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Hugo Awards thoughts
Aug. 24th, 2015 02:03 pmETA: Putting the whole post behind a cut, for including discussion of abusive behaviour and links to posts that discuss the same.
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*I also feel that if you were happy with Kameron Hurley's win last year for Fan Writer, it's hypocritical to view Mixon's presence on the ballot as illegitimate. Although Hurley had a larger body of fan-writing work, and while I can't know the motivations behind those who nominated and voted for her, I suspect she owed her presence on the ballot in the Fan Writer category to her essay 'We Have Always Fought', which resonated with a great number of voters, and for this reason could be said to have been nominated on the strength of a single work. Your mileage may vary on the validity of this comparison.
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*I also feel that if you were happy with Kameron Hurley's win last year for Fan Writer, it's hypocritical to view Mixon's presence on the ballot as illegitimate. Although Hurley had a larger body of fan-writing work, and while I can't know the motivations behind those who nominated and voted for her, I suspect she owed her presence on the ballot in the Fan Writer category to her essay 'We Have Always Fought', which resonated with a great number of voters, and for this reason could be said to have been nominated on the strength of a single work. Your mileage may vary on the validity of this comparison.