Dark Matter Zine @DarkMatterZine@wandering.shop

A guy on Facebook is bitching about sensitivity readers. Like Lionel Shriver, this straight white nondisabled male feels entitled to write minority stories without even consulting with sensitivity readers (aka 'get it right!' readers. This issue resurfaces.

I started trying to explain how he's not entitled to my story, and how albinism has been linked to Nazis and fascism thereby exonerating normative whites while vilifying disabled people.

No win scenario. I quit.

https://www.darkmatterzine.com/lionel-shriver-representation-and-misappropriation-part-1/

Today's top posts:
1. Whitlam's Children's book launch (number 1 about an hour after I posted it)
2. a #review of The Adults by Caroline Hulse
3. Change.org petition for Death to bring back Terry Pratchett
4. Terry Pratchett lives on in graffiti.

Someone realised I'm a TP fan and has been digging through the archives! 😂

Mourning the election results? Watch or listen to Whitlam's Children the book launch featuring Rick Morton and a local pollie launching Shaun Crowe's nonfiction book about progressive Australian politics — before we return to the dark ages. #podcast #video
https://www.darkmatterzine.com/whitlams-children-book-launch/

#Fandom by #AnnaDay is one of those books about fans falling into the book of their fandom. I #reviewed it here https://www.darkmatterzine.com/the-fandom/

I love #IanGunn's silly illos; here's my latest post, "Monotreme" https://www.darkmatterzine.com/monotreme-a-silly-illo-by-ian-gunn/

Time and Time Again: I got around to reading and writing a #review of Ben Elton's book about time travelling to improve the last century. https://www.darkmatterzine.com/time-and-time-again/

The #AssholeSurvivalGuide is one of my favourite nonfiction books. I reviewed it over here https://www.darkmatterzine.com/asshole-survival-guide/.

I just wish there was a set process to deal with this crap. Anyone else have these kinds of issues?

#PAXAustralia has loads of panels on interesting topics like this one about accessibility for disabled gamers https://www.darkmatterzine.com/accessibility-for-gamers-with-disabilities/.

For all the PAX panels, #cosplay photos and interviews, see this link: https://www.darkmatterzine.com/tag/pax-australia/.

a long long time ago in a city far far away I #interview ed #BrandonSanderson. It's here in #podcast and #text formats https://www.darkmatterzine.com/brandon-sanderson-fantasy-author/

do you hate shopping centre carparks? It appears #IanGunn used to. Here's a silly illo (#illustration) he did of one. https://www.darkmatterzine.com/mogulmond-megamarts/ #comic

I watched #SuicideSquad in cinemas and the BEST PART of that movie is the CinemaSins version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH5YLq412Wc

Zana Fraillon writes about #refugees #poverty #slavery and other contemporary social issues. I interviewed Zana a while back. That #interview is available in #podcast and #video formats here (and on Spotify and iTunes etc) https://www.darkmatterzine.com/zana-fraillon/

I love everything I've read that she's written: #reviewed here https://www.darkmatterzine.com/?s=fraillon

Where do 19th century gothic #literature and #FairyTales meet? In Jeannette Ng's novel #UnderThePendulumSun. I interviewed Jeannette not so long ago. That interview is here https://www.darkmatterzine.com/jeannette-ng/, available in #podcast and #video formats. #SFF #Fantasy

Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells everyone to Stop Being Reasonable in her latest nonfiction book. She has debated Nazis and Climate Change Deniers so she'd know. I #reviewed the book over here https://www.darkmatterzine.com/stop-being-reasonable/

@pgs 👋 Hiya! so you're on the ICT server? Why am I not surprised?

A Moderne Herballe was Ian Gunn's latest Silly Illo posted on my website. I particularly loved the Vegemite. It took me about an hour or so to decipher the handwriting but I've included the pic's text in the body of my post for all those who find it difficult to read odd fonts https://www.darkmatterzine.com/a-moderne-herballe/.