I’ve mostly hermited the past two weeks or so, having gone directly from Dragon*Con into a short week at my day job which generally means twice the work and twice the intensity and urgency of every. little. thing. all compacted into three days before you get a small breather before the normal end of week shenanigans begin.
Which is why I haven’t said anything on this yet. First, let me state that, Jeannette Ng’s speech was a thing of awesome and I am so happy and proud that they finally renamed the award to Astonishing. It’s been a long time in coming and I am happy to have been able to see it happen in my lifetime.
The renaming of the Campbell Award to the Astonishing Award has brought back up the possibility of renaming the Tiptree Award.
Now, straight up, I will tell you right now that as a SFF writer and reader, I love what the award stands for. I will also tell you that as a disabled person, the idea that this award is named for Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr is overwhelmingly abhorrent. Before you click further, I will let you know that the explanation involves some sensitive topics, primarily murder by caregiver.
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