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rivendellrose) wrote2009-10-13 08:36 pm
rivendellrose) wrote2009-10-13 08:36 pm
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women and gays: ruining sci-fi for those poor, oppressed white nerds
SLog has a few things to say about the idiot who thinks women and gays are ruining science fiction.
I have a few things to say about him, too. They are as follows:
As far as women go, we've been here since the beginning - no, really the *real* beginning - we've been involved in the making of your favorite things (among many fine others), and we're not going away. The gays have been here since the beginning, too, but, to my horror, I can't actually think of any completely certain known examples - anybody help me out on that?
Seriously, I can't believe this sort of attitude keeps going.
There are other words, but I'm trying to cut back on swearing in my LJ. :P
I have a few things to say about him, too. They are as follows:
As far as women go, we've been here since the beginning - no, really the *real* beginning - we've been involved in the making of your favorite things (among many fine others), and we're not going away. The gays have been here since the beginning, too, but, to my horror, I can't actually think of any completely certain known examples - anybody help me out on that?
Seriously, I can't believe this sort of attitude keeps going.
There are other words, but I'm trying to cut back on swearing in my LJ. :P
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YEah, I recently read some 'manly' 70s scifi, with men doing manly things, and it was terrible. The writing was clunky and the characters 2D. The science was ok, not too mangled, but the narative just fell on it's face. Give me modernise, feminised sci-fi anyday! Hell, give me feminist sci-fi!
Lets encourage girls as well as boys to grow up and be scientists, I mean i'm conviced my desire to do science came from watching too much Next Gen. and Sam in SG1 as a kid.
Seriously though I don't know how this guy can be sug an ignorant arrogant asshole! it drives me up the wall!
Oh and teh reason I came over here, not sure if I already linked you this but I saw it and thought of you :)
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Totally agree with you about the 'manly' early sci-fi - I've read a fair bunch of it, mostly short stories, and with a few exceptions I thought it was totally boring. Good science, maybe, but good writing? Nope. And that's not guys' faults - I know a lot of male writers now who write totally awesome stuff (and a lot of female writers who right crap, mind you...), but the shift in the genre definitely helped rather than hindered the quality of stories that are being told. So there. :P
It really is frustrating. I can't believe people can still say stuff like that in this day and age. Disgusting.
...Oh, wow. Okay, that is awesome, and I will definitely have to start playing with polymer clay again, because I'm pretty sure that's do-able. Thanks for the link!!!