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[dreamer_easy]

Feminist SF, especially feminist SF set in future utopias or dystopias, sometimes handles homosexuality well and sometimes handles it badly. I'm reading The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper, and I've just come across a bit where someone explains that they routinely cure homosexuality, which, as people knew even before the apocalypse, is caused by a simple imbalance of hormones in utero. wtf?!

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[nyssa1968.livejournal.com]

Can't resist an opportunity to plug the excellent SF writing of two ladies - Nicola Griffith (English-born, lives in Seattle) and Kelley Eskridge (American-born, lives in Seattle). Very, very good writers both. Nicola's AMMONITE explores gender, sexuality and sexual orientation; her SLOW RIVER and Kelley's SOLITUDE both have lesbians in major roles; and Kelley's short story collection (DANGEROUS SPACE) explores various different things including gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. Nicola's written an excellent crime series of three, too, but I know she still loves SF. She'd edited a collection of gay/lesbian SF called BENDING THE LANDSCAPE a few years back. I haven't been able to hunt down a copy.

Oh, and I love the Fozzy pic. brill.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I read Slow River a while back - I think gregmce loaned it to me! - and it was top flight writing. Must try some of these others.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

PS Craploads of Bending the Landscapes at abe.com.

[nyssa1968.livejournal.com]

Aah. I shall check that out when I get my next pay-boost. Many thanks, ma'am.

BTW, and completely off topic - did you know in England they say 'Shedloads' where in Aus we would say 'Shitloads'? I thought for a while I was mis-hearing things, or the English had polited* it up and normally would say what Aussies would say... but, no. Two different words, sounding similar, meaning the same thing. Of course, London being invaded by Aussie expats there is a little bit of muddying (ahem) going on in the capital than in regional places.

*Sorry. It's early where I am and I have a fuzzy brain.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

There seem to be many variations of the term. I picked up "shitloads" from Blazing Saddles, but I've also heard and/or used craploads, truckloads, shiploads, buttloads, etc.

[alawston.livejournal.com]

I heard someone saying what sounded like 'shiploads' and just assumed they'd mispronounced it / had a slight speech impediment...

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

The English say shitloads as well. Shedloads is used as a politer version.