Category Archives: Feminism

I Get Podcast

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Cheryl

I am so behind on podcast listening. There are episodes of Coode Street, Galactic Suburbia, The Writer & The Critic, Shout Out and For Books Sake that I need to listen to. I have, however, managed to catch the latest … Continue reading →

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Equality Begins At Home

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Cheryl

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia (and whatever additional QUILTBAG phobias you see fit to add). I feel that I should be writing something about it. However, over the past week I have seen rather too much of: Feminists … Continue reading →

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Me Elsewhere – Feminist SF at For Books’ Sake

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Cheryl

I have a new article up at the For Books’ Sake blog. They originally asked me to list 10 top women SF writers. I rather stretched that, and even so all of the comments I’ve got are about (very fine) … Continue reading →

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Woman’s Hour on SF – A Train Wreck

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Cheryl

Well, that was dreadful: a self-fulfilling prophecy full of misinformation. I suspect that today’s Woman’s Hour feature on science fiction was doomed from the start, because the initial assumption of the piece appears to have been that SF is only … Continue reading →

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Ujima: May Day, Bank Notes & Job Searching

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s Ujima shows are available under our Listen Again feature now. The first hour kicks off with some discussion of May Day. Paulette wants to talk about International Labour Day. I want to talk about Beltane and maypoles. It sort … Continue reading →

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Bristol Tomorrow: Steampunk, May Day & Bank Notes

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Cheryl

I’ll be in Bristol tomorrow for the kick off meeting for Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion, the new Wizard’s Tower steampunk anthology. From 6:30pm we’ll be at the Shakespeare Tavern in Prince Street where Eugene Byrne will be entertaining us … Continue reading →

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Today On Ujima: Emma Newman, Roz Clarke, Becca Lloyd

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Cheryl

Paulette let me have a huge chunk of today’s Women’s Outlook show. Hopefully I did OK with it. I know I had some wonderful guests. In the first half hour I talk to Emma Newman about her Split Worlds novels. … Continue reading →

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Thank You, New Zealand

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Cheryl

You’ve probably all seen this by now, but it bears repeating.

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Podcast Recommendation

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Cheryl

One of the things I discovered at the Bristol Women’s Literary Festival was a website called For Books’ Sake. It is a general literary blog run by women, and the people at the festival sounded interesting. When I got home … Continue reading →

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Genetic Engineering and Feminist Theatre at Ujima

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Cheryl

I spent all of yesterday in Bristol. Mainly that was because I had a whole hour of live radio to fill, and two fabulous guests. The show is available here. To whet your appetites, here is some of what we … Continue reading →

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Parliament Talks #LucyMeadows

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Cheryl

Yesterday the vigil for Lucy Meadows went off so well, and so peacefully, that not even the Daily Mail could bring itself to talk about a “violent rentamob” — the usual tabloid reaction to any protest against their behavior. Of … Continue reading →

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Busy Week

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Cheryl

Sorry about the lack of bloggage recently. Yesterday and much of today are being taken up with an urgent piece of work for the day job. It makes me money, and nothing else I do does, so I have to … Continue reading →

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More Visibility Numbers

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Cheryl

Over at Neth Space there’s a bit more information on the question of who gets reviewed. Neth gets sent books to review, and for the last 6 months those broke down as 70% books by men, 30% by women. For … Continue reading →

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This Would Be A Lie

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Cheryl

On Monday a vigil will be held in memory of Lucy Meadows outside the offices of the Daily Mail in London. I won’t be there. Trips to London are time-consuming and expensive, and I have a busy week in the … Continue reading →

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Freedom From The Press

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Cheryl

Back in January The Observer published a “comment” piece by Julie Burchill which was basically one long piece of hate speech against trans people, full of inaccurate and abusive stereotyping. Many people were deeply offended by it. Over 800 people … Continue reading →

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Yesterday On Ujima: Amelia & Zombies

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Cheryl

Yesterday was a busy day for me at Ujima Radio. Paulette kindly let me have the first half hour for Talking Books, and as I had Amelia Beamer in the studio we focused on zombies, including her novel, The Loving … Continue reading →

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Not Bad, Radio 4, But Could Do Better

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Cheryl

Last night Radio 4′s Analysis show ran a half hour program entitled “Who decides if I’m a woman?”. It features a number of interviewees, including actual trans people, the senior doctor from the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic, and inevitably … Continue reading →

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Bristol Women’s Literature Festival #BWLF

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Cheryl

On Saturday I popped over to Bristol to catch part of the inaugural Bristol Women’s Literature Festival. I was dipping my toe into this, partly because Literature Festivals have a habit of not wanting any of those icky science fiction … Continue reading →

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Marriage Equality: It Matters

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Cheryl

I keep an eye on the authors I’ve contracted with at Wizard’s Tower Press. You never know when one of them might do something newsworthy. Juliet, of course, is buried in convention work as she’s chairing this year’s Eastercon. Lyda … Continue reading →

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How To Fail at PR and Lose Customers

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Cheryl

As many of you will know, one of my favorite things in life is shopping for clothes. I do it lots, and probably have far more clothes than I actually need. I have been very fortunate in life in that … Continue reading →

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