Trope: The Singular Woman
I seem to be focused on tropes today. I just read a 1972 science fiction story, by a male author,...
Archive for Gender
Moderators: Don’t try to guess audience members’ genders
A note to convention panel moderators: when you're calling on audience members, please don't attempt to identify them by gender....
Hugo-nominee gender update
I just followed a link to Kalimac's 2015 LiveJournal post showing author gender for Hugo-nominated fiction. I compared it with...
Gender stats: my father’s anthologies
So far, I've read or skimmed or at least glanced at 16 of the anthologies that my father owned. Here...
Baen and Stirling on women in combat
In 1988, S. M. Stirling sold a novel to Baen Books that was set in an alternate history in which...
Awesome new forthcoming Ultimates series
I'm really looking forward to the new Ultimates comic book series. The team will consist of Ms. America, Black Panther,...
Marvel’s upcoming diverse comics
Spent way too much time reading comics over the past couple days when I should've been doing other stuff. But...
Peeve: How young is a “young girl”?
I keep seeing the phrase “young girl” used in all sorts of contexts. It almost always bugs me, because it...
Thor writer on the new female Thor
I just realized that the first issue of the new Thor comic-book series is out, the one that, as announced...
Excellent feminist movie: Made in Dagenham
I just rewatched the 2010 movie Made in Dagenham. It's even better than I remembered it: feminist, laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally...
My WorldCon schedule
I'll be arriving in London on Wednesday morning; Mary Anne and I will spend the day hanging out and battling...
Lucy and the Guardians at the box office
When I saw the trailer for Lucy a few months back, the movie looked pretty bad to me, but I...