:59 -0400

hellotailor:

tywinlanisters:

→ Pastels

GOTH LYFE

April Membership Drive: How much does the Archive cost to run?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:04:16 -0400

transformativeworks:

The Archive of Our Own is growing rapidly! We now have over 145,000 registered users, and about 275,000 unique visitors a day. All these visitors rack up roughly 4.3 million pageviews a day (that’s almost 3,000 a minute on average). It cost more than US$52,000 to keep the Archive up and running in 2012. Our costs will only increase as the Archive continues to grow, and we anticipate spending at least US$70,000 in 2013.

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Fandom is Love: OTW April Membership Drive

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:33:26 -0400

transformativeworks:

Why do you participate in fandom?

For many of us, the answer to that question is love — love of a favorite TV show, video game, or band; love of fannish communities and the friends we make there; or love of the creative process involved in transforming canon to create something new. Fans put in long hours making and consuming fanworks, traveling to conventions, moderating communities, and chatting about their latest fannish passions — not out of obligation, not for pay, but because it brings us joy.

Like so many other fannish endeavors, the Organization for Transformative Works is a labor of love. We’re a nonprofit organization run entirely by fans, for fans, which relies on the generous support of donors and volunteers. During our membership drive from now through April 9, we invite you to become an OTW member by making a donation of US$10 or more. Your donation will help to sustain Fanlore, the Archive of Our Own, Transformative Works and Cultures, Open Doors, and our legal advocacy work. If you donate US$50 or more, you can opt to receive a thank-you gift to proudly show off your support.

Donations to OTW are tax deductible in the United States. If you have questions about donating, please visit our membership FAQ (located at the bottom of the donation page) or contact the Development & Membership committee. The OTW and its projects depend on the support of fans like you. Be a part of this ongoing labor of love — please donate today.

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blueandbluer: gaypocalypse: Diane Sawyer: So, have you...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:29:20 -0400

blueandbluer:

gaypocalypse:

Diane Sawyer: So, have you thought, how many women is enough? How many women [on the Supreme Court] would be enough?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Nine, nine. [Applause.]
Sawyer: Oh! Oh. [Laughs.]
Ginsburg: Well, there’ve been nine men there for a long long time, right? So why not nine women?
(x)

RUTH FOR ALL THINGS

The Big Giant List of Fantasy and SciFi Books By Women

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:52:05 -0400

The Big Giant List of Fantasy and SciFi Books By Women — add your favorites now!

(Thanks to John for being AWESOME! :D)

wildunicornherd: ktempest: knitmeapony: Today in what in the...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:27:23 -0400

wildunicornherd:

ktempest:

knitmeapony:

Today in what in the unacceptable fuck: this is Locus Magazine’s idea of an April Fools Day joke. The article was gone in under an hour, though it was here.

No.

Just.

No.

Do I even have to explain how wrong this is?

Transcript below the cut.

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Reblogging this version as it contains a transcript.

context: the author is fan of note Lawrence Person (cite, cite), who is apparently still real mad about the Elizabeth Moon thing literally two Wiscons ago. (**tl:dr;** she was a guest author, wrote something Islamophobic, got disinvited after much kerfuffle.)

Locus has apologized, explaining that they did not see it before it went up and they had the web editor pull it ASAP.

gee, I wonder why the old-school sf scene is so white and male

Women in SF&F Month, Featuring Baby Genre Fan Feels

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:07:45 -0400

(SHAMELESS CROSSPOSTING)

Today I am over at Fantasy Cafe, taking part in Kristen’s Women in SF&F Month. Seriously, look at this line up:

April 1: Renay from Lady Business
April 2: Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel’s Legacy; The Sundering; Santa Olivia)
April 3: Karin Lowachee (Warchild; Burndive; Cagebird; The Gaslight Dogs)
April 4: Sherwood Smith (Crown Duel; A Stranger to Command; Inda)
April 5: Ana and Thea from The Book Smugglers
April 6: Lane Robins, aka Lyn Benedict (Maledicte; Shadows Inquiries)

My post is here and includes LIST MAKING, featuring: LADIES. I know I love a good list and I’m not alone, so you can just skip the tl;dr and feels if you want, scroll to the bottom and click the link for recommending ten of your favorite SF/F books by ladies. :D (I also wouldn’t scoff at a signal boost, let’s say. If by “wouldn’t scoff” we mean “jump for joy”, that is.)

(Seriously, list making. Why so addicting?)

Things that make life worth living → Our Galaxy How to make a...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:22 -0400

Things that make life worth living → Our Galaxy

How to make a big world feel small.

this is a classy establishment

Who's got the time?

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Volunteer Recruiting: Testing Volunteers & Web Developer Staff

Volunteer Recruiting Update: AO3 Support & Tag Wrangling

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My five favorite things about the OTW

My five favorite things about the OTW

My five favorite things about the OTW

Photo

samjohnssonvt: Yes, Virginia, we do have that canonized. (At...

Volunteer Recruiting: AO3 Documentation, Communications, and Tag Wranglers

A Statement on Apple's Banning of SAGA #12 from Brian K. Vaughan

hellotailor: tywinlanisters: → Pastels GOTH LYFE

April Membership Drive: How much does the Archive cost to run?

Fandom is Love: OTW April Membership Drive

blueandbluer: gaypocalypse: Diane Sawyer: So, have you...

The Big Giant List of Fantasy and SciFi Books By Women

wildunicornherd: ktempest: knitmeapony: Today in what in the...

Women in SF&F Month, Featuring Baby Genre Fan Feels

Things that make life worth living → Our Galaxy How to make a...

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink