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Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 11:52:33 am PDT #25487 of 30001

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Calli, Silver Goggles is one of the blogs I've just started reading, and I really enjoy it.

How do African American participants in steampunk culture address these issues?

I am ashamed to say that I have no clue. The Seattle steampunk scene is ... well, whitebread is putting it gently.

(Shameful disclosure time: when I was in the vampire LARP group, my character was one of the "gypsy" clan of vampires. I am retroactively appalled at myself. I was one of the group that actually researched Roma culture, but that doesn't make it better.)

Consuela - Oct 12, 2012 11:56:28 am PDT #25488 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jilli, have you read N.K. Jemisin? She has a marvelous femslash steampunk story kicking around, with IIRC a couple of Haitian protagonists; I read it on her website a year or so back and it's also been reprinted in some anthologies.

By which I mean: it's possible to do steampunk without the colonialismYAY attitude.

Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 11:58:08 am PDT #25489 of 30001

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Jilli, have you read N.K. Jemisin? She has a marvelous femslash steampunk story kicking around, with IIRC a couple of Haitian protagonists;

Ooooh, I haven't! I'll have to check her work out.

hippocampus - Oct 12, 2012 12:00:19 pm PDT #25490 of 30001

not your mom's socks.

I love her books. Love. And her short stories.

I have several toasters for 100k Kingdoms. And am using the Killing Moon as a reward/carrot to egg myself through some edits right now.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2012 12:07:05 pm PDT #25491 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

100k Kingdoms

I have that on my virtual TBR pile.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2012 12:15:18 pm PDT #25492 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

In completely other news, my neighbors are redoing their kitchen and I have MAJOR renovation envy. To soothe myself, I am browsing Build It Green and imagining what I could achieve if I had any carpentry or plumbing skills or money whatsoever.

I could replace the hideous pedastal sink in my master bathroom with this!

I could replace the hideous fake wood cabinets in my kitchen with these!

So many possibilities!

Hil R. - Oct 12, 2012 12:19:16 pm PDT #25493 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I could replace the hideous pedastal sink in my master bathroom with this!

I hate pedestal sinks. I've got one in my bathroom, and I've got no storage space -- there's no counter where I can put stuff, and the base of the sink makes it impossible to store stuff underneath.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2012 12:20:20 pm PDT #25494 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have one of those shelf units that goes over the toilet, but it's crappy and I don't like it. I really don't like anything about my master bathroom.

Sheryl - Oct 12, 2012 12:33:52 pm PDT #25495 of 30001

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

My folks are here. Planning to go to the zoo tomorrow.

Cashmere - Oct 12, 2012 12:38:20 pm PDT #25496 of 30001

Now tagless for your comfort.

Of course the Difference Engine, one of the early Steampunk novels took on those aspects head on, quite successfully I thought, so being soft on imperialism is not inherent in the genre.

Is The Diamond Age Steampunk, technically?

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