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Hugo Award Nominees: 2013 Edition

What you should know without a doubt: How it wasn’t hard AT ALL to find awesome, award-worthy books and fanzines written by women – hear that, SF Fandom?

— Ana and Thea, The Book Smugglers

True fact

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Am I the only one who distrusts female fantasy authors?

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I don’t really practice my sexism in any other format than picking up new books. That said, it’s very hard for me to trust a female fantasy author.

Forever weeping

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SQUEEEEE. Much Ado About Nothing trailer!!!!

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So I wrote a thing

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Another day, another post about the topic that’s my catnip (or perhaps my kryptonite): representation of women authors on best-of lists. This time, it’s the NPR YA List from 2012, and although women tend to receive more recognition as YA authors, there is still plenty to discuss. The bloggers over at ladybusiness were kind enough to let me post my thoughts there:

The NPR YA List: Playing Favorites?

Check it out if you are interested!

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Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games

At its heart the damsel trope is not really about women at all, she simply becomes the central object of a competition between men (at least in the traditional incarnations). I’ve heard it said that “In the game of patriarchy women are not the opposing team, they are the ball.” So for example, we can think of the Super Mario franchise as a grand game being played between Mario and Bowser. And Princess Peach’s role is essentially that of the ball.

— Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency

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Mira Grant’s new book PARASITE has a cover! A gorgeous cover! BRING IT ON, SFF thriller featuring scary-looking pills!

Bookgazing: Here is a thing I am going to keep trying to do. I am going to keep...

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Here is a thing I am going to keep trying to do. I am going to keep reminding myself to like the ladies, all the ladies, on purpose. Especially the ones the dominant culture hates on so hard, but also the ones that dominant culture adores because eventually they’ll probably be hit by blow back…

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