Back in 2014, I pledged to start evaluating submissions from my open calls. For various (personal) reasons, I did not get a chance to do so until the […]
If the Panel Is Not Diverse, Get Up And Leave
Obvious (to me) disclaimers: I am not claiming personal discrimination here; I am assuming structural discrimination and unconscious bias. I am also less interested here in an individual’s […]
A Unique Opportunity for Origins and GenCon
There is an unique opportunity coming up for two of the largest gaming conventions to demonstrate their commitment to diversity. The convention themselves. Let me explain. Both Origins […]
I challenge you to examine your reading list by gender and race: The soft version of the Tempest Challenge
When I saw Tempest’s challenge to stop reading straight, white, cis male authors for a year, I knew that I couldn’t do it. I have professional and personal […]
Please Diversify Your Panel: The Writing/Literature Convention Edition
I remembered seeing the comment that GenCon had a panel on diversity in gaming with an all male panel back in 20111, but the idea kind of slipped […]
Diversity in our fiction should be a given, not something worthy of praise
If you’ve ever cared for a small child, you know this. Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there. – […]