Harlan Ellison breast grabbing incident (2006): Difference between revisions
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* [http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=60 Feminist SF - The Blog] ("Yes, Harlan Ellison has always been a sexist creep - and he still is") | * [http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=60 Feminist SF - The Blog] ("Yes, Harlan Ellison has always been a sexist creep - and he still is") | ||
* [http://pnh.livejournal.com/25131.html Making Light - Patrick Nielsen Hayden] | * [http://pnh.livejournal.com/25131.html Making Light - Patrick Nielsen Hayden] (It's not okay. It's not funny. It wasn't a blow against bourgeois pieties or political correctness. It was just pathetic and nasty and sad and most of us didn't want to watch it." PNH also made the direct link to George W. Bush's 2006 shoulder-rub of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.) | ||
* [http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2006_08.html#000395 Ben Rosenbaum's open letter to Harlan Ellison] | * [http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2006_08.html#000395 Ben Rosenbaum's open letter to Harlan Ellison] | ||
* Harlan's "apologetic" comment (need link) | * Harlan's "apologetic" comment (need link) | ||
Revision as of 09:40, 24 February 2007
Harlan Ellison grabbed Connie Willis' breast live on stage at a 2006 Hugo Awards ceremony. Widely perceived as offensive, including reportedly by Willis herself, Ellison contended throughout Fall of 2006 that the gesture was intended as a playful gesture in response to Willis' comment about his infantile behavior. At times he acknowledged that his behavior was boorish, but apparently felt that it was in keeping with his widespread reputation as "outspoken" and "obnoxious". However, fans thoroughly fisked the incident and his responses afterwards, and brought to light numerous other incidents of "obnoxious" behavior that reflected gender-specific targeting of inappropriate behavior.
Discussions and commentary at:
- Feminist SF - The Blog ("Yes, Harlan Ellison has always been a sexist creep - and he still is")
- Making Light - Patrick Nielsen Hayden (It's not okay. It's not funny. It wasn't a blow against bourgeois pieties or political correctness. It was just pathetic and nasty and sad and most of us didn't want to watch it." PNH also made the direct link to George W. Bush's 2006 shoulder-rub of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.)
- Ben Rosenbaum's open letter to Harlan Ellison
- Harlan's "apologetic" comment (need link)