whileaway
Whileaway
Feminist Discussion of Fantasy and Science-Fiction
LiveJournal.com Profile
Full LiveJournal.com profile, including information such as interests and bio.
application/rss+xml
Whileaway -- Feminist F & SF Discussion Community Mission statement: To provide a forum for the discussion of feminist science-fiction and fantasy. That is to say, where works of science-fiction are talked about -- not created -- with feminism in mind. This can include other genres that border on SF/F: steampunk, technothrillers, fantastic romance, horror, and other forms of speculative fiction. We wish to unearth works buried in oblivion, resurrect classics, and bring to light the latest works which we might happen to discover. These works must be feminist in one way or another, and/or reviewed with a critical feminist mind by the contributors to this community. The law of LJ-Cuts: - Put spoilers behind LJ-cut tags, or else. Triggering content should also be placed behind a cut. The particulars: - The works should preferably be literary: we want to discuss written works, from short stories to epic novels and everything in between. - Movies, television series and multimedia works can also be discussed, but due to the overwhelming gravity pull of some of these fandoms we should be mindful of losing sight of our original subject matter. - We are talking about fiction. As such, we wish to leave out the hot topics that plague discussions about contemporary life in order to focus on the speculative rather than the actual. Real life can be referenced, of course, since discussion of fiction requires a context, but it should not become the focus of our community. Off-topic posts will be dealt with accordingly. - We are talking about genre fiction, principally science-fiction. Mainstream "realist" works fall outside of our purview, as a rule, but not to a fault. - We are a feminist community. The vindication of the rights of women is the theme that underlies our approach to literature here. We want to talk about works which feature strong female characters, and/or feminist outlooks, and/or feminist approaches to fiction, etcetera. This may include subversion of patriarchy, gender-bending, queer theory, transsexualism, and more. - These stories can be the work of male authors as well as female authors, and can feature male protagonist in feminist contexts as well. For example, take Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lois McMaster Bujold's Ethan of Athos or Virginia Woolf's Orlando. - Lesbians, gays, bis and transsexuals, whether as the authors or the characters, are par for the course, as are heteros. Homophobia may be discussed, but will not itself be tolerated in this community. Racism and other forms of prejudiced hatred are similarly handled. This is a feminist safe space. Bigots shall earn swift banishment. - Non-feminist works can be reviewed and discussed from a feminist perspective. Where do we draw the line between feminist and non- or anti-feminist? See the next item. - Some works are widely acknowledged as feminist. They may be as well-known as Joanna Russ's novel The Female Man or more obscure than her children's book Kittatinny, but undeniably feminist. (It generally helps if the author is a self-proclaimed feminist.) A vast host are not. The same can be said for science-fiction. If you wish to discuss a little-known work, it would be best for you to include a small paragraph or two telling us why something is relevent; what's feminist about it, what's SFnal. That should be easy. If you cannot support your case with such evidence, then tell us what's interesting, from a feminist perspective, in the non-feminist work you wish to discuss. - Likewise, all arguments should be proven. Cite your sources, or use the tools of logic, such as syllogisms. No sophistry please. In the absence of such, state your opinion as opinion, experience as experience, and so forth. - If there is a disagreement, vigorous debate along the preceeding guidelines are fine. They're encouraged, even. But take personal disputes to e-mail or drop them. - If a thread veers off-topic, consider starting a new entry wherein to address the new topic. If the new topic does not belong in Whileaway, take it elsewhere and point to the new forum if necessary. Do not persist in off-topicness unduly. - This forum is primarily in the English language, but two of its three founders have other mother tongues (German and French), and its members come from all over the world. So we welcome a bit of cultural diversity, although English will serve as the common lingo to favour mutual understanding. - Finally, in case you hadn't noticed, replies to a post will go in the "comments" section, which becomes coloured once someone has posted a comment. Origins: whileaway was founded by cedara, ide_cyan and owlrigh. The community is moderated by cedara, ide_cyan and polymexina. It takes its name from a world in Joanna Russ's classic, The Female Man. Final words: If you utter the phrase "I'm not a [feminist / science-fiction fan], but..." in here, prepare for ridicule. We don't want to know about your vacation in the State of Denial, so what are you doing here if you aren't in the least bit interested in feminism and SF? Let the discussion begin!
black to the future
broad universe
carl brandon society
dtwof test
fantasy
feminism
gaylactic spectrum awards
lambda award
science-fiction
sense of gender award
the bechdel ginger benchmark
tiptree award
wiscon
rachel_swirsky
Rachel Swirsky
That which deranges the senses
birdhousefrog
Oz Whiston writing as Oz Drummond
Oz: Obfuscating Gender for 15 Years
magnetgrrl
stuttering like a kaleidoscope
Emissions from the Barrell Toroid
copracat
Vera
See, Vera?
Anna Bedford
ninebelow
Ninebelow
Nine Below
gardenwaltz
Standing on the ocean
And I'll tell it and speak it and think it and breath it.
alienne
just adrienne.
vgqn
KMS
greenet
Sascha
the very oldest stories of the beginning are sooner or later about blood
andelku
The Lawrence Avenue Correspondent
troubleinchina
Trouble
Trouble Is A State Of Mind
callunav
Calluna V.
There Is No Safety In This World
mojave_wolf
nixve
Geek In The Woods
The Musings and Mutterings of a Nature Girl
lexica510
Lexica
Boom-de-yadda
zhai
Erin Hoffman
Determined to foment a rebellion
naomichana
she praised god for the creation of the heights
Outside Books
kaytecat
Wanderer
verdantpine
ocean and grove
thedilettante
Aishwarya
The doom of nations is another thing
sugargroupie
unfriendly black hottie
too bad Fede's not into whores.
angela_la_la
Lala
look upon my quirks, ye mighty, and prepare
prettyoctopussy
Agnieszka
Tales from the Life of an Amateur Poisoner
hypatia
_hypatia_
deadlettergirl
michelle
lost mail
littlereview
The Little Review
teratologist
Carrie Laben
Brain in a Girl-Shaped Jar
maya_a
Maya's Miscellany
cassiphone
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Velvet Threads
ozarque
brithistorian
BritHistorian
Big Answers to Small Questions
butterscotch711
Butter Scotch
butterscotch 7.1.1
bleaknimue
Janeness
Blood Spattered Comfort Food
queerbychoice
Gayle Madwin
Queer by Choice
savage_pixie
Bethany
sashajwolf
Sass
bread and roses
unovis
Unovis
pentheus
Dirty Little Prophecies
oretatsubasade
Karen Bruce
Oreta Tsubasa de ~On Broken Wings~
mudiooch
Take a breath
jellything
celestialphoenx
Celestial
rowenablue
voodoo child
notes scrawled by a madwoman
the_lady_lily
Dr. Puella
Contemplations and notations
aspera76
Улыбайся… Себе жизнь продлишь, друзей порадуешь, врагов побесишь.
twisted_mystery
Messie Nessie
Ia! Ia! Angst F'taghn
tamisansnews
Tamisan's News
ed_rex
Young Geoffrey
The Annals of Young Geoffrey: Hope brings a turtle
verdictlesslife
with a spritz of lime
a fortune in a cookie
esk
eva
she'd be both, or none at all
kate_schaefer
Kate Schaefer
pantryslut
question mark with teeth
Godzilla Kisses
half
pbrane
dosidella
Jenna
The Abstract Ice
plastic_ansible
Rivers & Tides
angeyja
Angela
lorrraine
Lorrraine
Letters to Myself
22by7
girl talk
the season of distress and clarity
greenpeony
long dark teatime of the soul
jacquez
laura
one evil preppie
haddayr
Haddayr Copley-Woods
Have a Heart of Fire; Have a Heart of Gold
skirmish_of_wit
Constant Reader
This vaine & ridiculous relation
fastfwd
Ceci N'est Pas Une Blog
tikiera
Tikiera
skalja
a veteran pseudo-fictioneer
A veteran pseudo-fictioneer
dancingwriter
Kathryn
Type all day, dance all night.
wild_irises
Debbie N.
Gossip Consciously
bell_bright
specimen_47
FORSEV
[SUBJECT NAME HERE]
sedgeshaveedges
i get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
mostly PG, unless sex happens
mmmaaadworld
life is short: stunt it
yet i am not dead and so we are glad
myjesusisbetter
You Will Do
Reality is almost always wrong.
wendelah1
All the letters I can write
The Playthings of Her Life
purpletigron
PurpleTigron
Purpletigron
pbprincess
tea fiend
confessions of a tea fiend
hfnuala
Happy Fun Nuala
Books, politics, rantings, my daughters and an awful lot of knitting
alias_sqbr
Sophie
Sophie's Secret LJ
peregrin8
A Delicate Corpse Flower
A delicate corpse flower
veejane
Veejane
Charles Bronson got your tongue?
bright_lilim
Bright Lilim's journal
ericaceous
Plant of the Week
rivenwanderer
riv
the way things are sometimes
nou
Kake
I know it's wonky and I don't care
fionnulaharp
fionnula
Venting and Other Methods of Letting Off Steam
darquis
wszystkim życzymy źle nam z oczu patrzy
Phony tough or crazy brave?
sister_ananke
ananke
proteanglow
TITLE.
marykaykare
Mary Kay
dduane
Diane Duane
Word Salad II
hhw
.: hhw :.
hop
terezan_vortex
terezan vortex
tayefeth
Tayefeth
Random Baaaaabblings
bkwyrm
Moral Whiplash
Taking Tickets At The Theme Park of the Damned
ginny_t
Too cute for evil
Welcome to Ginny's Teahouse
verdi_cyan
verdi_cyan's
tikae
Plucky Communist Fairy Princess
going through the motions
nobutterflies
Irene
brief as photos
caseybrienza
Casey Brienza
~生まれた町で夢見てきた...~
actiasluna
pirate skulls and bones
thelastgoodname
Hark! Feckless cats' pajamas scintillate scorpions
If I told you the Loch Ness monster hired me to hit the harbor...
mallory_blog
Mallory
cupidsbow
Cupid's Bow
grrremlinski
Gremlin
Chronicles of the world's slowest eater...
sphynx526
human animal
the lovers, the devil, the tower, the world
altariel
Altariel
It's a full life, if a trifle banal
paintedgarden
You would look dashing in a balaclava
maevele
Maevele
mevennen
Liz Williams: journal
cathydalek
Catherine Dalek
Planet Skaro
deethie
nulla verba
dedra
The Absent-Minded Storyteller
I don't know if I am real without you...
dancingstar
Dancing Star
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
raqs
unable to get my personal thing together
watergarden
Laura Green
A Watergarden Melody
wazira_sharira
Jafaria
Devious, Unreliable, Plotting Madwoman
emzebel
Mama Wears Combat Boots
I would an eye in a Bengal light
mad_bertha
madbertha
In-Between Spaces
staubundsterne
lab
Home again, home again. Jiggetty-jig.
coniraya
Don't Make Me Smack Your Ass Back To Reality
No Patience For Fools!
cheshyre
Cheshyre
Smiling silently...
abouttheauthor
Colette Phair
Letters From the End of Everything
akycha
Other Rose
Shadows and brittle imaginings
seajules
Jules (writing when she gets work)
Find your root words
magentamn
Magenta
Don't dream it, be it!
loudestyeller
catvalente
Living for the Revel
Rules for Anchorites
desayunoencama
Lawrence Schimel
Breakfast in Bed
fire_fly
Not Your Token Brown Friend
Sunbeam's Scrawls
blindwebster
the blind webster
The Useless Drag of Another Day
ladiesbane
etrangere
Anne-Elisa
Clair de Lune
peppermenthe
Walking the Labyrinth of Life
emily_goddess
My thighs are hot for goat felons
prozacpark
hell to ships, hell to men, and hell to cities.
so we beat on, boats against the current,
rparvaaz
Rparvaaz
Eko ahem, dvitiyo na asti; na bhooto, na bhavishyati.
badwillow
logicalargument
Ellen likes to argue
Always a logical argument
sineala
mollior cuniculi capillo
The keyboard! How quaint!
mamajoan
joan the english chick
Life Of Joan
next_bold_move
Little Miss Crabbypants
Gossip & Tales for Other Times.
ljs_lj
LJ's LJ
jaegamer
Jae Walker
Game = Life
matildabj
the Legs, the Nose and Mrs Robinson
distracted by a thing
tauira
Tauira
spiralsheep
Humph
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
fools_trifle
Trifle
a fool's bag of trifles
cija
WHICH IS TO BE MASTER?
trinker
Trinker
Not Just a Funky Looking Valley Girl
patheticfangirl
Pathetic Fangirl
Pathetic Avengers Fangirl
geekgurrl
Persephone Pomegranate
rainbow_goddess
The Woman in Purple
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
communicator
Communicator
The Ex-Communicator
droolfangrrl
Drooling Fan Girl
upstart_crow
JoSelle
The Memory Palace
tyciol
tygger05
tygger's tent
wishus
Still Not Enough Rice Pudding
wordweaverlynn
Stone of stumbling and rock of offense
Every stone a story, like a rosary
sabonasi
S. A. Bonasi
Bonasi's Realm...
neleh13
Whileawaying
matociquala
it's a great life, if you don't weaken
throw another bear in the canoe
wilfulcait
Cait
might as well dance
malfeasanceses
jeliza
my patronus is a basilisk
alixtii
Episkopos Rev. Alixtii O'Krul V, TRL
The Tradëscan Codex
badgerbag
tacky_tramp
she's a tramp, she's a tramp, she's a vamp
Transmission & a Live Wire
eruthros
Excitement! Adventure! Really boring posts! And other stuff!
sr_rivka42
paintedveils
Lee
a new moon madness
klytaimnestra
Klytaimnestra
Kly's night thoughts and random angst attacks
leavethesky
femslashtic!!!
Femslashtic
etana
Frankenmonstrous Cyborg Creature
A Tedious Delusion
jiawen
Rachel's Pages
kyubi
throws rocks at solipsists
lauredhel
Selective and Arbitrary
lauraquilter
sbisson
Simon Bisson
Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff
elenuial
A. Nakama
no, you're a sophist
rippatton
Ripley Patton
charliegrrrl
I Am So Smart
ladyvivien
original sinsuality
scribblings
korinna
The Icewoman Cometh
ars est celare artem
ide_cyan
Ide Cyan
ursulakohl
Ursula
moochymonster
There's no such thing as cold weather
caprine
Allison Lonsdale
schmiss
the laundry on the hill
If you toss a virtuous loaf of bread into the troubled sea of life
tejolote
Just A Little Bit Squirrelly
llamachameleon
Ryvre
velvetdahlia
wax tulips and paper tigers
ursule
romsfuulynn
Lynn Calvin
City of Lights
rosefox
Rose Fox
a garden in riotous bloom
plasticsturgeon
Tuonen Hauki
Hash, Splash, and Thrash
mayaluna
Way I See Things
tenwii
Athena's Misfit
bibliofile
A monstrous rambling
Ironie, egalité, absurdité
jlundberg
Jason Erik Lundberg
LundBlog: Beautiful Letters
girlyfarts
angela
the real janelle
daegaer
Daegaer
A Roiling Sea of Victorian Innuendo
resounding_echo
she said mysteriously
the ability to be twenty five and act fourteen
deadpoet83
So Clear but So Unheard
I've Been Waiting For This Moment All My Life
lisa_bouchard
Lisa Bouchard
Writing and Kids
cadetdru
Drusilla Rain
everything's been going my way
pnh
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
stardragonca
Annoying Pant-leg Pulling Chihuahua of Justice!
Down at the death and doughnut shop
fickle_goddess
Fickle
an unholy legend
in_vino_vanitas
make way for the factotum
kleenexwoman
R is for Raygun
Fuck You, I'm a Robot
coalescent
Niall Harrison
Coalescent
wait_for_that
wait for that
katie_g_lynn
Katie_G_Lynn
I'm beyond your peripheral vision...
owlqueue
kirilaw
Calendar Girl
Growing old so young
kschap
Kelley
Kelley's Journal
aminaofzaria
Paige
we are what we are
jsl32
a person
hollowpoint
Shaun C. Green
Every Breath Is A Bomb
ladyxoc
Babylon Sister
lasayla
Essy
sausconys_books
Book Geek
used_songs
fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Listen carefully .... here's the plot.
phredd
Phredd
raviahmad
badger2305
Victor Raymond
Limits of Sagacity
heathergalaxy
heather galaxy
the musings of ms. heather page galaxy
norilana
Norilana
arcadianmaggie
Arcadian Maggie on Live Journal
barbedwriting
Barbed Writings
drglam
Dr. Darth Flygrrl
sparkymonster
That Chick with the Evil Laugh
Liminal and Loving It
rhipowered
Rhi
burning at the centre of time: rhipowered
lalouve
calls of the wild
agreywood
Katie
Getting There
kirizal
Sharon Mock
Sharon Mock's journal
lcohen
cheveux sable with earworm rampant
putting the "lay" in layover
edwarddain
Edward Dain
The Rosetta Stone
tangendentalism
Tangendentalism
lyda222
Day in the Life of an Idiot
still_asking
The Shining Katana of Reasonable Moderation
It may be babble
keithjwbo
Keith Hernandez Pages
qkellie
QKellie Explains It All
snowjag
Beth
beffer's sometime coherent ramblings
squinting_kitty
Squinting, but not yet blind...
metaphortunate
metaphortunate son
beingdrowned
blog
sarahwilder
changes in altitude
wijsgeer
wijsgeer wants wisdom
vito_excalibur
vito excalibur
Burning Daylight
streussal
Margalo Streussal
I am a batshit genius scientist prophet goddess and I will be free
jinian
hey love, I'm an inconstant satellite
Trilobite Pachinko
femmearchetype
no-time/life/food academic
bitch-ass
alostgirl
Vatic ramblings of a diseased mind
Tastes Like Burning
edroxy
Roxane
The Honeyed Knot
arielstarshadow
Starshadow
Dream a Little Dream
sophiesenoo
Primastical.
ravynstoneabbey
Alexandrine of Ravynstone Abbey
Abbey Annex I
natlyn
Natlyn
Natlyn's Window
ninja_turbo
Mike Underwood
Dance, Dream, Do
kaizoku
the exuberant codpiece
Statistically Improbable Phrases
wbradley
Couchspud
sorenlundi
the boy from chernobyl
hiding out on the continent
stilla_maris
a drop of the sea
Ave, Maris Stella
summersdreamer
I Remember the Time I Knew a Girl From Mars
intertribal
Nadia Louise
a sense of joy and then a panic
rambleflower
Heather
The Rambleflower Backroom
keilexandra
Keilexandra
Eschewed Obfuscation
skywardprodigal
a princess of now
soaring
psammead
Sand Fairy
the sandpit
moontyger
Lissa
That is not dead which can eternal lie...
digitalmeowmix2
illegal,immoral,impossible, just my style.
I'm a pixie, I'm a paper doll, I'm a cartoon,
ultimategirl
A.M.
Brain Leaks
raisin_gal
Raisin Gal
Il n'est pas défendu de penser
wyrdmuse
Sparky Sparky Boom Man
Random Thoughts
cowbee
deakat
Deanne
dance mehitabel dance
fireriven
Our Lady Jack
warriorofworry
Warrior of Worry
Because I worry . . .
killed_marilyn
Erica
komainu
Not waving but drowning
The Funniest Thing I Ever Heard is Something I Can't Remember
kael_isaac
Boku_wa_ケーレブ
voske
Diminutive of fox
lokilokust
.lokilokust.
.how to teach spanish to a goldfish.
mbcorp
cissa
Amanda
sophistration
anakama
Weaving Synaesthetics
oursin
Wandering Hedgehog
It's Always More Complicated
kiran
Kiran
Trix Are For Homos
aricaiu
Ariel
tacithydra
Jen Volant
Venturesome
myfriendjenny
My Friend Jenny
The sun is up, the sky is blue
chanphenglew
Mekong River Reviews
athenemiranda
Thene
empty space
zizi_west
kickboxing librarianship
juliansinger
Kate
Aposiopesis
cmshaw
the livejournal of cmshaw
exhaledtroop
finally I found it
lavendertook
Lavender Took
Subject to Change