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Welcome to the<BR />feministSF wiki (fsfwiki)</h1>
<div style="top: +0.2em; font-size: 95%">A collective knowledge base<BR />of all things feminist, fictional, and speculative ... <BR />
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*[[:Category:Awards|Awards]]
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{{FrontFeature
| title          = [[On Joanna Russ]]
| author      = [[Farah Mendlesohn]]
| ISBN        = 9780819569028
| notes        = A 2009 collection of critical essays on one of the founding mothers of feminist science fiction.
| image        = [[Image:On_Joanna_Russ.jpg|125px]]
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; Awards for women!   
Current highlighted projects:
* [[Works by women eligible for 2011 SF Awards|List fiction and non-fiction published in 2010 that is eligible for 2011 SF awards.]]  
 
* [[Women eligible for 2011 SF Awards|Know of a woman who did work that makes her eligible for SF awards? List her here!]]
* [[Female Friendships]] - works that highlight or feature or have critical female friendships
* [[Communication Guidelines]] - Drafting feminist guidelines for communicating, including how to argue effectively, how to be aware of dynamics & meta-issues in conversations, how to keep conversations effective or to kill them if not
* [[Annoying Plot Conventions, Devices, Contrivances]] about gender or things that happen to female characters that make you roll your eyes
* [[Get Her In Print]] - women's works that have fallen out of print or caught in a publishing problem
* add your [[suggestions]] and ideas!
* look at the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] page (also linked on the left) to see what other people are working on, and join in
 
 
 
 
 
 
== The Heart of Feminist SF : the community ==
 
'''[[:category:Events|Events]]'''
* [[WisCon]] -- please [[WisCon 30|add your transcripts, bibliographies, comments & reports]]
* [[Women's Wiki Camp]] (to be renamed later)
 
 
'''[[:category:Organizations & Communities|Feminist SF & Related Organizations & Communities]]'''
* [[Secret Feminist Cabal]] & other [[feminist conspiracies]]
* [[feministSF.org]], the host of this wiki, listserves, and various websites over the years ... see http://feministsf.org/
* [[:category:FSFNet Working Groups|FSF.Net Working Groups]] - working groups on various FSF projects
** Think Tankery Working Group, coming soon
** [[L&aacute;adan Working Group]]: notes for moving forward
** [[Women in Fandom]]
 
 
 
'''[[:category:People|Feminist SF fans, editors, writers, scholars & other people]]'''
* [[Memorials & Remembrances]]
**[[Lisa Barnett]], ([[1958]]-[[2006]])
**[[Octavia Butler]], ([[1947]]-[[2006]])
 
 
'''Business of feminist SF'''
* [[:Category:Publishers and Presses|Publishers and Presses]]
* [[:category:Writers' Resources|Writers' Resources]] including foundations, grants, writing groups, workshops, etc.
* Women SF Writers' Groups: [[Broad Universe]] and [[SFFFW]]
* [[:category:Awards|Awards]]:  [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] -- The 2005 award was just given to [[Geoff Ryman]]'s [[Air]] at [[WisCon 30]]  ... see http://tiptree.org/ for more info.  Other awards: Carl Brandon Society [[Carl Brandon Parallax Award|Parallax Award]] and [[Carl Brandon Kindred Award|Kindred Award]] ... Gaylactic [[Spectrum Awards]] ... SFFFW [[Roots in Writing Award]] ... [[Sense of Gender Award]]
* [[:category:Editors|Editors]]
* [[:category:Agents|Agents]]
 
 
'''Fandom'''
* [[:category:SF Conventions|SF Conventions]]
* [[Women in Fandom]]
 
== FSF Books, Authors, Etc. ==
 
'''Writers & Other Creators'''
* [[Author List]] and
* [[Artists|Artists, Musicians, Etc.]]
 
 
'''Books & Bibliographies'''
* [[Influential Feminist FSF Books]]
* [[Canons]]
* [[Reading Paths]]
* [[:category:Reading & Media Lists|Reading & Media Lists]]
** [[Feminist Comic Books for Kids]]
* [[:category:Films|Films]]
 
 
'''Themes & Characterizations'''
* [[List of Themes|Literary Devices, Tropes, Themes, Plot Points]] common to Feminist SF
** [[Myths]] of particular interest to FSF
* [[Women in SF]]
** [[Clichés, Archetypes, Stereotypes of Female Characters in SF|Cliché]] female characterizations (needs filler)
*** the [[Black Warrior Woman]]
** [[Women in SF Art]]
** [[:category:Notable Female Characters|Notable Female Characters]]
** [[:category:Mythological Female Characters|Mythological Female Characters]]




'''Scholarship'''
'''SF''' [[:category:Novels|Novels]], [[:category:Short stories|short stories]], [[Anthologies of SF with gender themes|anthologies]] ... [[Encyclopedia of female characters|Female characters]] ... [[:category:Comics|comics]], [[:category:Manga|manga]], and [[:category:Anime|anime]] ... [[:category:Games and gaming|Games]], [[:category:Video games|video games]], [[:category:Films|films]] and [[:category:TV series|TV]]
* [[Courses]] and [[Syllabi]]
* [[FeministSF Critical Theory]]
* [[:category:Scholars|Scholars]]




* [[Timeline]] of Women in SF & Feminist SF
'''Making feminist SF''' - [[:category:Women writers by name|Women writers]], [[:category:Artists|artists]], [[:category:Directors|directors]] ... [[Broad Universe]], [[SFFFW]] and [[:category:Writers' resources|other writers' resources]] ... [[:Category:Publishers and presses|Publishers]], [[:category:Editors|editors]], [[:category:Agents|agents]]
* [[Related]] related information on "SF" or "feminism" etc.
* [[Quotes]]


== What is this? ==


* what's the [[mission|feministSF wiki]]?
''' Fandom & Communities''' - [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award|Tiptree]] and [[:category:Awards|other awards]] ... [[:category:WisCon|WisCon]] and [[:category:SF conventions|other cons]] ... [[:category:Fandom|Fandom]], [[Women in fandom]], [[Fan fiction]]
** what's the FSFwiki [[mission]]?
** what's the [[FSFwiki process]] for negotiating disputes & the like?
** why aren't you just putting this stuff on [[wikipedia]]?
** "can I do it?"  yes. Anybody can edit text -- go ahead, try it!  Click "edit" at the top of the page ... (Except for this first page ... You have to log in & create a userID to edit the first page, a protection added because of linkspam.) See the  [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] or the [[QuickCheatSheet|Quick Cheat Sheet]]
*** want to do more?:  If you want to be a super-editor and help do initial technical configurations of the wiki, write [[User:Lquilter|Laura Quilter]] or lquilter at lquilter.net with "fsfwiki" in the subject line.
*** how do I make [[suggestions]]?  (add them to the [[suggestions]] page)
*** how can I help? contribute to our [[To Do List]]
*** [[Wiki Office Hours]] - Scheduled time when someone will be on the wiki, hoping for collaboration and chat in realtime




* what's [[feminist SF]]?
''' Feminist SF scholarship''' - [[:Category:Feminist SF studies|Feminist SF studies]], [[:category:Teaching feminist SF|courses and syllabi]], [[:category:Scholars|scholars]], [[:category:Criticism and scholarship|general scholarship]]
* what's [[feminism]]?
** what are some [[:category:Feminist Issues|feminist issues]] and [[:category:Feminist Processes|feminist processes]]?
* what's [[SF]]?




* what's a wiki? how do I edit it?
'''Fun''' - [[Timeline]] of women in SF & feminist SF,  [[Quotes|quotes]], [[Related|links]]
** [[QuickCheatSheet|Quick Cheat Sheet]]


* [[Funding|How is this funded?  Can I donate?]]


'''Indexes''' - [[:category:Indexes|Indexes]] ... [[:category:Groups|Groups]], [[:category:People|people]], [[:category:Creating SF|creating SF]], [[:category:Calendar|calendar]], [[:category:Subject classifications|general subject classifications]], [[:category:Feminism and critical theory|feminism and critical theory]], [[:category:Activism|activism]]


... more [[:category:About|About]]


== Navigation ==


* [[Special:Allpages|A-Z Index of All Pages]]
==Help / About the FSFwiki==
* '''Navigation:''' [[FSFwiki:Contents|Contents]] ...  [[FSFwiki:Indexes|Indexes]] ... [[Special:Allpages|A-Z Index of all pages]]
* '''Help:''' [[Help:Getting started|Getting started]] ... [[FSFwiki:Administrators' Guide|Administrators' guide]]
* '''About:''' [[About the FSFwiki]] ...  [[Visions of an FSFwiki]] ... [[Feminism]] ...  [[SF]] ... [[Feminist SF]]

Latest revision as of 18:00, 22 August 2012

Welcome to the
feministSF wiki (fsfwiki)

A collective knowledge base
of all things feminist, fictional, and speculative ...
that anyone can edit
5,459 articles available.


Featured book:
On Joanna Russ
Author(s) Farah Mendlesohn
ISBN 9780819569028
A 2009 collection of critical essays on one of the founding mothers of feminist science fiction.


a secret conspiracy
Awards for women!


SF - Novels, short stories, anthologies ... Female characters ... comics, manga, and anime ... Games, video games, films and TV


Making feminist SF - Women writers, artists, directors ... Broad Universe, SFFFW and other writers' resources ... Publishers, editors, agents


Fandom & Communities - Tiptree and other awards ... WisCon and other cons ... Fandom, Women in fandom, Fan fiction


Feminist SF scholarship - Feminist SF studies, courses and syllabi, scholars, general scholarship


Fun - Timeline of women in SF & feminist SF, quotes, links


Indexes - Indexes ... Groups, people, creating SF, calendar, general subject classifications, feminism and critical theory, activism


Help / About the FSFwiki