I got a kick out of "So now you're talking to lawyers? Now? Okay, there will be a brief intermission while I squee about ice skating!"
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
amyparker - Dec 28, 2019 12:01:06 pm PST #25570 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 28, 2019 12:18:08 pm PST #25571 of 28195
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yeah- I was really confused. I am only a tangential follower, but I know that Courtney Milan has righteous justice on her side, and she will not back down. Like, I think she should be nominated to the Supreme Court if Ruth Bader Ginsberg needs a backup.
Dana - Dec 28, 2019 12:54:13 pm PST #25572 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Such a mess. And I'm still astonished at the naivete of the people who went after her. Did they think she would simply slink away? Have they seen any of what she's done in the past in her other career?
Even if she had kept quiet, did they think the rest of the internet would just accept this?
Amy - Dec 28, 2019 3:20:27 pm PST #25573 of 28195
Because books.
Excellent, clear, concise recap of the whole stinking mess: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2019 3:27:33 pm PST #25574 of 28195
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Even if she had kept quiet, did they think the rest of the internet would just accept this?
That sounds like the thinking at the NCTE that staff buyouts would be a good way to quietly purge the organization of dissenting voices and avoid scandal. Surely trans activists of color would feel their interests to be best served by not rocking the boat, right?
Tom Scola - Dec 28, 2019 3:28:09 pm PST #25575 of 28195
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Thank you, Amy.
Dana - Dec 28, 2019 3:34:19 pm PST #25576 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
New president sounds real shady.
Consuela - Dec 28, 2019 3:40:08 pm PST #25577 of 28195
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Amy, thanks so much-- that is the BEST recap. I couldn't understand what the stuff with Damon Suede was about, and now I get that he was filtering everything, going both directions. (AND lying about claiming to know who Chuck Tingle is! WTF.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2019 3:53:28 pm PST #25578 of 28195
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wait, so a big chunk of the board of directors quit, and the president-elect that apparently turned the ethics complaint into a kangaroo court immediately becomes president AND gets to name replacement board members?
Dana - Dec 28, 2019 3:58:26 pm PST #25579 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
ding ding ding!
I mean, people clearly fucked up the handling of the complaint, but it seems clear that president-elect thought he could turn this whole situation to his advantage.