2007 Tiptree Award

April 17, 2008 – 12:03 am

Sarah Hall’s The Carhullan Army (published in the US as Daughters of the North) won the Tiptree Award for the best work of science fiction or fantasy dealing with gender published during 2007.
Also of interest to readers of this blog, Charlie Stross’ Glasshouse was on the short list.
More details in the press release. Waiting for [...]

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It’s Hugo Season, think Feminist

January 5, 2008 – 10:15 pm

Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, opened nominations for the 2008 Hugo Awards.
The dearth of women nominated for last year’s Hugos lead to a proactive response for the 2008 cycle, including:

A list of women writers eligible for the major genre awards.
The SF Book Swap to share eligible books.
A Live Journal Community for reviewing [...]

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Ruby and Cafe Scifi+tique

August 31, 2007 – 3:00 am

You wouldn’t be surprised to meet Ruby enthusiasts at a Japanese science fiction convention.

Shimura’s got embedded Ruby running in Illustrator. Press a button, and that evals to ‘7′.
The back story: Shimura’s part of Cafe Scifi+tique, a performance event put together by Japanese science fiction fans to invert and parody the creepy ‘maid cafe’ scene.
Cyn and [...]

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BlogHer in Second Life

June 22, 2007 – 6:53 pm

If you can’t make it to Chicago for BlogHer ‘07, you can attend the conference in Second Life. Hopefully there won’t be the annoying advertising from Weight Watchers and similar ilk. They are looking for sponsors, so maybe our various communities could kick in to help provide some message-free dosh to pay for the BlogHer [...]

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Gender WTF: I thought we were discussing the laptop?

June 7, 2007 – 2:56 pm

I was forwarded today’s Gizmodo post about a Hello Kitty laptop. Most of the comments on the post are not about the merits of the laptop, but the woman holding up the laptop.
WTF, gentlemen? You know there’s a conversation that could be had about marketing, and product design. For instance: how are those decorations on [...]

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New Tiptree Site

May 27, 2007 – 11:24 am

The James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award has a shiny new website, replacing the design they’ve used since 1988 1998.

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Bad Career Advice

May 16, 2007 – 12:19 am

Well, I’m dumbfounded by Penelope Trunk’s response to Guy Kawasaki’s question about responding to sexual harassment at work.
In most cases, you will destroy your career if you report sexual harassment. So unless you are in physical danger, you should not report harassment.

Someone asked me today what my values were, and I said fairness is one [...]

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WisCon 31 Panels

May 15, 2007 – 12:05 am

And it’s almost WisCon again. This year I’m on two panels:
Celebrating the Fabulous Work of Pat Cadigan, Queen of Cyberpunk
Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
SF writer Pat Cadigan’s novels take us inside the lives of cybernetic therapists, cops, media artists, and even the dead. Cadigan’s futures are both fantastic and believable, intertwining virtual and real worlds in [...]

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Ambling Along the Aqueduct

May 4, 2007 – 6:31 pm

Aqueduct Press, a feminist science fiction small press, started a group blog, with entries by their writers. Timmi Duchamp’s post on Homophobic Language and ‘femiphobia’, considers the hypermasculine bravado we find all the time in online conversations.

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2006 Tiptree Awards

April 1, 2007 – 9:37 pm

Congratulations to Shelley Jackson (Half Life,) Catherynne M. Valente (The Orphan’s Tales,) and Julie Phillips (James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon): winners of the Tiptree Award for science fiction and fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender. [via Debbie Notkin]

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Regendering the Hugos

April 1, 2007 – 11:46 am

Helen and Campbell Award Nominations [ via Sharyn November ]

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It’s Not Funny

March 26, 2007 – 9:57 pm

The threats made against Kathy Sierra are vile, disgusting, and not uncommon. For instance: Ginmar, an Iraq war veteran, receives hateful comments and threats every day. Min Jung Kim writes about the constant barrage of stalkers and creepy comments she receives.
I heard about Ms. Sierra canceling her ETech presentation when Liz Henry IM’ed me this [...]

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Congratulations Cynthia

March 26, 2007 – 9:10 pm

Cynthia was promoted to Senior Scientist by her company today. Huzzah!

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Diversity

February 26, 2007 – 12:32 am

It’s 2007 and some folks still don’t get diversity? I guess we’ll have to go ’round again.
Last year, after Woolfcamp, Liz Henry wrote on why diversity’s important. It’s still pertinent.
I appreciated Rafe’s rule of thumb for joining guilds in online role playing games.

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Molly Ivins, 1944-2007

January 31, 2007 – 7:21 pm

We’ll try to “Raise more Hell,” but now I’m going to cry.

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