Earlier this year, we reported on the “Sad Puppies”, a campaign by a politically diverse set of sci-fi and fantasy authors to promote political tolerance, openness, and creative freedom within the medium. Because their chief opponents were a set of hard-line progressive
When failed discrimination plaintiff Ellen Pao was appointed CEO of Reddit last January, many predicted that it would herald a new age of censorship on the link-sharing and discussion site. Those predictions appear to have come true, as a number of communities on the site (known as “subreddits”) have just been unilaterally shut down.
After the events of the past nine months, you’d think identity warriors would have learned that their divisiveness is not welcome in the world of gaming.
Bogus reader reviews have long been a problem for websites like Amazon and Goodreads. Intended as a mechanism to allow readers to dabble in literary criticism, their accessibility has left them vulnerable to political and personal vendettas. Despite the efforts of Amazon to stamp out
The ongoing controversy over racist comments made by Goldsmiths University diversity officer Bahar Mustafa has generated a national conversation on the state of identity politics, with the editor of politics.co.uk being the latest to weigh in. Students at Goldsmiths are currently deciding whether
It’s tough to hate white men today. Once upon a time, statements like “#killallwhitemen” went relatively unnoticed, whereas now they are liable to get you suspended from your political party or put your job as ‘diversity officer’ in jeopardy. Even
GaymerX, a convention and support group for homosexual, lesbian and transsexual video game enthusiasts, is under fire for systematically discriminating against gay gamers on the basis of political beliefs, leaving thousands of gay gamers neglected and unrepresented. Gay, bisexual, lesbian and
The chief complaint from the Sad Puppies campaigners is the atmosphere of political intolerance and cliquishness that prevails in the sci-fi community.
You may have heard that Marvel has turned Thor into a woman. What you probably don’t know, because you likely greeted the news with bafflement and horror and then resolved never to pick up a comic book from that company
