At this point, unless a woman claims it was committed by a black or Hispanic man she didn’t previously know, all claims of rape, especially by a college woman, have to be considered intrinsically suspect”). That being said, and without painting all puppies with the same brush strokes (not all puppies!), it’s worth noting that Vox Day has a history of racism and misogyny (“White American men simply don’t rape these days. In his blog post “I Stand By Irene Gallo,” writer Chuck Wendig writes “I won’t get into the validity of her words - that is a slippery and easy trip down a particularly cankerous meat tunnel.” Leave your comments on the Tor publisher’s statement about Irene Gallo’s attack on #SadPuppies and #GamerGate here: Not surprisingly, Rabid Puppies leader and Gamergater Vox Day called for his supporters to head to Tor’s comment section: Rest assured, Tor remains committed to bringing readers the finest in science fiction – on a broad range of topics, from a broad range of authors. Gallo are not those of Tor as an organization and are not my own views. Let me reiterate: the views expressed by Ms. Gallo, have been reminded that they are required to clarify when they are speaking for Tor and when they are speaking for themselves. I apologize to anyone hurt by my comments.ĭoherty’s message clarifies that “some of the authors on the Sad Puppy slate have been published by Tor and Tor.com,” and concludes: I realize I painted too broad a brush and hurt some individuals, some of whom are published by Tor Books and some of whom are Hugo Award winners. This is my personal page I do not speak on behalf of Tor Books or Tor.com.

She later apologized for any confusion her initial comment might have caused, sayingĪbout my Sad/Rabid Puppies comments: They were solely mine. A noisy few but they’ve been able to gather some Gamergate folks around them and elect a slate of bad-to-reprehensible works on this year’s Hugo ballot. They are unrepentantly racist, sexist and homophobic. There are two extreme right-wing to neo-nazi groups, called the Sad Puppies and the Rabid Puppies respectively, that are calling for the end of social justice in science fiction and fantasy.

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