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AnneTheWriter<p>3/🧵 More fallout from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwardsDebacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwardsDebacle</span></a> includes a number of resignations...</p><p><a href="https://file770.com/cheryl-morgan-dave-mccarty-resign-from-wsfs-hugo-award-marketing-committee/?fbclid=IwAR1wMcng_IQnJw7nJTe2mU4EVIvNyeLDfhrP9BetRRhY9GacMr9OXjkYSoc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">file770.com/cheryl-morgan-dave</span><span class="invisible">-mccarty-resign-from-wsfs-hugo-award-marketing-committee/?fbclid=IwAR1wMcng_IQnJw7nJTe2mU4EVIvNyeLDfhrP9BetRRhY9GacMr9OXjkYSoc</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAward</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheHugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Hugos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hugos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFiFandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiFandom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionBooks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Censored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censored</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CensorshipIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensorshipIssues</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AuthorsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@jenna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jenna</span></a></span> </p><p>I kept noticing that so many of the emails (from the people making the award decisions!) had things in them along the lines of, "I've never read it, but it MIGHT be a problem..." and "I've never read it, but I've heard..."</p><p>Censorship is always based on ignorance-- not only the desire to remain ignorant of new ideas, but the opinions of people who have never actually read or viewed the books/film/art they are trying to censor.</p><p>I guess now we can only *hope* that the people who vote on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheOscars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheOscars</span></a> actually spend a few hours watching all of the nominated films before voting. 😠🙄</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAward</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheHugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Hugos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hugos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFiFandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiFandom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionBooks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Censored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censored</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CensorshipIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensorshipIssues</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwardsDebacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwardsDebacle</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>2/🧵 For anyone wanting to read more about the backstory to this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwardsDebacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwardsDebacle</span></a>, this article gives more details about the specific authors, books, and short stories which were blocked from consideration and about the Committee's leaked emails.</p><p>Something which should also be scandalous on some level, imo, is that the Committee was voting on works they say they had never read. How can you fairly evaluate and compare stories you've never read?</p><p>Apparently, the Hugos are decided on book sleeve blurbs and social media posts.😠☹️</p><p>[The linked article says it is "Free for a limited time." I generally try not to post articles if they are behind paywalls.]</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAward</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheHugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Hugos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hugos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFiFandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiFandom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionBooks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Censored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censored</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CensorshipIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensorshipIssues</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionLit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AuthorsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/hugo-awards-china-censorship-controversy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vulture.com/article/hugo-award</span><span class="invisible">s-china-censorship-controversy.html</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>1/🧵 You might have heard there's been a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> scandal rocking <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> literature's biggest award, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwards</span></a>.</p><p>The annual ceremony was held in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chengdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chengdu</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. Although no evidence has been found linking any direct Chinese govt influence on the Award Committee's actions, leaked emails prove that the Hugo Committee DID remove potential nominees before they could be considered, because they were anticipating possible offenses against Chinese govt policies.</p><p>(This is how <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> governments work-- not only because govt cronies enforce their own authoritarian laws, but because ordinary people join in and support their policies.)</p><p>Now, author <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SamanthaMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamanthaMills</span></a> (who won the Hugo for her <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> "RabbitTest," about abortion access) has posted that she has refused her Hugo and removed mentions of her award from her website and books.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAward</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheHugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Hugos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hugos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFiFandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiFandom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFictionBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionBooks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Censored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censored</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HugoAwardsDebacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwardsDebacle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://samtasticbooks.com/2024/02/17/rabbit-test-unwins-the-hugo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">samtasticbooks.com/2024/02/17/</span><span class="invisible">rabbit-test-unwins-the-hugo/</span></a></p>
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