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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (commonly known as WorldCon) is being held this weekend in Helsinki, Finland. The convention is where the annual Hugo Awards are presented, and today, the convention announced the latest recipients.
This year, women almost completely swept the Hugo Awards, taking home the top prizes for literature in the science fiction community. That's particularly notable, given how the awards have been increasingly recognizing works from female and minority creators. The trend prompted a counter-movement from two group of fans, the self-described "Sad Puppies," and their alt-right equivalents, the "Rabid Puppies." These groups gamed the awards and forced a slate of nominees onto the Hugo ballot in 2015, prompting widespread backlash within the wider genre community. Another award, the Dragon, faced similar issues earlier this week when several authors asked to pull their nominations over concerns about Puppy interference and the award's integrity.
This year's sweep by female creators seems to be a strong repudiation of anti-diversity groups. 2017 also marked the year the ceremony earned its own award: a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records certified that the Hugos are the longest-running science fiction awards ever.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 16 2017, @07:07PM (2 children)
Why would they accuse themselves of anything? Or did you mean nobody accused them of manipulating the awards at all? Seems to me you only have to look around right here to put bullshit to that statement. Or any number of millions of other accusations around the rest of the Internet.
Whiny? Nah. Calling bullshit against SJWs isn't whining, it's just proclaiming the emperor has no clothes. Everyone with half a brain already knows it but most of them are too scared to say anything.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @08:48PM (1 child)
Ooooh, you so ALPHA TMB, I wish I could have your confidence and bravado!!!
Heh, you are such an epitome of the libertarian neckbeard. Thankfully other countries have their own shitheads so at least I don't have to worry that it is some virus with ground zero in the USA.
This entire situation can be summarized by the following: society moved on, some small % of conservative men can't handle it, try and actively cheat a system and then proclaim others are actually to blame.
Projection, it is what you conservatives do best.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 17 2017, @12:26PM
I get that a lot. You can be too if you want though. All you have to do is take responsibility for your own actions, reject responsibility for those of others, and refuse to reject reality just because it doesn't conform to what you think it should be. Oh, and have a huge dong.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.