Good point--fixing that typo did give the theme a bit more focus, which helps.
In the '80s, it seemed as if every SF and comics convention I went to had what we began to call The Obligatory Women In Panel. The panel wasn't about how the creation of female protagonists altered the direction of sword-and-sorcery fantasy, or interesting views of the roles of women in post-apocalyptic SF. It was about Women in Science Fiction (or Fantasy, or Comics)...which the panelists were left to try to turn into an actual panel topic, since we were never even sure whether we were supposed to be talking about female characters or female authors or female fans, for cryinoutloud.
The Obligatory Women In Panel eventually grew up and turned into lots of actual panel topics at conventions about interesting gender stuff, with enough specificity that the panelists had a decent starting point for the discussion. But when I read that RoF was announcing a Women in Fantasy issue... Well, just for a second, there, I had a heck of a nasty flashback moment. *g*
(And having now performed my role as a Graying Ol' Lady of SF for the week, I'll quit thumping my cane on the floor and go take my teeth out.)
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Date: 2010-01-06 01:16 am (UTC)In the '80s, it seemed as if every SF and comics convention I went to had what we began to call The Obligatory Women In Panel. The panel wasn't about how the creation of female protagonists altered the direction of sword-and-sorcery fantasy, or interesting views of the roles of women in post-apocalyptic SF. It was about Women in Science Fiction (or Fantasy, or Comics)...which the panelists were left to try to turn into an actual panel topic, since we were never even sure whether we were supposed to be talking about female characters or female authors or female fans, for cryinoutloud.
The Obligatory Women In Panel eventually grew up and turned into lots of actual panel topics at conventions about interesting gender stuff, with enough specificity that the panelists had a decent starting point for the discussion. But when I read that RoF was announcing a Women in Fantasy issue... Well, just for a second, there, I had a heck of a nasty flashback moment. *g*
(And having now performed my role as a Graying Ol' Lady of SF for the week, I'll quit thumping my cane on the floor and go take my teeth out.)