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Ringo and Comicsgate (aka the crappiest gate)
Comicsgate, the culture war rebellion that was so self-defeating that it managed to turn its own harassment campaign against itself still drifts on. The anti-free speech group that engaged in online harassment campaigns against multiple creators (e.g. Magdalene Visaggio, Sue DeConnick, Alyssa Wong, Noelle Stevenson and Ta-Nehisi Coates to name just a few) likes to […]
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Day confirms the Castalia retreat
I suggested a few days ago that it looked like the far-right publishing house Castalia had stopped publishing new science fiction. There was not an immediate reaction from Vox Day, the white nationalist behind the publisher. However on his blog [archive link] today he more-or-less confirms what was apparent: “In light of the changes in […]
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Springtime for Bialystock and other stories
More than one person has asked me about Vox Day’s move into the movie business. I considered writing about it the other day but it’s always a fine line between keeping an eye on the alt-right and inadvertently helping whatever con game is going on. Specifically, crowd funding a film that never gets made is […]
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Did fandom cause the collapse of civilisation or vice versa? Let’s Assume Neither :)
It’s been a long time since I linked to a post by the improbable 2016 Campbell Award Finalist and Inaugural Dragon Award Winner for Best Horror Novel That Was Actually A Space Opera, Brian Niemeier but a posy at his blog caught my eye [direct link, archive link]. Brian’s politics mixes standard alt-right nationalism and […]
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“based on outrage, not actual products”
I know many regular readers of this blog will not be sad to learn that Jon Del Arroz has deleted his Twitter account. I shan’t rehash Jon’s various actions over the past few years but these links are relevant: http://www.jimchines.com/2018/01/jon-del-arroz/ https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/and-i-would-have-got-away-with-it-too/ The latest twist in the Ballad of Del Arroz is comicsgategatecomicsgate related. According to […]
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Is Vox Day Crowd Funding Himself?
Vox Day’s current attempt at crowdfunding a comic has fallen foul of platform Indiegogo’s terms of service. Vox Day has blamed this on people not liking his politics (i.e. people not liking him praising a guy who murdered teenagers) but Indiegogo has said little other than that the campaign violated its terms of service. Notably, […]
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CoOrDiNaTeD aTtAcKs!
Cast your minds back to April 7 2015. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were beaten by the Connecticut Huskies in the NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship and Senator Rand Paul announced he was going to run for the Republic nomination for President of the United States. Meanwhile, in Sad Puppy related news, Larry Correia […]
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You don’t control who gets to be fans
On the campaign trail in 2008, Sarah Palin said the following: “We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America […]
Camestros Felapton
2022 Hugo Award Finalist
Camestros Felapton 