5th carnival of feminist science

The 5th Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans

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Welcome to the fifth edition of the Carnival of Feminist Science

Fiction and Fantasy Fans! We have a full plate to offer you: from G4

to Wizard, and from princesses to perverts.

Comics

First up, Jenn revisits an old debate between Ragnell and Scipio in

her post Sexual Dimorphism and Feminism and looks at the scientific

position on sexual dimorphism in the human brain. She notes

Fundamentally, I and other feminists must adapt our philosophy to

incorporate the findings of science, and vocalize the fact that

science cannot and should not be used to justify unequal treatment.

Over at Snap Judgements , Carla laments Joss Whedon's impending run on

Runaways by bringing up examples of his treatment of Kitty and Emma in

Astonishing X-Men. In Unscrewing the Inscrutable, Marionette makes

someone at Marvel take a moment to think. Jeremy versus the X-Men and

finds a link between comics and being a stay-at-home-dad. And jlg1

looks closely at Pantha in Nobody helped me. Nobody cared.

Soyoerika discusses breast physics, bras and Arisia over at Zamaron:

Brothers and Sisters, I invite you to join me in a round of

boggling at this

so-called character design. While I can buy the impracticality of

the eighties

outfit, I simply cannot wrap my brain around the current outfit at

all.

To go along with this, Kalinara offers up her analysis of Manly Men

and Buxom Babes. Meanwhile, Ragnell studies Black Panther and Storm's

first fight as a married couple. She also covers for us the sexist

trainwreck known as Wizard Magazine's "How to Draw" series and the

reactions from the female superhero fan community found on

livejournal.

We're all holding our breaths waiting to see who's going to be cast as

Wonder Woman, and Amy Reads over at Arrogant Self-Reliance is no

exception. While many of us have an inkling of who we'd maybe want to

see, Amy's main concern is that the actress cast demonstrates the

wonder of her namesake.

Web Comics

Though she's been a fan of Scott's Kurtz's PvP for awhile, Robyn

discusses her hesitation of remaining a regular reader in her post In

Which I am Annoyed by PvP.

Also, make sure to check out how to draw comics the Planet Karen way.

Writing

Cassiphone, at Velvet Threads writes of the camaraderie and literary

experience that she encountered after sending in a story to Fantasy

and Science Fiction for the Slushbomb. Racy Li wonders why there isn't

and makes her case for there to be more of a connection between

science fiction and erotic romance in Erotic Romance: Science

fiction's forgotten stepsister. Malachi explores the relationship

between fiction and feminism by looking at the "princess syndrome" in

fantasy. In the post On Cartography and Dissection, little light

writes beautifully about being the Other.

Video games

Baring all about her love for video games, Blitzgal interprets the

implications and frustrations about being a woman gamer, and gives a

few helpful suggestions on how games could be better in her post But

why do her boobs have to jiggle like that? And at her blog,

Wonderland, Alice gives a run-down of Games for the Ladies. Lake

Desire points us over to Fiona Cherbak's piece, the Game Industry's

100 Most Influential Women and also directs attention to some of the

misogynistic elements in the ever-popular Katamari Damacy.

On the feminist gamer livejournal community, tekanji asks for input on

how to measure feminist elements in video games. At Old Grandma

Hardcore, Tim writes about Grandma's semi-disastrous appearance for a

discussion on women gamers for G4's Attack of the Show. Bonnie Ruberg

asks if there is there a gender divide in the narratology vs. ludology

debate.

Television

In Life on Mars: Isn't that where men come, BetaCandy gives us the

goods on BBCAmerica's show, Life on Mars. Good (as in feminist), it

ain't:

The minute a young woman with stereotypical prettiness gets a

closeup, I know

she's either going to get hurt or get laid.

Mickle, over at The True Confessions of an Hourly Bookseller

identifies the Women in Refrigerator syndrome in the Season 2 of Lost.

Beware the spoilers! Desdenova takes NBC's new show Heroes to task for

the poor treatment of its two token female characters. Sageness posts

her thoughts and discussion with thete1's about gender and race in

Stargate Atlantis.

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Anime

We only have one anime-related post for this edition of the carnival,

and it's about a subject that's near and dear to my own heart:

Cattygurl discusses some of the Kick-ass Women of Anime.

Reviews

Martin guides us through Ursula K. LeGuin's young adult novel Voices.

Sleestak informs us about Shanna the She-Devil by Tony DeZuniga at

Lady, That's My Skull. Cassiphone looks at the female protagonists of

Kylie Chan's White Tiger and Tim Pratt's True Adventures of Ranger

Girl. And Heidi Meely gushes about Virgin Comics' Devi.

Megatrouble rebuts Thomas Disch's claim "that Mary Wollstonecraft

Shelly and Ursula K. Le Guin's contributions to science fiction are

overrated" in her post Shelly, Russ, and Le Guin: How to Hide the

Canons; Or, What Could Have Been a Really Fun Party if Not for Thomas

Disch.

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The Harlan Ellison Incident

The feminist SF fan community acted in outrage when Harlan Ellison

groped Connie Willis at the Hugo Awards. In response to the incident,

Kadymae writes her manifesta Nice Girls Don't... in which she states

if it had been me up there on the stage at the Hugos and Harlan

Ellison put a hand where it didn't belong, at the very least he

would've been shoved away and asked, "What do you think you're

doing, asshole?"

Yonmei points out that Harlan Ellison has always been a sexist creep.

Lis Riba reported on the whole incident herself and asks, "What does a

woman have to do to get a little respect in this industry?"

Fandom

Peaseblossom, in her post How Much XP for a Blow Job? discusses the

sexism that some women have to endure just to play a game:

Telling someone (or implying it, or complaining about it to a third

party) that

she gets special treatment from the gm because they're romantically

involved is

as adolescent as it is sexist.

Becky encounters in her post Hey, didn't I used to write for a website

called GeekGirls? Time Out New York's idea of nerd girl, or rather,

the NILF.

Melody Kitty loves being a fangirl, but she's sick and tired of the

objectification and depowering of superhero women. In another post,

she challenges the geek fan community as a whole to stop stereotyping

and be more observant of women within the community. Similarily,

Willow wonders how we could open up dialogue with fanboys away from

stereotypes to prove that we care about female characters in If The

Fanboys Think We're Jealous, How Do We Win?

And last but not least, make sure you swing by Ladyjax's blog, she's

holding a call of submissions for Boom Tube: a zine about Race,

Culture and Fandom. Issue one's theme will be dedicated to fans of

color focusing on their experiences.

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Thanks for reading! Mark your calendars; Revena at The Hathor Legacy

will be hosting the next carnival on October 16.

Posted by 100LittleDolls at 12:15 AM