As one would expect, HERE BE SPOILERS, at least some ( Read more... )

Let's start with this long article by Laurie Penny about feminism and genderqueerness: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lauriepenny/how-to-be-a-genderqueer-feminist#.laVmV1j4BrRead more... )

I love superhero movies. Love them madly ( Read more... )

This is getting linked all over the place:

Oh No, She Didn’t: The Strong Female Character, Deconstructed | by Ilana C. Myer

For the most part, I agree with this essay, particularly her points such as:
Just as I don’t imagine most women want to be thought of as “female writers,” the idea of “female characters” as a category for discussion seems ( Read more... )

I am older than most of the young women who get metaphorically kicked in the teeth by the "fake geek girl" appellation. I'm sure age is a factor in that bullshit. The whole mess is based on the completely stupid notion that good-looking young women get into geekdom solely for the purpose of taking advantage of geek men ( Read more... )

The scene: the pizza place across from my office ( Read more... )

So very, very tired of having to see tides of sexism, and the inevitable flotsam of "But it's not sexism!" that follows in their wake. The filthy eddies of "They're just kids acting up, they don't know how the world really works, they don't appreciate how good they have it, we know better" that circulate in closed dead-end areas where the water of ( Read more... )

I'm going to weigh in on the Readercon situation with respect a particular point. I'm not the only person who has said this (I wish I could track down the other person's comment on the theme that nicely summed up my feelings, but there are so many threads in so many places I can't find it ( Read more... )

I have to believe that this is satire. Badly written satire.

Because if not... Dear Author, the 1980s called. They want their idiot romance novel heroine back.

ETA: Linky should be fixed now.

...from one of many link salads.

Male and female ability differences down to socialisation, not genetics.

(Spelling is British because it's in the UK's Guardian.)

I need a copy of this article pasted to a bat so I can club people with it.

The reason I perpetually refuse a GPS system is because my internal navigation system kicks ass, and my map ( Read more... )