female characters in M/M stories

July 12, 2013 by Filigree 4 comments on "Objects of Desire, or Girl Cooties, Part 3 (adult content advisory)"

Objects of Desire, or Girl Cooties, Part 3 (adult content advisory)

I was going to name this one ‘Male Objectification’, but that’s wrong. For one thing, it follows the standard practice of somehow ignoring bi and trans* issues, in favor of a strict dichotomy of ‘straight’ vs. ‘homosexual’. The truth of human experience, and thus the grist for writers’ extrapolations thereof, is rarely that simple. I’ve…

July 4, 2013 by Filigree 2 comments on "Love By Any Name, or Girl Cooties, Part 2 (adult content advisory)"

Love By Any Name, or Girl Cooties, Part 2 (adult content advisory)

I’ve talked about this before, but not in so much detail. By now we’ve all seen the ‘girl cooties’ issue from the POV of the old guard of male Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. The old guard was about ‘business as usual’. Their opponents argued that female characters were marginalized for decades. That female authors…

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