And the beat goes on...

[jinxed_wood]

Have you heard about the kerfuffle surrounding the new SFX edition about horror and the lack of female representation?

(Excuse me while the chorus warms up for the familiar refrain)

The Irish horror writer and blogger, Maura McHugh (splinister) initially pointed this out, and the Guardian's blog picked it up, as well as The F WordApparently the editor is

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[persiflage_1]

I heard about this somewhere else and was saddened but somehow unsurprised...

[jinxed_wood]

It's hard to be surprised about this sort of stuff anymore, but I'm always disappointed.

[persiflage_1]

Oh yes! I'm bitterly disappointed - there's really NO excuse for that these days, especially when the special edition is claiming to be a "broad church".

[beccadg]

Heh, when Kathryn Bigelow wins the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker there will be a female Oscar winning director of horror. She directed Near Dark. ;)

The fanboys just hate admitting how many girl cooties their precious horror has, not unlike when the sci-fi fanboys pitch fits about their precious sc-fi getting girl cooties.