moreso than science fiction itself, i like it when chicks drop knowledge.
“If there’s something keeping women away from enjoying science fiction, it’s not spaceships. It’s not “aliens on some far-off planet.” It’s the fact that people on our very own planet keep telling us that women aren’t supposed to like science fiction. It’s a self-confirming prophesy, because the more that scifi creators are told this, the more they imagine that their audience is all boys. So they write rich, believable male characters and boring, cookie-cutter lady characters. They organize conventions with panels devoted to shit like “the hottest women of science fiction” and nothing devoted to female heroes — or the kinds of hotties that straight women might want to see (i.e., men).”
from annalee newitz’s io9 blog
scifi has has been reintroduced to me in the last year or so, and i think it might be one of the most highly underrated (or at least “socially miscategorized”) genres of media, literature, film and television.
p.s. i said “drop knowledge.”
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