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,…
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Help 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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