Tag Archives: genre wank

2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards: Get out the popcorn!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Cora

The winners of the 2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards have been announced. You may recall that this year’s nominations proved to be unexpectedly controversial, when a bunch of people did not agree with the nominated works and creators at all. … Continue reading →

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SFWA drama comes to a conclusion

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Cora

The ongoing drama about racism and sexism in the SFWA (just read the other posts in the series for an overview, particularly this one) has finally come to a conlusion of sorts. Yesterday, the SFWA posted the official announcement that … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Girl Cooties

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Cora

Yes, we’re still having that conversation – sigh. Though by now it’s not one conversation but at least four different intertwined discussions, one about SF romance and how some men feel threatened by it, one about racism and sexism in … Continue reading →

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Return of the Girl Cooties

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Cora

To be exact, they never really went away, because the multiple discussions about sexism and racism in SFF and what to do about it are still going on, which deserves another link round-up. Mostly, this one involves posts of note … Continue reading →

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SFWA: It gets worse…

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Cora

So we have been having a discussion, the umpteenth reiteration of a discussion that has been going on since the 1930s, about the marginalization of women and for that matter people of colour and GLBT people in the SFF community. … Continue reading →

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Bride of the Girl Cooties

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Cora

Oh my God, the girl cooties are not just polluting SFF with their sheer femaleness, now they’re lesbian as well! It’s the end of the universe as we know it, I’m telling you. Anyway, the overlapping discussions about science fiction … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Girl Cooties or Do we need a different writers organisation?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Cora

Warning! Knowing what happened to other women who dared to have opinions, be warned that trollish comments will either be deleted with extreme prejudice or held up for ridicule. In the past few days, the ongoing discussion about women in … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the Girl Cooties

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Cora

At The Story Hub, Stuart Sharp offers his opinion about the increased popularity of science fiction romance. If you assume that he is worrying about romance writers somehow sullying the sacred halls of the SF genre, you got it in … Continue reading →

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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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