Wiscon curiosity and feminism...

[fajrdrako]

I was taking a peek at a site talking about Wiscon, out of curiosity. This caught my eye:

I was made incandescent with rage over academic elitism and incited to reactionary judgments by a panelist’s subjective experiences with Tolkien.

Tolkien, pro or con - always a nice topic for a controversy!

Also intriguing:

Today I attended my favorite panel so far. The discussion on hard sci-fi and on why lists of hard SF authors rarely include women was absolutely riveting, with brilliant panelists and an engaged crowd.

Okay, that sounds worth hearing - but what did they say?

Reminds me of something I was listening to on CBC radio a couple of days ago: an interview with women in Hollywood about why women make up only 16% of those in the film industry and only 26% in the television industry - and want to bet that's concentrated somewhat on daytime and 'women's' shows? The main topic was how all the big blockbuster movies (except Sex and the City) are made for boys and men - which I don't think is entirely true, I would have said the Indiana Jones was on the gender-neutral side, on the whole. But... that might reflect the circles I move in.

The movies I want to see just don't get made. I'm not holding my breath.

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[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Movies I'm not holding my breath for:

One about Gertrude Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell).

A typical detective picture, but with a woman detective. And it can't be a case involving children. I hate that. We know other stuff!

Oo, and Mata Hari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari)!

Something about WWI munitions girls, WWII ambulance drivers, early war nursing.


I'm not sure it's becoming more sexist. It seems to me the same amount of sexism as ever, but popping up in different places, like Whack-A-Mole.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Gertrude Bell - I was recently reading about her in Maria Doria Russell's novel. I'd like to see something about Hester Stanhope, too.

A typical detective picture, but with a woman detective. And it can't be a case involving children.

I'd like to see any of Sue Grafton's novels filmed.

Mata Hari, definitely! I like all your suggestions.

It seems to me the same amount of sexism as ever, but popping up in different places, like Whack-A-Mole.

Maybe. It just seems to me that twenty-five years ago there was more sense of optimism, things were improving, there were movies about women and for woman - and more movies intended for a 'general' audience.