Neurodiversity and Fandom
“I can’t help but think neurodiveristy is an area in which science fiction and fantasy fans are a long, long ways ahead of society in general.” Ponderings by Jason Henninger at Tor.com
“I can’t help but think neurodiveristy is an area in which science fiction and fantasy fans are a long, long ways ahead of society in general.” Ponderings by Jason Henninger at Tor.com
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to win a posthumous apology for computer pioneer Alan Turing over his conviction for homosexuality. Read more here. Sign the petition here if you’re British. Please.
Newly minted brides should do more than vow to love their hubbies for a lifetime, say the majority of Americans. Some 70 percent of the respondents in a new study feel they should also take their spouse’s surname – and 50 percent say that it should be a legal requirement for a woman to take her spouse’s last name… When the respondents were asked why they felt women should change their name after the wedding, Hamilton says, “They told us that women should lose their own identity when they marry and become a part of the man and his family. This was a reason given by many.” Read more and weep at the Daily News.
The pirates reluctantly slunk out from behind various barrels and piles of old fish. Several of them held their hands over their faces in the mistaken belief that if they couldn’t see Cutlass Liz then she couldn’t see them.
‘You know I once ate twenty babies?’ said Cutlass Liz, looking them up and down. The crew all nodded fearfully.
‘I’m sure babies taste a lot better than pirates,’ said the albino pirate. ‘Because they’d be fresher. And not as salty.’
Gideon Defoe at Powells.com
“After punching god in the brain, I smuggled the vicious little bastard back to E.M.P.I.R.E. I have no idea what they’ll do with a hostage god, but the mind reels. And I hope it hurts.” Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba at Powells.com
Sir Terry Pratchett has made an emotional plea for the right to take his own life, saying: ‘I live in hope I can jump before I am pushed.’ Link to a long article written with all of Pratchett’s usual clarity and brilliance, and a necessary read for bioethicists who forget about the individuals behind the theories.