Diversity Rules Magazine

3 Diversity Rules Magazine May 2017 D a v i d - E l i j a h Nahmod is a film critic and report- er in San Fran- cisco. His articles appear regularly in The Bay Area Reporter and SF Weekly. You can also find him on Facebook and Twitter. So I've been nominated for an award. I'm nominated in the Best Columnist category at this year's Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Film Awards (www.rondoaward. com ), which annually hon- ors the horror genre's best in film, television, writing and art. It's not my first nomi- nation--at the 2012 Rondos I was voted Best Film Re- viewer for reviewing horror movies in Scary Monsters and Videoscope Magazines, two print publications. is time out I'm nominated for Bay of the Living Dead, a twice a month column I do for Broke Ass Stuart, an arts/culture/activism web- site in San Francisco: http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/ tag/bay-of-the-living-dead/ It's always fun to be nominated for a Rondo Award, and winning as I did in 2012 was a genuine thrill--I now display my award statuette proudly. I've been cam- paigning for my current nomination on social media, hoping for the best. It would be nice to win again, but regardless of what happens this year, my 2012 award identifies me as a winner for life! It therefore saddened me to see a fellow nominee cam- paigning against me on Facebook. My "opponent" (I've never met nor spoken with the guy) is angry at me for a scathing hit piece I wrote about the fan base of the classic TV series Dark Shadows, a show which has made recurring appearances in this column. "e author continuously badmouths the show, some of the actors, the festival attendees, the festival atten- dants, and the festival's sponsors...not to mention DS fandom altogether," he wrote on the pages of several mutual Facebook friends, two of whom told him to keep his personal vendettas off their timelines. Indeed wrote a story titled Why Do Dark Shadows Fans Hate So Much? Which was published on July 7, 2016 in Bay Area Reporter, an LGBT publication in San Francisco: http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article. php?sec=television&article=249 is was neither the first nor the last time I wrote about the atrocious conduct of the Dark Shadows fan base. I stand by every word. Anti-gay attacks, ridicul- ing people with physical disabilities and mental health issues, stalking, harassment, threats, physical assaults, these are some of the reprehensible behaviors which go on at Dark Shadows Festivals, related events, and Dark Shadows chat rooms. During my junior high years I ran home from school to watch Dark Shadows. e show launched my life- long love of classic horror films. e time travel sto- rylines on Dark Shadows, which took viewers back to the 18th and 19th centuries, gave me an appreciation for costume dramas and a great deal of respect for stage PTSD - Con't on page 9 If You Could Read My Mind Worst Therapist in the World - Part 2 By David-Elijah Nahmod

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