I am an old time gamer.  I have somewhere the 1st edition of Warhammer 40K, I have legions of plastic and pewter soldiers sitting in the gar...

There’s been a plethora of women writing about sexism in science fiction and fantasy this past week, Foz Meadows wrote a cracker of a piece ...

And that’s more than most television series.  I have been an avid listener for about 2 years of that time and must say that Galactic Suburb...

Long time readers will remember my review of Bitter Greens last year and an accompanying audio interview I did with Kate Forsyth. In tha...

You’d have to be living under a rock or enjoying an internet free rural paradise (my internet’s been out again) not to have noted the furore...

  Play direct through the player below or download direct as an mp3 or via iTunes ( you will need to go to the podcast home page and clic...

was the first point in a response to Tansy Rayner Roberts cross posted article on Tor  (Go read it, Tansy has a Doctorate in Ancient Histor...

or having sympathy with a potential predator. I came a cross the link below in my twitter feed.  I think it’s a great example of the way in ...

  The Convention Committee has issued a public statement: Public Statement by the Readercon Convention Committee August 5, 2012 In regar...

Although Helen Merrick’s book, The Secret Feminist Cabal has been out for some time (it won a 2010 Atheling Award and was nominated for the...

Mr Scalzi attempted to reframe the discussion around privilege with a metaphor that SWM(straight white male ) gamer dudes might understand w...

or possibly longer. I blame Jonathan Strahan who signal boosted Catherynne M. Valente’s post which led to much goodness. So Catherynne wro...

With all the ridiculous electoral rubbish going on in the States surrounding women’s health, this video is a blast, a timely reminder. Enjo...

only I wish it were a happy day for women around the world.  Even now in the “land of the free” women are battling old battles against entre...

I have almost finished listening to the latest episode of Galactic Suburbia, a great podcast that manages to raise a feminist viewpoint unt...

  Congratulations to the women of Galactic Suburbia for reaching such a hefty milestone(oh and the silent producer). I can’t tell you how ...

  I’ll preface this post with a disclaimer; a lot of what I say here has been written already, possibly more eloquently and definitely more...

Some time in March 1 this year I did a gender audit of my reading.  I had been listening to those subversive women at Galactic Suburbia an...

Dmetri Kakmi of Corporate Capital wrote a post on the Australian Women Writers challenge in which I am a participant.  If you are up for i...