{"id":392,"date":"2008-11-02T23:11:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T04:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/sideshow\/?p=46"},"modified":"2010-04-01T23:39:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T03:39:13","slug":"22nd-carnival-of-feminist-science-fiction-%e2%80%93-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/sideshow\/22nd-carnival-of-feminist-science-fiction-%e2%80%93-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction \u2014 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"[The Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/a> is held roughly once a month, with rotating hosts.]\n

Space Westerns: Star Wars<\/em>, Star Trek<\/em>, Firefly<\/em>\u201d\u00a6 when you get right down to it, most science fiction on television traces its roots back to the Western, where most problems could be solved at the end of 60 minutes with a violent shootout. For the most part America hasn\u2019t grown beyond the Western. Conflicts between Good vs. Evil, the fight against that \u201calien other\u201d, the need to explore the frontier, the need to conquer and have dominion over the natural world \u201d\u201c when you put it like that you can see that the Western never died, it just changed uniforms.<\/p>\n

Camille Alexa graces us with a four-part post:<\/p>\n

Part I: a conversation with A Dude<\/a><\/em>
\nPart II: a conversation with An Editor<\/a><\/em>
\nPart III: Q\/A with author Jessica Reisman<\/a><\/em>
\nPart IV: Where Tina Connolly and I veer into the uncharted frontier of Cozypunk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Firefly<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s no way to do a Carnival where Feminism and Space Western intersect without mentioning Joss Whedon\u2019s Firefly<\/em>. It stems back all the way to \u2018Tis Pity She\u2019s a Whore\u2019: Postfeminist Prostitution in Joss Whedon\u2019s Firefly?<\/span><\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n

Heroine Content<\/em> recently viewed and reviewed Firefly and Serenity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Socrates referred to himself as a gadfly and was poisoned by those he tried to educate. Why? Because he challenged their most dearly held assumptions. People hate that. It\u2019s interesting to see the spirit live again in a multiracial Radical Feminist Lesbian, Allecto, who posted A Rapist\u2019s View of the World: Joss Whedon and Firefly<\/a>, A Rapist\u2019s View of the World: Our Mrs. Reynolds: Part One<\/a>, and A Wife-Beater\u2019s View of the World: Our Mrs. Reynolds Part Two<\/a>. You have to admit that it did<\/em> cause discussion. Responses were varied and fan outrage was high (Allecto\u2019s Joss Whedon Rant Raped My Miiiiind<\/a>). But what really seemed to be at stake was what Words From The Center, Words From The Edge<\/em> talks about in Critiquing Joss Whedon<\/a>. The Hathor Legacy<\/em> sums it up in Joss Whedon and feminist cookies<\/a>: \u201c<\/span>No one deserves accolades for being a feminist … no one deserves is insulation from criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/h2>\n

Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog<\/em>, says, \u201cStar Wars is a Western \u201d\u201c with really good special effects.\u201d While Princess Leia was a competent leader of the rebellion, it\u2019s a little sad to see her part has since devolved to The Cult of Leia\u2019s Metal Bikini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alien<\/h2>\n

Alien<\/em> seems to follow in the tradition of the Indian abduction stories. What you have is an \u201calien other\u201d who is fighting with us to subsume our reproductive rights (as a race). What is really interesting to me (again, as an intersection of Space Westerns and Feminism) is The Bechdel Rule (AKA Ripley\u2019s Rule)<\/a>. Cinemathematics<\/em> explores The Two Ripleys<\/a> while John Scalzi believes that Ellen Ripley Paved the Way for Strong Female Leads<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n[This is Part I. Part II<\/a> and Part III<\/a> are also available.]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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