Article of Interest

My friend Jen passed this along to me, and as it's about feminism and speculative fiction criticism, I pass it along to you: When Harry Met Sexism.

A not-fully-yet-formed-thought: It does occur to me that Scott Westerfeld (about whom I've written twice) is possibly the most influential science fiction writer at the moment. I can certainly believe that (and hooray for YA!). And I love that his Uglies series centers around a dynamic female character and, if not female-centric, then certainly female-relevant issues. But I also wonder if the fact that he's a man may help with his critical acclaim. Which is hard to say, because I think his work deserves recognition; but would anyone have paid as much attention if he were female -- or would it have been written off as a series by a girl for girls? Impossible to say, but unfortunately, it's not out of the realm of possibility...