Thread: Social Justice in SF&F
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Old 09-04-2015, 06:24 PM   #112
MikeB1972
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
Because "Social Justice Warrior" is no different from "Liberal" or "Conservative". It's a label with no concrete meaning. If I were to say that it would be nice to see more strong women characters in science fiction, or maybe a gay couple in a story with other couples in it, would you say that I'm a SJW?

What if I were to tell you that a lot of the books I read come from Baen, and Orson Scott Card and Heinlein are two of my favorite authors? Would I still be considered a SJW?

Shari
Nope, if however you said that all stories should contain a gay character I might be tempted to

Or wrote a post insisting on the end to the binary default for gender (Jo Walton wrote this one on tor.com)
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