More thoughts on women warriors
Professor Judith Jesch makes some good points about the overall gaps in the article about the Viking warrior I discussed on Gemæcce.
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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.
Read moreThe Women You Didn’t See: A Letter to Alice Sheldon
“You were brilliant, I think, but consumed by the inevitability of the abattoir. In your fiction all the gates are closed; characters are funnelled down a chute to flashing knives.” Epistolatory criticism first published 2015.
Read moreWomen 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.
Read moreWhere 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,…
Read moreMore data on gender and literary prizes
Two more pie charts showing gender bias in literary awards.
Read moreHelp count women’s voices
Books are part of what creates and sustains culture; women’s perspectives are vital to a healthy society. But the book industry is lop-sided. We need to understand where the bottlenecks are so we can fix it. We need data: many people counting many things. The more who are involved, the less each has to do. You can help.
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About
A bio of novelist Nicola Griffith, author of Hild, the Aud novels, and Ammonite, plus written, audio, and video interviews.
Read moreNew Hild blurb from Neal Stephenson: and author comparisons now at stand nine
I just got this grin-wide-enough-to-split-the-world blurb for Hild: You will never think of them as the Dark Ages again. Griffith’s command of the…
Read moreLovely review in Kirkus
I don’t know who reviewed it, but someone at Kirkus liked Hild: A book that deserves a place alongside T.H. White, to…
Read moreSpeak with authority
I like strong opinions held weakly. Say what you mean, mean what you say and be prepared to listen and change your…
Read more‘Humankind’ vs. ‘Mankind’
In the battle that is Humankind vs. Mankind we all know who would win: for one thing, there are more than twice…
Read moreCheerleaders in football uniforms: gender transgression on Glee
Kelley and I started watching Glee a few days ago. The first few eps, for me, were a time for pleasant, brightly-coloured…
Read moreElves and Anglo-Saxons and gender
Note: this post was triggered by a book, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity (Anglo-Saxon Studies) by…
Read moremen are afraid…
I promised a while ago that I’d write a piece on The Woman Question, that is, my approach to gender in historical…
Read moremind the gap
An interesting article about gender difference in maths and reading test scores in this week’s economist, ‘Vital Statistics‘: Luigi Guiso of the…
Read morepraise her praise her
From: Bett No question, only praise. I just finished reading “Always” and was disappointed because it was over. I’ve read them all…
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