Tag Archives: identity politics

obligatory RITA post

| Posted by Alexis Hall

Quick edit: So, in this post I talk about the lack of LGBTQ+ and POC representation in the historical romance category in the RITAs, but it’s been pointed out to me that I may inadvertently have created the impression that there is nobody … Continue reading →

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Holting Dragons

| Posted by Alexis Hall

Happy new year! I shall start 2018 as I mean to continue it by composing a blog post that has nothing to do with writing. My original plan was for this to be a summary of the various games I … Continue reading →

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why do i get triggered so easily over non con stuff

| Posted by Alexis Hall

One of the peculiarities of running a blog is that you get access to data about the search terms that bring people to that blog. And, on one level, that’s kind of creepy in the non-specific way that anything which … Continue reading →

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state of the Hall – march edition

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So, taking a brief break from blogging about games in various media to deploy some updates. I guess the major piece of news is that Pansies has been nominated for a RITA this year in the contemporary romance (long) category. … Continue reading →

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notes and corrections

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So you may have noticed that I won a RITA yesterday, or at about 4 o’clock this morning, my time. In the acceptance speech that I hastily threw together on Friday in the full expectation that nobody would ever actually … Continue reading →

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another difficult post

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So I’ve got a new book coming out in August. It’s called Looking For Group and, fair warning, it’s nerdy as fuck. This is probably one of those things that people overstate on the internet but nerd chic seems to … Continue reading →

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bi-erasure & me

| Posted by Alexis Hall

A month or so ago, there was an extremely controversial post—which I won’t go into the details of because it has since been removed—about the possibility or otherwise of writing bisexual romance. The original post upset a lot of people … Continue reading →

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on problems and messes

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So you might have noticed I’ve been mostly blogging about board games, and I did have a New Year’s Resolution to stay away from politicsy stuff because, honestly, I tend to find that it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Buuuut … Continue reading →

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I may not agree with what you say but i will try my best not to be a dick about it

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So there’s been yet another kerfuffle in the m/m community about this post over Dirty Discourse (warning for some NSFW images attached thereto). The post was entitled ‘Gay Men Are Not Collectables’ and in it the anonymous author talks about … Continue reading →

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you must be at least this tall

| Posted by Alexis Hall

Somewhat naively I’m going to start this post by saying it’s going to be quite short because my current intent is to make a couple of brief points about something that mildly irritates me. It will, of course, inevitably wind … Continue reading →

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