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Posts Tagged "gender"

Gone to WisCon

Posted on May 26, 2011 in Blog, News, Publishing, Writing | 0 comments

I'm thrilled to be going to WisCon for the first time, exploring Madison whenever I have the chance, and meeting rad sci-fi/fantasy feminists!

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Gender Defiance – The Female Brain is. . .what, exactly?

Posted on May 9, 2011 in Feminism, Gender | 3 comments

Everything from self-reporting to the gender of the test administrator can spin simple psych tests into the ineffable zone of socialized behavior patterns. In short, most everything we know about gendered brains is wrong.

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Princess Boys, Queerness, & SF Erotica at WisCon

Posted on Apr 21, 2011 in Blog, Events, Feminism, Gender, LGBTQ, Literature, News, Publishing, Sexuality, Writing | 0 comments

I'm moderating panels on queerness and male femininity at WisCon this year, and I couldn't be happier!

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Good Female Characters

Posted on Mar 14, 2011 in Blog, Feminism, Gender, Literature, Writing | 0 comments

There’s as much depth to be found in why a character agrees with or accepts the gender norms of their society as in why they reject them. Because, that’s what real people do.

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Sexing the Body (Parts)

Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in Feminism, Gender, LGBTQ, Sexuality | 3 comments

We're at the point where we need to rein in the deconstruction of our language. It’s society, not science, that suggests male bits must belong to men. No matter how much distance you put between people and their body parts in our languaging, you're never going to erase the fact that they're just squishy bits. And that for a lot of people they tend to come in (ahem) packages.

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