A Report on Damage Done by One Individual Under Several Names

Benjanun Sriduangkaew has established herself over the past two years as a well-liked and talented newer writer. As a lesbian Thai woman, sheidentifies as a member of a highly marginalized community, and there has been quite a bit of excitement in progressive circles around her rise inpopularity as a short story writer. She has been publishing SFF since 2012 and is a John W. Campbell nominee for 2014.In September 2014 she was publicly revealed as Requires Hate, a controversial rage-blogger. Thai blogger Requires Hate appeared on the scenein mid-2011, and has built her reputation primarily by publishing vitriolic reviews of various writers’ books. She has ruffled a lot of feathers, butshe too has her advocates: progressives (among them people I hold in high regard), who appreciate that—despite her sometimes over-the-toprhetoric—she unapologetically speaks up for people of color and queer/ LGBTQI people, calling out racist, homophobic, misogynist content inmany popular SFF novels and stories.

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