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I want to know where this draft was going
it was something about how it has become the sole sustenance for snarky douchebags, but I didn't want Fourty Two to get the impression that I was calling him a snarky douchebag (because he is not one), so I thought better of it.
I've been wanting to bring up Steven Universe again for a while.
First episode this week revealed a same-sex love involving one of the main characters, and it was handled really well.
And that article doesn't even cover what happened on Thursday, during the two-parter.
tagging this because it has big late-season spoilers, be warned
Garnet was revealed (more like confirmed) to be a fusion between two gems, Ruby and Sapphire, both of whom are roughly Steven sized, and both are madly in love with each other.
They demonstrate this, and the power of that relationship, in the most amazing way possible.
I'm just gonna drop this here because nothing I say can possible do this clip justice.
Can we talk about how people are flipping shit because a writer suggested that people take a year off of reading books by straight, cisgendered white men?
At the end of the school year i put on my board a list of books that I think would be awesome for my students to read. Granted I teach freshmen, so i have to keep that in mind. But I try to be diverse in topics and protagonists and authors. I try to keep it light, no real stories about heavy depressing subjects: in 9th grade alone my kids read "The Bluest Eye," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "The Kite Runner." Basically they get a lot of death, racism, and rape in their lit.
I still find myself with a bit of a dearth of African-american and female voices on this list.
Suggestions to counter this?
the list in the past:
Fiction:
Good Omens
Anasi Boys
Hitchhiker's (that will ALWAYS be on my list)
Oscar Wao
A Confederacy of Dunces
Nonfiction:
Assassination Vacation
Freakonomics
Comics:
Ms. Marvel
Bravest Warriors
Captain Marvel
Sandman
The Watchmen
Octavia E. Butler is both black AND a lady. Samuel R. Delany is also black and the few of his books I've read were really feminist with strongly written female characters, also very dense with fantastic ideas. Kind of like a readable acid trip (I imagine).
If you're into poetry and literary fiction, I'd highly recommend Sherman Alexie, who grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He's one of the most skilled writers I've seen, and the thing I remember most about his works is how a passage can first make you laugh and then make you depressed as you think on it more. "War Dances" is a short story collection and probably the best way to get a good grasp of his style.
I first read Jacqueline Carey's stuff when I read her Kushiel's Dart trilogy. (She wrote a trilogy, and then another, and then another). I would not recommend those books for teenagers.
They're all fantasy books, and the first two are delicious BDSM Smut but the 3rd book in her first trilogy is a difficult book to read for it's subject matter. It's basically "Horrible Awful Rape: The Book".
I'll read the first two books forever, but I don't think I can read that final trilogy book ever again. The plot is that bad.
For ladies of sci fi, I read my first Ursula K Le Guin a while ago and it was awesome
I will be singing the praises of Ursula K Le Guin's work til my deathbed, especially Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness.
My favourite amongst her books are
The Left Hand of Darkness (Focuses on gender as a social construct and it's impact on society) The Dispossessed (Anarchy vs. Capitalism) The Word for World is Forest (Hyper masculinity and colonialism) The Earthsea Trilogy (Later books are of varying quality and I enjoyed some of them, but the originals are still great).
Authors who are awesome and teens might enjoy instead of white dudes:
Patricia McKillip
Patricia Wrede
Robin McKinley
Pat Cadigan
Diana Wynne Jones
Nicola Griffith
Alice Sheldon, aka James Tiptree Jr.
Margaret Atwood
Anne McCaffrey
Authors who are slightly more trashy/serious/naughty but still fun:
Mur Lafferty
Lauren Beukes
Jaye Wells
Authors I have heard are good/fun but haven't read myself yet or only read short fiction:
Kameron Hurley
Mary Robinette Kowal
Amber Benson
Beth Cato
Cassandra Clarke
Nnedi Okorafor
Tananarive Due
Catherynne Valente
Seanan McGuire
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I would recommend seanen maguire for teens (her urban fantasy series with female protagonist is fun) and gail carriger has some neat fantasy/steampunk stuff that they might like as well!
The balance I am also trying to strike is getting not just stuff considered for YA audiences. Like I have put up Marquez and considered ZPadie Smith - but that might be a little beyond them.
I have also tried to find things that are lighter, because GOD DAMN their reading list in high school is just the saddest darkest stuff.
Carriger's Soullless series is not YA, really
It's good! And romancy! Teens would probably like it heh
There are laws against harrassment, but it has a set of criteria and largely comes down to he said / she said and guess who people tend to believe more?
Also, in many cases it's not one guy catcalling you a lot but a series of dudes just saying one or two things as you go from A to B.
Iain M. Banks was a white dude but the books he wrote feature so many queer and non-white characters (pan-galactic humanity is a vast thing) that I always considered his works a shining beacon of diversity within the space opera genre
Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
What a beautiful sentiment.
+1
CambiataCommander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered Userregular
Ok you dorks. Based entirely on the strength of that Estelle clip I did something I never do, I bought an entire season of a show online without first having watched even one episode. Steven Universe here I come.
Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
On my sleeve, let the runway start
Or: "Is your self-confidence so low that you think the only reason a woman would stick around is if she was literally dependent on you for food and shelter."
So I think someone mentioned Bonnie from Payday 2 earlier in the thread. She's just come out and is pretty fantastic as an example of a female character that's not got male gaze going on and is jut a flat out bad ass. Spoilered for a big screen shot of her:
Payday 2 on the whole's actually pretty good about this stuff with adding in Clover and Bonnie to the previously all male gang. Bonnie's even free too so unlike with Clover there's no 'pay to play a woman' tax involved in the game.
+6
HacksawJ. Duggan Esq.Wrestler at LawRegistered Userregular
I don't get this guy's deal. So she makes a ton more money than you. So what? Cook her a nice meal and watch some movies with her on your GIANT TELEVISION together.
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HacksawJ. Duggan Esq.Wrestler at LawRegistered Userregular
Like I just want to look this dude straight in the eye and say "Your worth as a person is not tied to your earnings, both in a hypothetical sense and a real sense, despite what decades of toxic cultural norms have conditioned you to believe. You are more than your paycheck. Your girlfriend realizes this; you must do so, as well."
He should be happy she's in a good financial position where they are able save up and do what they want because she earns more, and that is no different to if a guy earns more.
Also he should be proud of her, sounds like she's a boss. Also you never know what the future holds, jobs don't always last forever, enjoy it while you can.
Yeah, I still think "pay to unlock a woman in this game with 80% male playable characters" is bad, but credit to Overkill in that the ladies they added are pretty cool.
Bonnie is a fairly husky woman who definitely looks like she's spent time in prison. Clover is the youngest character, but she's also not portrayed as a conventionally attractive woman.
Sterica on
+4
CambiataCommander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered Userregular
Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
Quoththe RavenMiami, FL FOR REALRegistered Userregular
For YA books, I always recommend Diana Wynne Jones and Patricia Wrede first. They have stuff for all ages so it's easy to scale, and they're just delightful all around. I've heard good things about Nnedi Okorafor and Daniel Older as well. But really, I feel like many of us were reading "grown up" books in middle school, so it's hard to know what's appropriate.
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it was something about how it has become the sole sustenance for snarky douchebags, but I didn't want Fourty Two to get the impression that I was calling him a snarky douchebag (because he is not one), so I thought better of it.
I will be singing the praises of Ursula K Le Guin's work til my deathbed, especially Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness.
right?!
I really really hope this show gets more and more popular.
The cast and crew really should be getting hailed for what they've done here.
If you're into poetry and literary fiction, I'd highly recommend Sherman Alexie, who grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He's one of the most skilled writers I've seen, and the thing I remember most about his works is how a passage can first make you laugh and then make you depressed as you think on it more. "War Dances" is a short story collection and probably the best way to get a good grasp of his style.
I first read Jacqueline Carey's stuff when I read her Kushiel's Dart trilogy. (She wrote a trilogy, and then another, and then another). I would not recommend those books for teenagers.
They're all fantasy books, and the first two are delicious BDSM Smut but the 3rd book in her first trilogy is a difficult book to read for it's subject matter. It's basically "Horrible Awful Rape: The Book".
I'll read the first two books forever, but I don't think I can read that final trilogy book ever again. The plot is that bad.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2015/03/ask_andrew_wk_my_girlfriend_is_more_successful_than_me_and_its_stressing_me_out.php
Or at least there should be such a feature on review sites (like Goodreads for example)
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That's a really solid, lovely answer, but somehow I still wish he'd used the word 'dipshit' at least once.
This is underwear-on-head crazy.
congrats andrew wk you are my favorite person for the day
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My favourite amongst her books are
The Left Hand of Darkness (Focuses on gender as a social construct and it's impact on society)
The Dispossessed (Anarchy vs. Capitalism)
The Word for World is Forest (Hyper masculinity and colonialism)
The Earthsea Trilogy (Later books are of varying quality and I enjoyed some of them, but the originals are still great).
Carriger's Soullless series is not YA, really
It's good! And romancy! Teens would probably like it heh
pretty sure that would violate the very core of andrew wk's being
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On my sleeve, let the runway start
They cause dollar monies though.
(Worth it)
On my sleeve, let the runway start
Also, in many cases it's not one guy catcalling you a lot but a series of dudes just saying one or two things as you go from A to B.
For touching? You bet.
Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
What a beautiful sentiment.
On my sleeve, let the runway start
Payday 2 on the whole's actually pretty good about this stuff with adding in Clover and Bonnie to the previously all male gang. Bonnie's even free too so unlike with Clover there's no 'pay to play a woman' tax involved in the game.
Also he should be proud of her, sounds like she's a boss. Also you never know what the future holds, jobs don't always last forever, enjoy it while you can.
Bonnie is a fairly husky woman who definitely looks like she's spent time in prison. Clover is the youngest character, but she's also not portrayed as a conventionally attractive woman.
@Strikor
On my sleeve, let the runway start