@chaosprime I have thought seriously about why That's Totally Different to the pups.
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@chaosprime Heinlein's politics, though often structurally radical, don't question the supremacy of (mostly) straight white old men. -
@chaosprime it:s only message fiction if the message makes me uncomfortable. -
@VinnieTesla Yeah. That's sufficiently cartoonishly hypocritical that I'd like a more nuanced explanation, but it is the actual reason. -
@VinnieTesla The thing about the Big Heyday of Pulpy Skiffy is that the successful authors were the ones who were best at audience handjobs. -
@VinnieTesla I distinctly remember the feeling, once I had gotten used to the continuous "you're so brave and smart, reader!" messaging... -
@VinnieTesla ...of *discomfiture* when I ventured out into the wilds of ~diverse~ material that wasn't about stroking my dick all the time. -
@VinnieTesla I know just where the Pups are coming from; they're the cowards who decided never to emerge from that comfort zone.
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