One of the things I can't square with my experience is the "feminist sex problem." The one where feminists of my generation were suppoosed to have turned their backs on sex, to have equated seuality with patriarchal oppression--where we were supposed to have abandoned our sexual bodies and turned our backs on anything flirtatious and fun ( Read more... )

(I've been back almost a week, I have internet, but I am also jetlagged so I will only be gradually be catching up with reading everything you all wrote while I was having offline adventures, and also only gradually catching up on telling you about those adventures. Also, I have book news, but I will save that for later today ( Read more... )

Every so often someone will go on a rampage about femininity. Well, daily, probably. There's always too much of it and there's always too little of it. Women aren't feminine enough if they choose their own clothing or occupations or make any demands for equality (that's being "strident" which is a crime against femininity). Men here lately are ( Read more... )

In the last few dayus ther have been a number of really quite wonderful posts all around the web about the representation of women (and people of color, and etc) in fantasy and historical fiction. I know sometimes writiers feel oppressed by this kind of discussion, because it makes them feel like they have a to-do list on top of their plots and ( Read more... )