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Sadly, horror writing appears to be dominated by straight white cisgender male writers.

Thankfully, the Horror Writers Association is trying to rectify that by subsidizing more diversity.

1 posted on 12/18/2024 10:31:39 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

What idiocy


2 posted on 12/18/2024 10:35:48 AM PST by goodnesswins (Don’t be REALITY PHOBIC!)
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To: Angelino97
“underrepresented, diverse people “

What the hell does that mean? White people represent approximately 11 percent of global population.

3 posted on 12/18/2024 10:41:11 AM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: Angelino97

Yeah, take your degree (B,M, PhD) in Diversity studies and try and get a job somewhere in the work force.


6 posted on 12/18/2024 10:47:48 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Angelino97

“neurodiverse”

Another lefty word to learn—these folks move fast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity

“The word neurodiversity first appeared in publication in 1998”

So—if I get this right—if I scream and yell incoherently at the grant award folks that will qualify me as “neurodiverse”.

Lol.


7 posted on 12/18/2024 10:52:18 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Angelino97

Sounds like there is no government money involved, that it is all from private donations. As long as no tax money is involved, I would say that they can give their money to whoever they want to, using whatever standards they set. If the donators don’t like it, or they’ve misrepresented how they would going to disburse the funds, take ‘em to court to get your money back. An arrangement like this has nothing to do with me at all.


8 posted on 12/18/2024 11:01:44 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Angelino97

hey, write about what you know


11 posted on 12/18/2024 11:10:23 AM PST by Strict9
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No body gives a crap who the author of a book is. All they care about is whether or not the story is good. If there aren’t “enough” (whatever that means) “neurodiverse” horror writers, it’s because there aren’t enough “neurodiverse” people writing horror that is worth a crap.


12 posted on 12/18/2024 11:26:12 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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Ah, @#($*&&(!!! The HWA is following SFWA down the road into stupidity and irrelevance. The problem isn’t the lack of diverse voices who want to write. It’s the lack of readers who want to spend money to listen to these diverse voices whining about their personal problems instead of telling good stories.


16 posted on 12/18/2024 12:22:04 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus
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each Grant is worth $500 and may be spent on approved expenses for a period of two (2) years following the awarding of the Grant.

Is it even worth anyone's time to bother applying for these?
17 posted on 12/19/2024 11:29:00 AM PST by Svartalfiar (-)
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To: Angelino97

Cultural Marxism is a true horror. Sadly, it is the dominant faith in the West


18 posted on 12/20/2024 12:34:46 AM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayoManets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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