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* June 12, LGBTQ-positive SF/F (mods: @JoVanderhooft | * June 12, LGBTQ-positive SF/F (mods: @JoVanderhooft & ...) | ||
* June 19, Short story chat: Karen Joy Fowler 'What I Didn't See' [http://replay.web.archive.org/20090304100608/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/fowler/fowler1.html] alongside Tiptree 'The Women Men Don't See' [http://www.lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/tiptree2/tiptree21.html] (mods: @thedilletante & @kevmcveigh) | * June 19, Short story chat: Karen Joy Fowler 'What I Didn't See' [http://replay.web.archive.org/20090304100608/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/fowler/fowler1.html] alongside Tiptree 'The Women Men Don't See' [http://www.lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/tiptree2/tiptree21.html] (mods: @thedilletante & @kevmcveigh) | ||
* June 26, | * June 26, | ||
* July 3, Book discussion: Ursula Le Guin ''Left Hand of Darkness'' (mods: @Regina_dB & ...) | * July 3, Book discussion: Ursula Le Guin ''Left Hand of Darkness'' (mods: @Regina_dB & ...) | ||
* July 10 | * July 10, | ||
* July 17, Short story chat: | * July 17, Short story chat: | ||
* July 24 | * July 24, | ||
* July 31 | * July 31, | ||
* August 7, Book discussion: | * August 7, Book discussion: | ||
* August 14, | |||
* August 21, Short story chat: | |||
* August 28, | |||
* September 4, Book discussion: | |||
* ... | * ... | ||
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* Kit Reed, Gwyneth Jones, Mary Gentle, Pat Murphy | * Kit Reed, Gwyneth Jones, Mary Gentle, Pat Murphy | ||
* Le Guin ''Dispossessed'' | * Le Guin ''Dispossessed'' | ||
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* Feminism and race in SF | |||
* Nichelle Nichols & Uhura | * Nichelle Nichols & Uhura | ||
* femaleness & createdness. Pygmalion, Justina Robson, Ekaterina Sedia | * femaleness & createdness. Pygmalion, Justina Robson, Ekaterina Sedia | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 11 June 2011
A weekly twitter chat (using the hashtag "#FeministSF") that was established in May 2011 in response to the death of Joanna Russ. Future themes and topics may be listed here.
Chats take place on Sundays, at 11:00 Pacific, 14:00 Eastern, 19:00 UK, etc.
Past chats and other posts under this hashtag are archived at TwapperKeeper.
Future topics
- June 12, LGBTQ-positive SF/F (mods: @JoVanderhooft & ...)
- June 19, Short story chat: Karen Joy Fowler 'What I Didn't See' [1] alongside Tiptree 'The Women Men Don't See' [2] (mods: @thedilletante & @kevmcveigh)
- June 26,
- July 3, Book discussion: Ursula Le Guin Left Hand of Darkness (mods: @Regina_dB & ...)
- July 10,
- July 17, Short story chat:
- July 24,
- July 31,
- August 7, Book discussion:
- August 14,
- August 21, Short story chat:
- August 28,
- September 4, Book discussion:
- ...
Past topics
(most recent first)
- June 5, Book discussion: Octavia Butler's Fledgling (mod: @traciewelser)
- May 29, no topic: WisCon eavesdropping
- May 22, Short story chat: Joanna Russ, 'When it Changed' [3][4]
- May 15, no topic: planning for future
- May 8, 2011: Joanna Russ
Unsorted list of suggestions for future topics
novels
- Nicola Griffith, Ammonite
- Katharine Beutner, Alcestis
- Melissa Scott, Shadow Man
- Doris Lessing, Shikasta
- Tepper, The Gate to Women's Country
- Starhawk, The Fifth Sacred Thing
- Torn World, hopefully with @ellenmillion
- Shiner, Kelly, Ryman, Delany
- Kit Reed, Gwyneth Jones, Mary Gentle, Pat Murphy
- Le Guin Dispossessed
stories
- Pat Cadigan 'Roadside Rescue'
- Pat Murphy 'Rachel In Love'
- Karen Joy Fowler 'What I Didn't See' [5] alongside 'The Women Men Don't See' [6]
- kij Johnson 'Ponies'
- Gwyneth Jones 'Tomb Wife'
- Nicola Griffith 'it takes two'
- Feminist SF themed issue of TFF
- Queer SF themed issue of TFF
- http://www.worldswithoutend.com/lists_sf_mistressworks.asp
- in March 89 James Patrick Kelly & Karen Fowler pub. v.similar stories from m/f perspectives
- http://www.freesfonline.de/
- http://eithin.com/wiki/index.php?title=Free_Online_Fiction
- something from Hopkinson & Mehan, So Long Been Dreaming
- something from Willis & Williams, A Woman's Liberation
- something from Notkin, Flyin Cups and Saucers
- something from Sussex & Buckrich, She's Fantastical
- something from James, Warrior Wisewoman (1, 2, 3)
topics
- Feminism and race in SF
- Nichelle Nichols & Uhura
- femaleness & createdness. Pygmalion, Justina Robson, Ekaterina Sedia
- more recent: Leelo
- alternate gender formations and their use in #feministsf
- outside of literary SF, to other media
- Mary Shelley
- Discuss historical ancestors.
- A thread where conversants each put forth 1 thing they've learned from #feministsf
- Alien movies
- Serenity/Firefly
- Feminism and race
Guests
- @nicolaz on Ammonite and others...
- @mcahogarth, what with the alien species with three sexes
- If we include fantasy, I can thing of @jimchines
- For discussions of sexualities & disabilities, @catvalente would be a good guest-hostess
- @JLichtenberg is active on #sfchat but says she doesn't "write 'feminist' slant"
- @CJCherryh also has a Twitter account.
- @catvalente & @theodoragoss would also be great for a discussion of feminism & myth/folklore
- @nnedi
- @nalohopkinson
- @tinytempest
- @katebornstein
- Bear, Valente, Sullivan, Lichtenberg, Cadigan, Jemisin, Beukes, Sedia, de Bodard, Fenn
- @rosalarian