Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Viking warrior proved to be a woman

A Viking warrior from Birka, Sweden, long assumed to be male, was just confirmed by genomics to be female.

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Posted on September 10, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Silenced voices: relative representation in the House of Commons

In a perfectly just world, we might expect to see the demographics of the electorate reflected in the demographics of their representatives. It is not a perfectly just world. To find out just how unjust it is, I’ve been doing some counting, using population numbers as a proxy for electorate and comparing them to the newly-elected MPs.

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Posted on June 12, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Women characters in film and tv should do more than struggle

I’m tired of my screen choices being to watch a rollercoaster ride about men, or an angsty film or show about a woman struggling because she is a woman. I want to see some fabulously exciting screen stories about women who are simply people.

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Posted on February 1, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Where to sign up to count literary prize data

A number of people have expressed interest in helping to count literary prize data. The data so far show a consistent, persistent,…

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Posted on August 10, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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