Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
Tis the season of end-of-the-year lists and HSA is no different! This list is a roundup of some of the best feminist books we read in 2016 (though not all were necessarily published this year). Of course there were many amazing feminist books published in 2016, but we couldn’t get to all of them! We… Read More
Here at HSA we love our nerdy feminist TV and movies. But I didn’t realize until I started writing these end of the year lists that the TV and movies we consume don’t score nearly as well on a feminist scale as books. Maybe because we watch more media, or don’t have to be as… Read More
Nimona has been in the ever-growing pile of “need to read” books on my shelf, and it finally came up next in my queue. I purchased it last year after hearing it was written and illustrated by the highly esteemed Noelle Stevenson (see: Lumberjanes) and that it would be made into an animated film. That is all… Read More
While I’m not a Harry Potter superfan (no HP tattoos here), I definitely loved the books and movies growing up. The chance to return to the HP universe on film was both exciting and nostalgia-inducing, much like reading the Cursed Child screenplay. I entered the theater with cautious optimism and minimal exposure to any movie… Read More
During WisCon this year I happened to sit in on quite a few panels featuring Mary Anne Mohanraj. Mohanraj is the founder of Strange Horizons, a highly-regarded speculative fiction magazine, so it was cool to get to dive into some of her work this month with The Stars Change. Whenever I get through something on… Read More
I wanted to get this out in time for Halloween, but no worries. The Shining is a classic, worth revisiting at any time of year. Not offensive to women = 1/1 pt No. Especially compared to other horror films where women are unnecessarily sexualized or tortured in gendered ways, or where female fear is exploited.… Read More
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