Sexism in SFF Publishing

Here it is (finally). A punishing jeremiad of the SFWA debacle of 2013 and a rumination of the current state of sexism in science fiction and fantasy publishing. I'm not gonna lie to you: this is a beast but you will emerge from this with knowledge and power. And we do some news and we review It Follows!

Look at this tangle of thorns.



And there's a skit or something

Supplemental material:

Our survey results are published on the next chronological blog post

SL Huang’s GREAT timeline re: the SFWA situation

http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2013/07/02/a-timeline-of-the-2013-sfwa-controversies/

An artist’s breakdown of the Bulletin #200 cover

http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/chainmail-bikinis-and-other-sexism-in-science-fiction-and-literature/

The Daily Dot article that Fodera called “libel”

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/sfwa-sexism-sci-fi-nebulas-mary-kowal/

The Tumblr containing quotes from the sff.net listserv

http://informationjustwantstobefree.tumblr.com/

Cavendish and Shelley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blazing_World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

VIDA compiles yearly stats on the gender parity in literary criticism and coverage outlets
http://www.vidaweb.org/the-count/

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/07/male-writers-continue-dominate-literary-criticism-vida-study-finds

Crisp’s comments on the lack of female author submissions

http://www.torbooks.co.uk/blog/2013/07/10/sexism-in-genre-publishing-a-publishers-perspective

Renay from LadyBusiness on Tumblr’s response

http://heyheyrenay.tumblr.com/post/55119586005/ladybusinessplus-the-sad-fact-is-we-cant

Author Rachel Bach 

http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2013/07/sexism-and-female-scifi-author.html

Natalie Luhrs of pretty-terrible.com

http://www.pretty-terrible.com/2015/07/13/examine-your-priorities/

Liz Bourke

http://www.tor.com/2015/07/21/sleeps-with-monsters-founded-on-false-assumptions/

Sad Puppies

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-award-nominees-sad-puppies/

Aaaand a whole mess o’ links

http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/beyondherbook/?p=8152

http://ecatherine.com/dear-sfwa/

http://io9.com/5381793/is-science-fiction-feminized-or-is-it-sexist-both

http://io9.com/handy-charts-reveal-why-youve-never-heard-of-most-fema-478627713

http://strangehorizon.com/2013/20130715/renay-c.shtml

http://strangehorizons.com/2013/20130422/2sfcount-a.shtml

http://strangehorizons.com/2015/20150706/renay-c.shtml

http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2013/06/02/this-week-in-sf/#comment-15272

http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/DetailPage.aspx?type=item&id=28341

http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/controversial-email-inflames-sexism-debate-sci-fi/

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/sfwa-sexism-sci-fi-nebulas-mary-kowal/

http://www.delilahpaints.blogspot.com/2013/06/on-sexism-in-publishing-or-why-im.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/book-gender_n_1324560.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/author-ursula-k-le-guin-lashes-out-at-amazon-and-sellouts-in-awards-speech-9873599.html

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/books-and-arts/82930/VIDA-women-writers-magazines-book-reviews

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/09/factchecking_the_franzenfreude.html?from=rss

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/06/18/swfa_sexism_controversy_a_trade_bulletin_offends_its_readers_editor_jean.html

http://www.strangehorizons.com/blog/2013/04/clarke_commentary.shtml

http://www.strangehorizons.com/blog/2013/04/clarke_commentary_2.shtml

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/aug/08/science-fiction-invisible-women-recognition-status

http://www.themarysue.com/genre-publishing-gender-reviews/

https://culturallydisoriented.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/female-creators-in-science-fiction-and-fantasytelevision-the-stats/

https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/old-men-yelling-at-clouds-sfwa-lunacy/

https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/gender-blah-blah-blah

https://literaryames.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/ursula-k-le-guin-confronting-sexism-in-sci-fi-publishing-since-1987/