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@gravitule have you seen this? http://bit.ly/1GgCep Can´t believe it!!! 21 days ago |
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http://bit.ly/1GgCep - seriously?? are we back on the Dark Ages? are there cavemen living among us? 26 days ago |
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@tazary Have you seen this blog screed on the feminisation/gayification of sci-fi (and SyFy)? http://tinyurl.com/ykdrqpo 26 days ago |
The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky
Planet-x.com.au —
Science fiction is a very male form of fiction. Considerably more men than women are interested in reading and watching science fiction than women. This is no surprise. Science fiction traditionally is about men doing things, …
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The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky
Is Science Fiction Becoming 'Feminized'?
SF Signal —
... A random Google Search for science fiction turned up a ditty of an article. It's titled The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky and it attempts to show how science fiction is becoming too "feminized": ...
Quotas in the ToC
Jim C. Hines —
... I don’t buy either explanation. Sure, there are sexist idiots out there, but I believe most editors choose stories they enjoy, based on what they’ve read. ...
October 14, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
Current controversy for the mid-week is The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky which can be summed up as Women, Gays Apparently Ruining Sci-Fi For the Rest of Us. (Also see John Scalzi's A Boy’s Own Genre, or Not). Interviews Bitten by Books interviews Jim C. Hines. Lon Prater interviews John Brown. Carolyn Kellogg interviews Michael Chabon. David Wellington interviews Ritch Duncan and Bob Powers. Jaymee Goh interviews James Ng. BSC Review interviews ...
Is Science Fiction Feminized Or Is It Sexist? Both. [Rant]
io9 —
... The hullabaloo is over an anonymous essay about the "feminization of science fiction" published on a conservative "men's issues" site called The Spearhead. The author writes, in part: ...
A Call For Gender Equality in Science Fiction, Once and For All
The Galaxy Express —
... Perhaps you've recently heard about the infamous post in which the author rants and raves about how women are destroying the very foundation of science fiction. If not, here are a few excerpts: ...
