I came across an issue in one of the writer communities that I am part of because I write yaoi with the graphic noiz series. I guess there was a row regarding having a Person of Colour on the cover of a gay romance book and the publisher wanted to white wash it and not include that image. This started an ugly exchange, if I have the story straight and there was backlash in the romance writer community. Now I…..
We have all seen the news recently and the dustup regarding the United States and Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea and Russia. With North Korea threatening Guam, a United States territory, it seems we have moved this game to a whole other level. Hopefully this will all settle down and the rhetoric will calm. But I didn’t bring all this up because I wanted to talk about current events, instead I wanted to relate this occurrence to my novels…..
Over the past week, the world has potentially become less safe for minorities, immigrants, Muslim-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, African Americans, people with disabilities and those in the LGBT community. With all the divisiveness of the United States Presidential campaign in 2016, it is no wonder that people are scared. I myself have seen hate speech and people harassed for being who they are. It is not okay to treat each other rudely and it is not okay to stomp on…..
So the United Nations tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines regarding a set of contested islands in the South China sea. I guess this irritated China which said the tribunal arbitration council had no jurisdiction to enforce the ruling. The Philippines gave a soft response to the ruling which may have also been political due to a recent change in government power. The islands which may be rich in resources are in a contentious area which China claims is…..
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