Orson Scott Card, renowned author of Ender’s Game, a homophobe. Well I guess I wont get around to reading anymore of his works anytime soon. It’s really rather appalling how far his hatred goes. He only stops short of saying outright gay people should be thrown into the gas chambers. Here’s a link to another blogs post on the subject with links to Orson Scott Cards essays where he says these things.
Posts Tagged ‘Gay’
Ooooh, The Introductory Who Am I Post….
For those inclined to read past the first sentence.
I’m a college student at NYU Tisch, (yes I’m proud of that) studying Acting with an emphasis on Musical Theatre. Previous to college I went to school in Southern California at a private arts school where I also trained in theater. So discourse on all things art from the ethereal to the concrete are familiar. (Although I tend to lean towards the “please stop trying to infuse every aspect of art and creation with meaning substance and commentary on society and just let it viscerally communicate without having to make it so much more than it is” crowd) My time previously was divided between the locales of Fargo ND, Asheville NC, SoCal. Now however I call New York NY home, and am focused on survival as a poor college student with limited resources in a city that thrives on sucking them away. So because as anyone who has been to New York knows I’ll probably go through conflicting phases of inspiration, and phases of doing anything I can to stop having to think. They’ll probably be a lot about various aspects of life in nyc as this thing continues.
Anyway other things about me…. Well, I’m Gay let’s just get that one out now. (Although really not nearly as stereotypical as one would imagine considering I’m in theatre.) As a result I’m very interested in gender and identity studies. I find a lot of the inner workings of how people think fascinating as an actor, particularly those moments of crisis when people are put in situations where they are forced to react in ways that surprise even themselves.
I love and appreciate pretty much all forms of art. I’m an avid reader and devour books. I confess a love for Fantasy SciFi especially particular those works which break convention. I’m actually probably more knowledgeable in this area than theatre. And you’ll find a lot in this blog about what I’m reading or thinking about as a result.
(Currently reading, Iron Council by China Mieville, Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear, and Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman but more on those in the next couple days.)
Anyway I’m a bit tired as it’s 4 am and I’m no longer able to remember the things that make me intriguing which is always a good sign that you should stop trying to write about them….
And I’m currently listening to [Title of Show] go Title of Show! More about that and it’s wonderfulness soon.
