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Sweet stuttering Ganesh, who would imagine such protest over a harmless challenge issued by our very own sweet Chuckles?
all he did was invite 100 women to submit to a certain magazine on a certain day. He did that because he doesn't quite believe that this certain magazine avoids fiction written by women, so why not try a test and find out?
Some women have agreed to do this. Some of them will have to write brand new stories to participate (cough, duck) but why not? Nothing like a good old slushbombing to lighten the mood. Happens to Strange Horizons every year.
But there's always someone who takes exception to an idea. I think it's kind of a test - if someone isn't completely outraged by your notion, it probably sucks. I've taken a glance at some of the comments and posts and such that are from the disagreeing. I have to say that I'm disturbed by some of the sentiment I've seen in the protest.
One argument was, if we (women) all sub at the same time, the sheer competition will destroy all of our chances. (that's a paraphrase and some of the subtlety of meaning has, naturally, been lost)
Or this, to not put too fine a point on it:
"It'll make the women look like whiny brats."
I'm not exactly sure how the simple act of sending a story on a certain day can be interpreted as whiny or bratty, but that's not what gets to me about the statement.
One person said:
"Don't wait for a special day to make a statement. I would think it would only increase your chance of rejection."
Again, I'm scratching my head - what statement? This isn't a protest, it's a bit of a test with a good healthy dose of submissions prank on the side. And why would it only *increase* a woman's chance of getting rejected? Because we're being whiny and bratty?
Someone else said, even more disturbingly:
"It'll annoy JJA and GVG."
Annoy? For sending them exactly what they ask for? Why would that be?
Because we're women?
You're terrifying me, people. I'm serious.
If a hundred fiction submissions by women is enough to Annoy Those Who Must Not Be Named, But Only Referred To By Their Monogram, then maybe women writers better start fighting a harder battle than launching a harmless slushbump.
Because a hundred extra subs trickling in the week after august 18... hell, I bet if we'd done it entirely in secret and NOT informed They Of The Monograms that it was coming, they wouldn't even have noticed.
I ask again: What is there to fear from this? Why get all nancy-kneed over a harmless prank?
And why do it in a way that sounds like we're all going to get in trouble if the Men notice what we're up to?
all he did was invite 100 women to submit to a certain magazine on a certain day. He did that because he doesn't quite believe that this certain magazine avoids fiction written by women, so why not try a test and find out?
Some women have agreed to do this. Some of them will have to write brand new stories to participate (cough, duck) but why not? Nothing like a good old slushbombing to lighten the mood. Happens to Strange Horizons every year.
But there's always someone who takes exception to an idea. I think it's kind of a test - if someone isn't completely outraged by your notion, it probably sucks. I've taken a glance at some of the comments and posts and such that are from the disagreeing. I have to say that I'm disturbed by some of the sentiment I've seen in the protest.
One argument was, if we (women) all sub at the same time, the sheer competition will destroy all of our chances. (that's a paraphrase and some of the subtlety of meaning has, naturally, been lost)
Or this, to not put too fine a point on it:
"It'll make the women look like whiny brats."
I'm not exactly sure how the simple act of sending a story on a certain day can be interpreted as whiny or bratty, but that's not what gets to me about the statement.
One person said:
"Don't wait for a special day to make a statement. I would think it would only increase your chance of rejection."
Again, I'm scratching my head - what statement? This isn't a protest, it's a bit of a test with a good healthy dose of submissions prank on the side. And why would it only *increase* a woman's chance of getting rejected? Because we're being whiny and bratty?
Someone else said, even more disturbingly:
"It'll annoy JJA and GVG."
Annoy? For sending them exactly what they ask for? Why would that be?
Because we're women?
You're terrifying me, people. I'm serious.
If a hundred fiction submissions by women is enough to Annoy Those Who Must Not Be Named, But Only Referred To By Their Monogram, then maybe women writers better start fighting a harder battle than launching a harmless slushbump.
Because a hundred extra subs trickling in the week after august 18... hell, I bet if we'd done it entirely in secret and NOT informed They Of The Monograms that it was coming, they wouldn't even have noticed.
I ask again: What is there to fear from this? Why get all nancy-kneed over a harmless prank?
And why do it in a way that sounds like we're all going to get in trouble if the Men notice what we're up to?
