Tag Archives: gender

Another interview with Cora, some indie publishing links, Channel 4 occupies Alan Moore, more on gender in SFF and Downton Abbey saves traditional publishing

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Cora

First of all, I am interviewed at the Indie Book Lounge today, so head on over and check it out. If you want to read some of my past interviews, they are archived at the Interviews page. I’ve also got … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a Stormy Thursday

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Cora

Today was the first day of school after the winter holidays and students and staff were welcomed back by the worst storm of the winter so far. I’m actually surprised that they did not cancel school or at least the … Continue reading →

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Gender Roles and Gender Role Reversal in Fiction and Television

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Cora

YA writer Mette Ivie Harrison discusses gender masquerades and gender role reversal using the TV show The Mentalist as an example. I’ve been watching the show, but I have to confess that I never noticed the gender role reversal between … Continue reading →

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The e-book price wars, gendered toys and NASCAR hates breastfeeding

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Cora

Over at the Pegasus Pulp blog, I have a post entitled “2011 – Year of the Indie”. The subject should be rather obvious. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has an insightful post about the realities of the post Christmas e-book sales rush … Continue reading →

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More gender discussion, this time grammatical

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Cora

Aliette de Bodard, Keyan Bowes and Juliette Wade all respond to this study about how grammatical gender supposedly influences perception. I must confess that when I first read the National Public Radio article (since the actual study doesn’t seem to … Continue reading →

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Relationships and gender roles in Twilight, The Hunger Games, Buffy… and Scooby-Doo?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got lots of delicious links today, focusing on gender roles, relationships and the portrayal of young women in various pop culture franchises:

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More school drama, disliking a writer for the wrong reason and Pegasus Pulp e-books conquer Italy and Spain

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Cora

Another major drama erupted in my afternoon class today, ultimately spawned – as far as I could tell – by one girl telling another that she looked like a slut. This is really the most drama laden group I ever … Continue reading →

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Speculative YA, the invisible women of SFF and the trouble with Twilight bashing

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Cora

First of all, a happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers. Enjoy your turkey and side dishes. In fact, I always think the vegetable side dishes sound like the best thing about the whole affair. Cheryl Morgan has a great … Continue reading →

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Misfits Series 3, Episode 2

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Cora

After the excursion to Las Vegas in the season 3 prequel and last week’s introduction of new character Rudy, Misfits is back in more familiar waters with a lovely character-driven story for episode 2. Even better, this episode focuses on … Continue reading →

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The link between the Occupy movement and V for Vendetta or Downton Abbey respectively – and some other stuff

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Cora

I have come across a lot of interesting links of late, so here is a linkdump:

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