Tag Archives: gender

Doctor Who and the married couple

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Cora

At Tor.com, Emily Asher-Perrin argues why she believes that a married couple traveling in the TARDIS is a good idea. I’ve stated before that I find it problematic that there now only seem to be two options open for women … Continue reading →

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Open season on political plagiarists – and some writing links

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Cora

More plagiarising politicians are biting the dust. First of all, the commission at the university of Bayreuth, which was supposed to investigate the Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg plagiarism case (extensively blogged about in these pages), has published its report, which … Continue reading →

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Romance, fantasy, e-books, unpatriotic superheroes and dead celebrities

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got one last photo post coming up, but in the meantime here’s a linkdump. Romance, fantasy, writing, e-books, comics, plagiarism and dead celebrities – we have it all:

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A few random observations about Ireland

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Cora

I decided to use my 10 Euros for 24 hours internet access to do some websurfing and pretty much the first thing I see is that Joanna Russ has died aged 74. I’m very shocked, because like many others I … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who and its problematic message to girls

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Cora

As you may know, I used to be a Doctor Who fan. I got into the original series when a friend hooked me up with some videos. Naturally, I was excited when the new series started back in 2005. I … Continue reading →

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More epic fantasy, military SF, invisible friends, Sarah Jane Smith and the awesome women of SF

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Cora

The current debate about epic fantasy is still raging, fueled by the premiere of the Game of Thrones TV adaption. Now, even the creator himself speaks, for George R.R. Martin breaks his policy not to respond to reviews and weighs … Continue reading →

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More Game of Thrones Reactions

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Cora

The uproar about the negative reviews of the TV adaption of A Game of Thrones at the New York Times and Slate is still going on (you can read my take here).

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Pulitzer Prize winner manages to insult chick lit authors

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Cora

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction goes to Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit From the Goon Squad. National Public Radio has more on the novel and why it won. Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Jennifer Egan. Jennifer Egan also … Continue reading →

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Historically accurate misogyny, anti-genre bias at the BBC and another Doctor Who death

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Cora

Paul Jessup wonders why misogynist tendencies in some epic fantasy works are always excused with “But that’s the way it was in medieval times”, when authors are otherwise not particularly interested in maintaining historical accuracy. Of course, historical accuracy is … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Linkdump

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Cora

Today is my birthday. I’ll probably post some photos later tonight, but first here is a linkdump with some more on gender and Game of Thrones, some writing advice, heroes and villains, super and otherwise and finally a signal boost. … Continue reading →

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