{"id":702,"date":"2015-09-01T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T02:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2015-11-24T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T04:05:12","slug":"diversity-link-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/diversity-link-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity link roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been a lot of discussions floating around online about diversity. I wanted to collect them in one place where I could go back and refer to them later. Some of these are about representation of self, some in literature, and some with representation\/presentation at cons. I&#8217;m posting in the rough chronological order in which I read them.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/7901794524\/in\/photolist-wRdGJX-sBB3ai-sziDpf-sBAmrv-sk2j2s-rEN2D4-oDdZbG-d3fLdC-agygLU-7AMz35-64agHV-64agCX-5DYZsy\" title=\"wild at heart\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8455\/7901794524_667fd831de_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" alt=\"wild at heart\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vajra Chandrasekera<\/strong>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/vajra.me\/2015\/04\/15\/margin\/\">Which This Margin is Too Small to Contain<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some thoughts on \u201cdiversity\u201d in sf\/f and discovering that I\u2019m apparently a \u201cwriter of colour\u201d and all that. I never actually use these words myself, whether to refer to either myself or anybody else. Though at the same time I don\u2019t object to their use to refer to myself or anybody else either. It\u2019s complicated. I do periodically worry at the meanings of these words, and I guess I\u2019ve been saying stuff like this for a while now:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have no problem with strategic essentialism in other people, but it&#39;s a tauntaun skin I&#39;d rather not crawl into, if you know what I mean<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vajra Chandrasekera (@_vajra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_vajra\/status\/534175799444639744\">November 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Jose Older<\/strong> tweeted up a <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/djolder\/we-need-honest-books\">discussion on diversity being an issue of honesty in literature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kate Elliott&#8217;s<\/strong> piece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imakeupworlds.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/diversity-panels-where-next\/\">Diversity Panels: Where Next?<\/a>. This was in response to her experience at Sasquan, the most recent WorldCon that was held in Spokane.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tobias Buckell<\/strong> added <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tobiasbuckell.com\/2015\/08\/26\/some-thoughts-on-the-herding-of-poc-writers-into-diversity-panels\/\">Some Thoughts on Herding POC Writers into Diversity Panels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annalee&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/thebias.com\/2015\/08\/31\/diversity-panels-id-like-to-see\/\">Diversity Panels I&#8217;d like to see<\/a> is a nice response to Toby, looking forward to panels she&#8217;d like to see at cons.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michi Trota<\/strong> has this one: <a href=\"http:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/diversity-panels-are-the-beginning-not-the-end\/\">Diversity Panels are the Beginning not the End<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recently I attended Wizard World Chicago, and for the first time since 2012 when I started doing convention panels, I wasn\u2019t on a single panel specifically focused on diversity\u2013related issues in geek culture. It was an odd feeling, sitting in the audience of a panel about racism at one of my two home cons, rather than being up on that podium.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d be lying if I said that didn\u2019t involve more than a small amount of relief.<\/p>\n<p>After dozens of cons and countless panels critically analyzing, explaining, and arguing for the need for greater inclusion and better representation in geek communities, it feels like I\u2019ve spent a lifetime talking about these issues. It can be exhausting, and sometimes all a nerd wants to do is nerd out over the fandoms and activities she loves. It was a refreshing change to instead be on panels where I got to show off my nerd trivia knowledge, talk about why I adore the animated DC universe more than the DCCU, and host a discussion about what goes into being a nerd organizer. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This piece includes links to the <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/tehawesomersace\/we-ve-always-been-here\">storify of Rose Fox&#8217;s tweets<\/a> in response to the Wired article about the Hugo debacle this year.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>L.E.H. Light<\/strong> writes <a href=\"http:\/\/blacknerdproblems.com\/site\/no-more-diversity-panels-its-time-to-move-on\/\">No More Diversity Panels, It&#8217;s Time to Move On<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I suggest a different assumption: that the majority of attendees at these panels are either PoC or allies who understand and accept the basic premise that diversity in the things we love makes them better, more interesting, more complicated, and more beautiful. That White people and Black people are there for the same reasons: nerd stuff, and we want to talk about those things together. And anyone who doesn\u2019t agree can go to another panel. I promise, someone somewhere is discussing something else.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I hope you will take the time to read at least these few posts and see this is part of an ongoing conversation, not just a single observation or moment in time. 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