Tag Archives: gender

A Big Dump of Mixed Links

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Cora

Somebody found my blog today by googling “cora buhlert sexy pics”. Now I’m torn between wondering who would be looking for sexy pics of my little old self on the internet and what exactly they were hoping to find. The … Continue reading →

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New Entries into Old Conversations

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Cora

The science fiction and fantasy genres have the tendency to have the same conversations over and over again, often for decades on end. There is the classic genre versus literary fiction debate, which never goes out of style, the evergreen … Continue reading →

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Eurovision revisited and more feminism and music links

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Cora

First of all, there is an addendum to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, for Thomas Schreiber, the guy in charge of entertainment at the public TV channel ARD and therefore ultimately responsible for the German entry to the Eurovision Song … Continue reading →

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Football and other links of interest

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Cora

More photos coming tomorrow, but today I’m starting with a subject that rarely comes up in this blog, namely sports, more precisely football (or soccer to the Americans among you). But here in Bremen, this really is the biggest news … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Linkdump

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Cora

The 2013 Locus Awards finalists have been announced. Many good choices there, though the male dominance (four men and one woman) in the YA category is a bit depressing, especially since YA is heavily female dominated. But then, the four … Continue reading →

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The Latest on the Women in SFF Debate

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Cora

I’ve been busy with other things these past few days, but meanwhile this year’s women in SFF debate is still going on. But then when is it ever not? Still, here are the latest links: As part of the Fantasy … Continue reading →

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Last Ever Koniginnendag Linkdump

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Cora

I don’t know how much press the abdication of the Dutch Queen Beatrix in favour of her son Prince, now King Willem-Alexander has gotten in the English speaking world (the Guardian seemed to think Amanda Knox was more interesting, which … Continue reading →

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Women in Speculative Fiction, News on the Grimdark Debate and the Unsung Heroes of German Literature

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Cora

Strange Horizons is once again fighting the good fight and has broken down book reviews in major SFF venues by gender of the author and reviewer. The results are still largely discouraging. At Salon, Alex Heimbach also reports on the … Continue reading →

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Politics in SF, Tough Women in Fiction and Pop Art Plagiarists

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Cora

Nope, no more awards links today, as the online SFF community seems to have moved on to a new uproar (which I don’t want to comment on due to knowing one of the people involved). So here are some non-Hugo, … Continue reading →

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The latest state of this year’s awards debate

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Cora

Apparently, we’re still talking about the Hugo and Clarke Awards, so here are the latest links: At Tor.com, Niall Alexander offers a summary of the uproar surrounding this year’s all-male, all-white Clarke Award shortlist. There’s not a whole lot in … Continue reading →

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