Update: Tiptree Award renaming is in progress

The Motherboard listened, and they're changing the name.

We’ve read your thoughtful and pain-filled emails, tweets, and Facebook posts. We are sorry for the harm that’s been done, especially to some of the most marginalized members of our community.

We recognize that the award is necessary to the community, but can’t go on under its existing name. Now we need to figure out what to do next and how to do it. We’re working on it. And we’ll say more within a month.

( suggest new names, read two wonderful essays )

Sixth, Seventh, Eighth .... Senses

There's a fascinating conversation ongoing at Metafilter in response to the question

Polytalented professionals, what is something specific that you discover, detect, discern, diagnose or deduce through a sense.

Printers, pilots, cooks, parents, bird watchers, psychologists, white water rafters and many more provide detailed examples.

Intriguing in itself, and also a a great mine for fic characterziation!