Tag Archives: gender

More Mary Sue and an e-book post

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s Mary Sue post seems to have struck a chord, judging by the amount of traffic and Twitter links. There also was a trackback spam from an obvious porn site, which just baffled me. Foz Meadows also offers a great … Continue reading →

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The Mary Sue Conundrum

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Cora

Zoe Marriott, Holly Black and Elizabeth Bear all point out how problematic not to mention misogynist the term “Mary Sue” has become of late. I completely agree, because the term “Mary Sue” has become completely overused of late. Partly this … Continue reading →

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A Rainy Day Linkdump

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Cora

The rainstorm that lasted for most of yesterday night and this morning caused floodings all over Bremen. When I got up this morning, the air had a strangely brownish yellowish tinge. Almost like a sandstorm or after a nuclear explosion, … Continue reading →

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Supernatural miracle pregnancies and the hatred of pregnant women

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Cora

Feminist Frequency has a video essay on the supernatural miracle pregnancy, which has to be one of my most hated fantasy and SF tropes ever. Careful, the video may be triggering. At least it was for me. Found via Jay … Continue reading →

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Dog Day Disasters – and a Linkdump

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Cora

We’re in the middle of the so-called dog days, i.e. the hottest and most unpleasant days of summer, ruled by Sirius, the dog star. Of course, this year it’s not hot at all, at least in Germany. Today, the highest … Continue reading →

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Gender, Characterisation and Smurfs

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Cora

Here’s another great contribution to the debate about women in SFF and literature in general: Max Barry explains why the marginalization of women is all down to dogs and Smurfs. The point about animals being considered male by default does … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, it just hits a bit too close to home

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Cora

The phone system is working again – at least for now. There was no exterior intervention, it just suddenly worked again. However, I’m still having online trouble such as getting assigned weird IP addresses. Plus, I cannot access certain sites … Continue reading →

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Women writers, international writers, marginalized writers

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Cora

Today, for the first time since the whole Strunk and White madness erupted (chronicled here for anybody who hasn’t read it yet), my top search string for the day is something other than some combination of Strunk, White and fanfiction. … Continue reading →

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Gender roles in SFF romance hybrids

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Cora

Right now, there are a couple of interesting discussions about gender roles in hybrid forms between the speculative fiction genres and the romance genre, that is urban fantasy, paranormal romance, futuristic romance, SF romances, etc… attackfish has a great Bittercon* … Continue reading →

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A Plagalanche, toxic Westeros, responses to romance bashing, rape in fantasy, redneck bashing and Dallas remade

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s plagiarism post has broken the visitor record for this blog, largely due to a link from the VroniPlag press review. The VroniPlag press review also offers a link to this Spiegel Online article about the Althusmann case. Turns out … Continue reading →

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