Over the last couple of years, there has been increasing discussion online about the ongoing gender disparity in science fiction (SF). We still see low representations of women in science fiction magazines and anthologies, many awards shortlists, and in criticism of the genre. One of the issues that has become apparent is that those who commentate and review the genre wield much power in directing what works get read and recognised. To me, this seems like a significant wall that needs to be broken down in the quest to see women equally respected and represented in this genre.
Sociology
Sex Bias in BioMedicine
Women remain vastly underrepresented in biomedical research despite significant differences in the way they experience many diseases, medications and therapies compared to men. Despite federal mandates to include women in studies, there is much that still needs to be done, says Teresa Woodruff, a leading women’s health scientist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in a June 9 commentary in the journal Nature.
Catholic: “Scripture kids would miss out on ethics”
Gack, if it’s possible for me to be less and less impressed with organised Christian churches and their attempts at changing the way the State runs, it’s happening. They’ve been appearing to be increasingly panicked about the prospect of schools… Read More ›
feministhulk talks to Ms.
Audrey Bilger interviews (via email) twitter hit feministhulk and his “literary life partner”, J.
I’m really enjoying feministhulk
Not quite so angry now…
…but still astonished and appalled that Sam Stosur could make it to the French Open final but there was no news about it on the morning chat shows this morning. Granted we were only watching for about half an hour… Read More ›
25th Down Under Feminist Carnival – We’ve Gone Silver!
The TWENTY-FIFTH Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is out, and it’s a doozy!
Quickhit: It’s going to Ruin us
The new Mining Tax – we’ve heard it all before
(Not) Werner Herzog reads Madeline
Or, as I have immediately renamed it in my head, Semiotics of Soubrettes.
The lamb roast roundup: Mums and censorship
Feminist criticism of the “It’s Time to Tell Mum” anti-filtering campaign has shown up on several blogs:
MSM finally catches up on the Israeli blockade of Gaza
Anyone in Israel who thought that stopping this flotilla would starve the gesture of publicity made a woeful miscalculation once they opened fire on the high seas, not even in their own territorial waters, on humanitarian demonstrators. They claim self defence (5 out of 6 boats were seized peacefully, one wasn’t) but as Christine Keeler might say – they would, wouldn’t they?
Hoyden About Town 