

And he endorses nicknaming the Puppy movement “ the slate-ening,” an apparent callback to “ The Fappening,” hackers’ approving term for the 2014 celebrity photo leaks. On his blog, he refers to his progressive enemies as SJWs (“social justice warriors,” a Gamergate coinage describing a shadowy conspiracy of liberals and identity politickers out to trample white male freedom). seem animated by a similar leeriness of minority voices and perspectives, but Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have tried to document Twitter cross-pollination between the movements.* Correia in particular appears unperturbed by the Gamergate-SP connection. Wright has not a single bestseller to his name, operates out of a tiny Finland-based publishing house that is run, not coincidentally, by Vox Day, and perhaps wrought his most eternal turn of phrase when he called the creators of the Legend of Korra “disgusting, limp, soulless sacks of filth.” Their crime? Confirming that two female characters in the franchise liked women.)*ĭay is far from the only writer to invoke Gamergate as a model for the Puppies. Wright, an author notorious for his homophobic views.” (And not much else, I might add.

“Three of the five Best Novel nominees come from the Sad Puppies list, while the Best Novella shortlist is identical to Vox Day’s own recommendations-including three separate nominations for works by John C. As the Daily Dot observes, the SPs-and their even more extreme cousins, the Rabid Puppies, led by Vox Day-swept all the main categories.
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The Puppies aimed to right this wrong by using wholly legal freep tactics to advance a better slate of Hugo authors. No longer interested in adventure, argue the Puppies, the Hugos have grown elitist, academic, and overly ideological-irrelevant to the average fan. It’s actually about gay and transgender issues. Finally, a book with a painting of a person wearing a mechanized suit of armor! Holding a rifle! War story ahoy! Nope, wait.
