I wasn't into Barbies or most dolls when I was a girl; I preferred books and stuffed animals. I'm also not into military history the...

I don't normally blog on Mondays anymore, but I have a special announcement: my flash fiction short story, " Glass, Wool, Paper ...

My fantasy short story, "Glass, Wool, Paper," will be published online by Flash Fiction Magazine on Friday, January 28th, 2022. On...

If you enjoy reading about spies and secret codes, you'll love the biography The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, a...

If it's late May, that means it's almost time for WisCon, my favorite convention in my favorite city. I'll be arriving Friday du...

When you've been going to a particular convention for a long time, it becomes a home away from home. Even if you don't speak to othe...

Today I'll be headed to WisCon as I have almost every Memorial Day weekend since 1998. (The exception was 2007, when I was nine months p...

One of the programs I'm going to be on at WisCon Memorial Day weekend is called "What is Science in Feminist SF?" Here's t...

This is my biggest beef with the Star Wars prequels, yes, even bigger than Jar-Jar: They got Padme wrong; Mothers endure all for kids And l...

(Here's the final set of panel notes I'll post.) The hero’s journey is still popular, but does it apply to women? Are there othe...

(This is a panel I proposed. It was inspired by this blog post .) The Bechdel Test—to pass, a movie (or book) must 1: contain two female c...

On Sunday, Eugene and I spent an afternoon at the opera. We saw The Mikado at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. I've seen a film version and...

Thanks to all of you who commented on the first post on this subject. (If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, you can find it here ...

Last Friday, Krista analyzed her writing projects to determine if they passed the Smurfette Test (the work has more than one woman) and the...

A week from today I reach a milestone birthday, my 40th. Between being very busy at work and trying to finish this current draft of Across T...

To celebrate International Women's Day, Feminist SF--The Blog! posted a cool sonnet about women reading and writing science fiction. It...