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Discovering the Other – John G. Hartness
The guest posts so far have talked about representation in SF/F from the perspective of people seeing themselves–or not seeing themselves–in fiction. But of course, there’s more to it. John Hartness talks about growing up “whitebread,” and how fiction helped him start to consider other perspectives, and to develop a greater degree of empathy. There are […]
I’m Not Broken – Annalee Flower Horne
Annalee Flower Horne’s essay talks about the portrayal of sexual assault survivors in SF/F. While not graphic in detail, I thought a content warning was appropriate. As she notes, it’s not that our genre never writes about assault; it’s that we tend to do it badly. I’ve always appreciated Princess Leia as an amazing character, […]
Fat Chicks in SFF – Alis Franklin
One of the things I loved about this series last year was that it made me think. Each essay pointed out things I’d never considered, or helped me to get a better understanding of other people’s experiences. This year’s essays are no different. In reading Alis Franklin‘s post, one of the things that stood out […]
Exponentially Hoping – Merc Rustad
Last February, I started running a series of guest posts about the importance of representation in SF/F. These essays were eventually collected into Invisible. I was talking to a friend about last year’s collection, and he talked about struggling a bit with a kind of gut-level defensiveness, like some of these stories almost felt like […]