The Fannish Misogyny Fairy
The Fannish Misogyny Fairy
So it went down like this.
SFWA announced that theyre putting a task force on fixing the Bulletin RIGHT NOW and thats a good thing. We are hopeful!
John Scalzi said, somewhat ruefully, on Twitter that this is what he gets for thinking that the last month of his tenure as SFWA president would be quiet.
I told him that he had tempted the Fannish Misogyny Fairy with such thoughts.
He said he wanted to see an illustration.
There are very few people for whom I will whip off a spontaneous illustration, and I have to be in the right mood (my buddy Mur is still waiting for her sugar cube golem!) but all the stars aligned, I found photo ref of Hoary Marmots (because A) these are very hoary attitudes and B) if you google them, there are some marvelous shots of hoary marmots sitting around in groups, looking like grumpy old men) and
well
http://www.redwombatstudio.com/blog/?p=5539
Prints are available! And if you want to post this around to fight the forces of People Saying Stupid Things, you are more than welcomegive me some credit in the comments or link or whatever.
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This had to do with a spot of sexism at SFWA, and i know not everyone is a Sci-Fi fan, but read about it here
http://io9.com/the-editor-of-sfwas-bulletin-resigns-over-sexist-artic-511752239
The drawing cracked me up, thought I'd share