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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association - DEI Policy
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Assocation ^

Posted on 12/28/2023 2:07:48 PM PST by Angelino97

VISION

SFWA recognizes that inclusion and equality are ongoing processes that require active effort, as well as acknowledgement of existing inequities, including those rooted in imperialism, colonialism and white supremacy.

This committee will seek to address power imbalances that have historically marginalized people by re-centering marginalized voices and stories.

Our commitment to creating a more equitable organization includes, but is not limited to, increasing awareness of and sensitivity to the intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, class, age, ethnicity, and perspective; redressing the the legacies of imperialism in an international context; questioning institutional biases and “the way things have always been,” especially when those “traditions” and entrenched systems marginalize historically underrepresented voices; and generally serving as an advocate for marginalized and underrepresented voices both within SFWA and in the SF/F community as a whole.

We are fully aware of the paradox of tolerance, and exclusionary, bigoted or hate speech, open or covert, will not be tolerated by SFWA as a whole or the DEI committee in particular.

MISSION

A) Provide guidance internally within SFWA on matters of diversity, equity and inclusion, regarding membership policies, outreach, etc.

B) Provide guidance to external partners to break outmoded thinking/practices and provide safer spaces for the historically marginalized.

C) Gather incident reports/complaints related to the committee’s scope for discussion and where necessary, action.

REPORTING

Diversity, equity and inclusion is a community endeavor and, as such, we in SFWA’s DEI Committee rely on the community.

If you see, hear about, or experience exclusionary, bigoted, hateful, or otherwise intolerant behavior in SF/F, publishing, and other related communities, organizations, events, and spaces, please report it

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Society
KEYWORDS: jeffekennedy; sffascistwa; sfwa
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To: Angelino97; Red Badger

Was it not Gor that was the epitome of sexual hygenics and male testosterone back in the 70s and 80s?


41 posted on 12/28/2023 4:04:56 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: spaced
They encourage writers to hire special editors to make sure skin tones, eye colors. and hair colors aren’t described as food

Publishers hire "sensitivity readers" to enforce political correctness.

42 posted on 12/28/2023 4:08:25 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Does this mean that black people are finally going to be allowed to write science fiction?

Or that black people will now be allowed to read science fiction?


43 posted on 12/28/2023 4:13:27 PM PST by sphinx
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To: sphinx

"BLACK RAGE!"

44 posted on 12/28/2023 4:17:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Angelino97

The original series of Star Trek would not have been quite as successful if they had a scene of Kirk making out with a Horta.


45 posted on 12/28/2023 4:21:20 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Angelino97

Can we get a reset on this planet?


46 posted on 12/28/2023 4:22:35 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Angelino97

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zT-3aFPOM

The best video adaption of HHGG

I think I will watch it again and Not Panic


47 posted on 12/28/2023 4:59:45 PM PST by algore
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To: algore
Yes, that was good. But I don't normally like British TV sci-fi. It's always so silly.

Doctor Who, UFO, Space 1999, Red Dwarf. Only seen a clips from most of them. I especially don't get Doctor Who (though I've never seen a complete episode).

The Brits are better at TV horror & suspense, like Thrillers.

48 posted on 12/28/2023 5:12:20 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: NorthMountain
Lots of "ladyboy"s in Thailand.

Just saying.

49 posted on 12/28/2023 5:15:15 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: Angelino97

Who died and put these lunatics in charge of Sc-Fi writers?

The correct response is to laugh in their faces and flip them the bird on your way out the door.

L


50 posted on 12/28/2023 5:16:49 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Angelino97
I can't wait to see the CosCons that come out of this.

-PJ

51 posted on 12/28/2023 5:22:37 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Lurker
DEI at Worldcon 2024 (are they the Hugo people?):

Tanya DePass Named Special Guest at Glasgow 2024.

Tanya DePass is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming and wants to make the industry better and more inclusive for everyone.

She is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming.

She was part of the Rivals of Waterdeep actual play stream from its inception, and is the creator and Creative Director of Into the Mother Lands, a new sff afrofuturist RPG developed with a team of all POC and Black creators.

Tanya often writes and speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality and other topics online, at conventions and as a public speaker. She was special features editor of 2019 Best Semiprozine finalist Fireside Magazine.

52 posted on 12/28/2023 5:26:59 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

you should consider Blake’s 7

most say you should just start with episode 2, then watch the first one at the end of the series if you want.

or just skip first season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8n6D78ePU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEC_CNI7Wk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-D_HP00r4


53 posted on 12/28/2023 5:30:44 PM PST by algore
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To: Angelino97

I’ll stick with the many, many works of the late, great Ray Bradbury over today’s woke sci-fi crap.


54 posted on 12/28/2023 5:56:30 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Angelino97

bttt


55 posted on 12/28/2023 5:56:41 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Lurker

> Who died and put these lunatics in charge of Sc-Fi writers?

Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov, Hal Clement, Greg Bear, Fred Saberhagen, Poul Anderson, Gordon Dickson — Joe Haldeman is still alive but was looking pretty sickly the last time I met him. David Drake died about two weeks ago. There are a lot more great dead SF writers than good living ones, I’m sorry to say.


56 posted on 12/28/2023 6:18:31 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (I don't use preferred pronouns for the same reason I don't talk to schizophrenics' imaginary friends)
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To: Angelino97

> are they the Hugo people?

Yep. Which is why the Hugo is a joke award now. Check out the Dragon Awards. There’s still some hope for those.


57 posted on 12/28/2023 6:21:02 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (I don't use preferred pronouns for the same reason I don't talk to schizophrenics' imaginary friends)
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To: Angelino97

> The SFWA is a trade organization for sci-fi writers.

Was. They gave up their claim to being that when they dropped the requirement that prospective members have a minimum number of professionally published works before they could join.


58 posted on 12/28/2023 6:26:12 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (I don't use preferred pronouns for the same reason I don't talk to schizophrenics' imaginary friends)
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

> > Who died and put these lunatics in charge of Sc-Fi writers?

Fred Pohl, Damon Knight, Jack Williamson, Gene Wolfe, Jerry Pournelle, Ben Bova — I miss Ben and Jerry, and I don’t mean the ice cream. The current president of SFWA is one Jeffe Kennedy, “a fantasy and erotic romance author.”


59 posted on 12/28/2023 6:34:28 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (I don't use preferred pronouns for the same reason I don't talk to schizophrenics' imaginary friends)
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To: Angelino97

Science fiction is now woke? Guess that means I can avoid it.


60 posted on 12/28/2023 6:44:14 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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