Tag: what the fuck is this shit

• That unfortunate moment when . . .

  . . . you are neck deep in a longer work of fiction, and a short story from months ago decides to show up and demand attention. (Of course this story couldn’t have shown up when I was actively working on it. Why would it do that.)

  J. S. Kuiken

  April 4, 2016

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• The Status is Not Quo: Sexism in Fantasy

  This past week, I had the misfortune of speaking with another fantasy author who thought that sexism in medieval fantasy “makes sense”. She was defending another author’s sexist assumptions about a work we were critiquing. I gave her what I hoped was my best are you fucking kidding me? look before proceeding to explain the obvious: “It’s fantasy.…

  J. S. Kuiken

  March 20, 2013

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