07.04.13
Wow to the wow. I think I tried once before to read Cixous and was stumped. I’m not surprised. This is an essay but it’s closer to poetry and it’s taken me close to 4 hours to get through because at some points the length of the sentences just lost me.
Lots of quotes, because the lady says it better.

[Quotes]where woman has never her turn to ( Read more... )

24.09.11

3000 words. Excellent analysis of the role of women in sci-fi.

Quotes:

Think about culture as a cult: a group of people with a particular worldview.

How do you deprogramme a cult member? You remove them from the influence of those who inculcate the cultish values.

In real life, you can't isolate women from men completely. But in SF ( Read more... )

27.03.2011

Opinion: Colette’s life is fascinating but I’m not so sure about the writing style. It feels more like a collection of disconnected anecdotes than a coherent narration. I enjoyed it a lot but that made it a bit hard to read for long (the first few days I couldn’t stop and then it got harder to get through). I unfortunately lost the quotes ( Read more... )