One White Guy’s Take on “Multiculturalism” and Steampunk

Rockwell - Golden Rule

Given the sorry state of inter-cultural relations in our world it isn’t any surprise that the Steampunk community also suffers from issues of intolerance and obliviousness. In general, I think that we do better than a lot of sub-cultures at celebrating difference and embracing diversity. But we also have to police ourselves far more since [...]

Suffering is Optional

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.” Peter O’Toole as Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – redeployed with excellent results in Prometheus (2012) by an android Michael Fassbender