Comments on: SF writers Jim C Hines and John Scalzi dress up as sexy female assassins to raise money for The Aicardi Syndrome Foundation http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1606104 Amelia_G Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1606104 Love it! More eyeliner and black lingerie, please. Love it! More eyeliner and black lingerie, please.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605929 Deidzoeb Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605929 From Jim Hines' blog: "Way back in the beginning of 2012 when I started doing this cover pose thing, the idea was to take the poses many female characters are contorted into for book covers, and to find a way to highlight exactly how ridiculous and impractical they were. And also to have fun. ... The trouble is, I didn’t spend much time introducing and contextualizing the Cover Pose Tradition at the start of the fundraiser. And when we did the first Scalzi/Hines pose-off, while I plugged the fundraiser, I didn’t provide any context at all for why we were doing this." http://www.jimchines.com/2012/12/wait-what-were-we-laughing-at/ From Jim Hines’ blog: “Way back in the beginning of 2012 when I started doing this cover pose thing, the idea was to take the poses many female characters are contorted into for book covers, and to find a way to highlight exactly how ridiculous and impractical they were. And also to have fun. … The trouble is, I didn’t spend much time introducing and contextualizing the Cover Pose Tradition at the start of the fundraiser. And when we did the first Scalzi/Hines pose-off, while I plugged the fundraiser, I didn’t provide any context at all for why we were doing this.”

http://www.jimchines.com/2012/12/wait-what-were-we-laughing-at/

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605878 SoItBegins Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605878 This is hilari-awesome. This is hilari-awesome.

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605723 rocketpjs Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605723 And for what it's worth, I am totally OK with women dressing however they please - including strapless assassin gowns with garters or whatever.  But I am inclined to agree that the ridiculous 'chainmail bikini' book cover thing is something to be mocked. I am also OK with anyone at all wearing those things or anything else.  But the writers are mocking the specific book cover sexy awkward pose thing.  And I think they do a fine job of it. And for what it’s worth, I am totally OK with women dressing however they please – including strapless assassin gowns with garters or whatever.  But I am inclined to agree that the ridiculous ‘chainmail bikini’ book cover thing is something to be mocked.

I am also OK with anyone at all wearing those things or anything else.  But the writers are mocking the specific book cover sexy awkward pose thing.  And I think they do a fine job of it.

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605721 rocketpjs Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605721 I thought the whole point is that the way women are portrayed on book covers (and specifically SF&F covers) is absurd, and they are duplicating the poses as a way to underline the absurdity of the situation. I thought the whole point is that the way women are portrayed on book covers (and specifically SF&F covers) is absurd, and they are duplicating the poses as a way to underline the absurdity of the situation.

]]> By: JuicyLA http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605695 JuicyLA Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605695 "mind-searing"? Man, it's so awful when men dress the ways that you're totally fine having women dress.  “mind-searing”? Man, it’s so awful when men dress the ways that you’re totally fine having women dress. 

]]> By: Richard Wolff http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605692 Richard Wolff Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605692 competing to see who could was most credible as a sexy female assassin book-cover illustration lady. not so good at being literate here and maybe its just me but isn't that just a terrible sentence? competing to see who could was most credible as a sexy female assassin book-cover illustration lady.

not so good at being literate here and maybe its just me but isn’t that just a terrible sentence?

]]> By: Pope Ratzo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605690 Pope Ratzo Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605690  The message is that Milton Berle was a genius.  The message is that Milton Berle was a genius.

]]> By: Pope Ratzo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605647 Pope Ratzo Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605647 I'd hit that. I’d hit that.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605616 Preston Sturges Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605616 I'm just jealous that they are pulling off that look better than i ever could.  I’m just jealous that they are pulling off that look better than i ever could. 

]]> By: ZikZak http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605615 ZikZak Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605615 At some point, we're no longer laughing at sexist sci-fi tropes, we're laughing at men in feminine dress and poses. I'm not going to lie, that can be funny.  But the commentary about how awful or disturbing it is makes me wonder exactly what the message is supposed to be here. At some point, we’re no longer laughing at sexist sci-fi tropes, we’re laughing at men in feminine dress and poses.

I’m not going to lie, that can be funny.  But the commentary about how awful or disturbing it is makes me wonder exactly what the message is supposed to be here.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605551 tristan eldritch Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605551 As to which makes the more credible sexy assassin, I think that would be what is called an Alien versus Predator-type question. As to which makes the more credible sexy assassin, I think that would be what is called an Alien versus Predator-type question.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605548 Preston Sturges Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605548 Lemon party Lemon party

]]> By: Zyr http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605537 Zyr Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605537 Is a crossbow a standard writing tool? Is a crossbow a standard writing tool?

]]> By: mikedt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605493 mikedt Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605493 So they want me to give money or they'll continue to post pictures like this? So they want me to give money or they’ll continue to post pictures like this?

]]> By: Steve Pan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605475 Steve Pan Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605475 Scalzi is the best scifi writer  Scalzi is the best scifi writer 

]]> By: DavidK44 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605448 DavidK44 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605448 As they reached $5000, Mary Robinette Kowal will join Hines, Scalzi, Pat Rothfuss and Charles Stross in a pose-off at ConFusion.  Mary will take the male role; they already have a cover in mind. As they reached $5000, Mary Robinette Kowal will join Hines, Scalzi, Pat Rothfuss and Charles Stross in a pose-off at ConFusion.  Mary will take the male role; they already have a cover in mind.

]]> By: GlyphGryph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605443 GlyphGryph Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605443  Actually, if you look at the full size picture, they both have their knives. They are just kind of hard to see in the small ones.  Actually, if you look at the full size picture, they both have their knives. They are just kind of hard to see in the small ones.

]]> By: GlyphGryph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605445 GlyphGryph Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605445 Actually, yes! Didn't you read the next milestones? (Specifically, the 5k goal is a group shot with a male center character that will be played by a woman, and a harem of females played by the men. And it's already had it's goal reached!) Actually, yes! Didn’t you read the next milestones?

(Specifically, the 5k goal is a group shot with a male center character that will be played by a woman, and a harem of females played by the men. And it’s already had it’s goal reached!)

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605430 millie fink Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605430 Will you shave your legs AND your arms when it's your turn Cory? Will you shave your legs AND your arms when it’s your turn Cory?

]]> By: Hegelian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605422 Hegelian Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605422 And now what, do we get female writers posing as the cliche'd shirtless hunks on the cover of romance novels? And now what, do we get female writers posing as the cliche’d shirtless hunks on the cover of romance novels?

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605415 franko Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605415 Scalzi, by a landslide. Scalzi, by a landslide.

]]> By: Marky http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605404 Marky Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605404 They both forgot their knives. My neuralizer need new battries, and I'm all out of eyeball bleach. They both forgot their knives.

My neuralizer need new battries, and I’m all out of eyeball bleach.

]]> By: Neowolf http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605383 Neowolf Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605383 Some things that are seen cannot be unseen. Some things that are seen cannot be unseen.

]]> By: eruditeogre http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/sf-writers-jim-c-hines-and-joh.html#comment-1605380 eruditeogre Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199868#comment-1605380 Yeah, but Jim shaved his LEG! Yeah, but Jim shaved his LEG!

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