February 19, 2019
Changing the Map: Move Over Shrinking Violets!
In the mid-80’s a remarkable first occurred – women “of a certain age” – not shrinking, virginal violets, but mature women, began to colonize the Fantasy map. First wave feminism of the 70’s in speculative fiction concerned itself with the problem of equality, (economic, sexual, and political) and their literature reflected those struggles with rebellion against conformist roles, seen in…