Feminist SF

Feminism and SF are both broadly defined, but feminist sf is its own beast. Consider these definitions:

• Feminist SF is work that qualifies as feminist by the standards of various feminisms;

• Feminist SF is the set of historical works considered by feminists to be central to an ongoing literary conversation;

• Feminist SF was a particular feminist literary movement of the 70s and early 80s;

• Feminist SF is a school of criticism, which examines gender-relations and roles as portrayed in SF;

• Feminist SF is literary and culture studies, which examine the relation of gender to the literary and cultural production — for instance, women's involvement in gothic romances and supernatural fiction, or the marketing and production of "hard" science fiction for male audiences versus the marketing and production of "soft" fantasy fiction for female audiences.