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'Twould appear that there is some contention on the interwebs (and IRL of course) whether sci-fi/fantasy fans and authors of colour exist.

Obviously, you do.

You can prove your existence by a shout out here at [livejournal.com profile] deadbrowalking.

Me?
Have I mentioned my peachy ass?

Date: 2009-05-12 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aesiron.livejournal.com
Is it fuzzy and multicolored?

Date: 2009-05-12 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
*snerk*
Tut, tut... very naughty mister!

Date: 2009-05-12 08:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mao4269.livejournal.com
Is it more like this (http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-1/1098092634.jpg)?

Date: 2009-05-12 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/
So white people invented scifi now, too, huh?

Date: 2009-05-12 06:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
Duh! Of course the whites invented it*! They invented everything!

*It was actually Teh Jooz!

Date: 2009-05-12 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mao4269.livejournal.com
Just like they invented gunpowder, modern mathematics, and paper. Oh wait.

Date: 2009-05-13 05:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/
They didn't? Why you got to dash my conception of reality, dangit?

Date: 2009-05-12 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/
Well, you know, Jews are behind all sorts of crazy things. Conspiracy, totes.

Btw, in answer to your question, the tristate region refers specifically to the areas that are typical commuting distance from New York City - so, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

I'm surprised you found a black and white in Philly, honestly. I've never seen them outside of New Jersey and New York. I have no idea of their origins, though I'm guessing it was some immigrant group in New York in the early 20th century, as that's when they apparently started appearing in bakeries.

The more you know ...

Philadelphia here

Date: 2009-05-13 05:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corvus.livejournal.com
Oh, this isn't actually about race. It took me a second. You can get black and whites at 4th St. Deli, amongst other places.

Re: Philadelphia here

Date: 2009-05-13 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/
Aahahahahaha. Yeah, we were talking about the cookie, brought over from another thread, not people. That'd be bizarre.

But seriously, I've never seen them in Philly yet ... glad to know their popularity has reached a wider audience. They're too awesome for us NJ/NY folk to hoard for ourselves.

Re: Philadelphia here

Date: 2009-05-13 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corvus.livejournal.com
Of, for sure. I would actually assume that they've been in Philly for just as long as they've been everywhere else. The Jews, they are everywhere, and occasionally they have bakeries/delis, etc. Famous 4th St. Delicatessen has been around for a good 80 years at this point.

--

Re my original confusion: I totally had this great snarky comment to make about race and the lack of POCs in Philly and this and that. I typed it out and then reread your response and realized that you weren't, in fact... well, you know. Most amusing!

Re: Philadelphia here

Date: 2009-05-13 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/
I wanted to throat-check the dumbasses who during the last American election did in fact use the phrase, cuz you know they weren't talking about pastry.

Are black-and-whites Jewish? I really have no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised. I think all the yummy stuff in New York is traced back to them. For reference: bagels. OMG. You can't get a good bagel once you leave the tri-state region.

Excuse me while I wax poetic about food. Gastronomy makes me so happy.

Re: Philadelphia here

Date: 2009-05-13 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corvus.livejournal.com
Tri-State Region and Montreal!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal-style_bagel

And I associate black and whites with Jews, but maybe it's just my upbringing. It could just be a German thing, though I didn't see any in the bakeries when I lived in Berlin. And I was in the bakeries almost every day for brochen. Hrm!

Date: 2009-05-12 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thecityofdis.livejournal.com
This is ridiculous. My favorite author of all time is a black woman SF writer. POC read science fiction - and they write it, too! Oh no! My delicate white sensibilities!

Date: 2009-05-12 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
Couldn't agree with you more!

Date: 2009-05-12 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaetien.livejournal.com
Things like this continue to flummox me. Issues of race/gender/sexuality/etc usually do. It's always seemed to me that anyone with half a brain can easily see that such issues are NONissues, but apparently I vastly overestimate people.

But sadly, I cannot shout out. I'm as pasty-pale-white as they come.

Date: 2009-05-12 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
Yep, you think humanity has matured and then stuff like this happens.

Pasty-Pale-White fan right here as well!

Date: 2009-05-13 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stateofwonder.livejournal.com
White people thinking they've invented everything? Gee, that's never happened before!

Date: 2009-05-13 11:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
Like maps!
And everything written and drawn on 'em.

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V and Justice

V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.

Justice: Good evening, V.

V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...

Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.

V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."

V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.

Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!

V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!

V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.

Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...

V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!

V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.

V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.

Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?

V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.

*KABOOM!*

-"V for Vendetta"

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