So what are some of your favorite girl revolutonaries, and why? Can be YA, adult fantasy, sf, whatever. They don't have to be leaders, but I'm after the ones who gain agency.

Florence Marryat, whose life was as interesting as her novels. And ghosts.

TV, memoirs, powerless women with agency, marriage and doctrine.

The all-women science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters is out. All kinds of stories! My contribution is about old ladies who get powers, called "Commando Bats."

If you get it and read it, I would love to know what you think!

(Edited to add, women who have a suitable story for the second volume, guidelines are here.

gillpolack has been hosting essays all month, finishing up with this one from writer/historian Kari Sperring.

Hosted by gillpolack, if I were forty years younger and had the wherewithal to go overseas for the research, here is the woman I'd like to share with the world.

How about you--biography, novel, film, graphic novel series, who would you like to share with the world?

I've been reading Deborah J. Ross's The Seven-Petaled Shield, which starts off with an massive invasion, as many epic fantasies do. But it departs from the usual by sticking to the point-of-view of the wife and mother (step-mother), rather than the king, his heroic sons, or any of the male characters.

Ross, a veteran martial artist, talks more ( Read more... )

I know I posted on this the other day, but because the discussion was so interesting, and because I hope that people might respond--and make suggestions of good books to read--I modified the post a bit and put it up at BVC ( Read more... )

seajules has a nifty post about women, poetry, and spec fic there.