Diversity in ToCs

[girliejones]

Here's a really awesome post in Tempest Bradford's blog about the issue of diversity in science fictional anthologies.

To wit: when anthologies like this hit the Internets and we look at the TOC it’s very easy to notice that there are no women. It is therefore very easy to comment on and get angry about this fact.It is also easy for editors to

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[cassiphone]

the idea that writing about people, being character focused or indeed concentrating on telling a story about life, is somehow not science fiction, is considered to be some different kind of story/genre in which no "plot" is needed or is not as "valid" in some way.Funnily enough, writing about people is only ever cited as a flaw of science fiction which is written by women. Men are given a free pass - indeed, when they write stories with interesting characters, people tend to COMPLIMENT them on that fact. Amazing, huh

[girliejones]

I know, I need the books! I will also admit that when I was nominating some New Ceres Nights stuff for the Tiptree, I did take a tour of the store and there were so many books there I needed, I thought I needed to come back. I really should put feminist SF reading on my Road to Awesome list, so that I set aside time and do it.

Better to fight than to not care, but some days it just hurts and hurts too much. Though today i was given a CD with 50 awesome songs by awesome women on it by my friend G "affirming the beauty and power of womankind".