Tag Archives: gender

Game of Thrones and genre-unfriendly critics

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Cora

For some reason only known to themselves, the New York Times published not one but two reviews of the upcoming TV adaption of A Game of Thrones. The review by Heather Havrilesky I discussed yesterday at least managed to take … Continue reading →

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Epic and Urban Fantasy Linkdump

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Cora

Lots of people are thinking about epic fantasy, urban fantasy, gender and what makes a genre at the moment. And since I’m too tired to write something myself, here is a linkdump:

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More plagiarism allegations and more epic fantasy debates – yes, it’s one of those days

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Cora

Today was the last day of school, which means two weeks of Easter/spring holidays. In theory, the holidays only start on Friday, but my Wednesday class is currently doing work experience internships and Thursday is Future Day, which is the … Continue reading →

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Gender and the shifting definitions of epic and urban fantasy

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Cora

The hot topic of the moment certainly seems to be the differences (and commonalities) between male and female written speculative fiction.

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Speculative fiction, gender, taste and why “the domestic and mushy stuff” is important

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Cora

The debate over gender imbalances in speculative fiction reviewing rages on across the internet with several interesting posts. There are some links as well as lengthy ruminations by me behind the cut.

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Gender Balance in Speculative Fiction – and a farewell to Mother Drombusch

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, the hot topic du jour is gender balance or rather imbalance in speculative fiction, inspired by this Strange Horizons post about gender imbalance in reviews of speculative fiction. Sherwood Smith, Kari Sperring and Juliet E. McKenna all weigh in. … Continue reading →

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Last of the Great Hollywood Divas

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Cora

Or should that rather be “divae”? Anyway, Elizabeth Taylor died yesterday aged 79. I first heard it on the radio, while driving home from school. The radio obituary made a really dumb error, too. They said that Liz Taylor had … Continue reading →

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Leipzig Book Fair interviews, sexualized urban fantasy heroines, lost exchange students, blogs and e-book prices – yes, it’s a linkdump

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Cora

Since I’ve been busy building up the Buhlert Web Empire and lending some moral support to a relative in a difficult situation, today’s post is a linkdump. But then, the Internet has been serving up some very tasty links of … Continue reading →

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Midweek Writing Links

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Cora

I’m working on a longer post, but meanwhile there has been a lot of interesting writing discussion going on the internet. So here are some writing links.

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100 Years of International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Cora

One hundred years ago today, German Socialist Clara Zetkin introduced International Women’s Day to be celebrated on March 8th. So let’s celebrate awesome women everywhere. Why not start by reading some Clara Zetkin? Some of her writing are available online … Continue reading →

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