Another Facebook meme, another blog post about female protagonists.
Tag: feminism
Power Plays: Journeys in the Zemnian Empire with E.P. Clark
E.P. Clark's work was so thought-provoking, I had to interview her.
B2BCyCon SciFan & LitRPG Blog Hop—Stop #1: The Insider’s Guide to A Wizard’s Forge: Influences and Themes
Vic’s troubles and how she deals with them should inspire some rousing debate. Go chill the wine and prepare yourself with some cool intel to drop on your friends.
Why I’m Marching in DC
Saturday's March will be the first steps in a new paradigm of resistance to the current Administration as a means of restoring the principle, and hopefully the practice, of equal footing for all.
Guest Post: Author A.M. Justice Reflects On Her Literary Idol
Today the Genre Minx hosted my thoughts on my literary idol, Ursula K. LeGuin. Read on to find out why I love this author so much.
Author Ursula K. Le Guin, Photo Credit: Copyright © by Marian Wood Kolisch
Every author has their literary idol; Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is mine. I discovered her work in high school, when I would prowl the science fiction/fantasy shelves at the mall bookstore. I still have the paperback edition of The Wizard of Earthsea that I bought because I liked the cover featuring a dragon curled around the ruins of an island city. I can’t remember if I bought only Wizard that day and went back later to get The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, or if I went all in and purchased the whole trilogy at once. I do know I fell in love with Ged, the titular wizard, as soon as I began reading. So began a lifelong admiration for Le Guin’s work.
Le Guin’s first novel, Rocannon’s World, appeared in 1966. When…
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The Problem with Male Protagonists
I, the proud feminist, surrounded my female protagonist with an all-male supporting cast of POV characters.
