Galactic Suburbia

In which classics, what classics, we'll pick our own canon thanks, and reading Heinlein becomes less and less compulsory every year, so try not to worry about it. Actually, no books are compulsory. Read what you want to read. Book-shaming is the worst. Don't do that. Introducing The Wimmin Pamphlet: serving you a diverse range of feminist thought since this fortnight. Strange Horizons essay by Renay - Communities: Weight of History Renay, we are with you! Anti-Impostor-Syndrome Reading and Life Support Group Is Go! James Nicoll's reviews of Women of Wonder, the Pamela Sargent books Tansy refers to as her SF education, highly recommended: 1 & 2 What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: The 100 Season 1; Tiptree Bio, Julie Phillips, Sens8 Tansy: Rocket Talk Ep 53 on Spec Fic 14 & online writing in the spec fic scene, Loki: Agent of Asgard; Fresh Romance #1 Alex: Hugo fiction reading: short stories, novelettes, novellas, novels. OMG the decisions! The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, others to be updated on the blog soon. Also New Horizons!! Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

Continuum 11 debrief: panels and programme stuff we loved. Tansy's Guest of Honour speech: Fantasy, Female Authors & the Politics of Influence. FictionMachine announcement: Something New Can Come Into This World, a book of film essays by Grant Watson. Discussion piece: "Stop Asking Is This Feminist" at the Mary Sue. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Prep for the Alice Sheldon’s 100th Birthday Spoilerific episode in August: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon, Julie Phillips; Tiptree’s short stories - read "Houston, Houston Do You Read?", "Your Faces, O my Sisters, your Faces filled of Light!"; Call the Midwife S1 -3 Alex: All Men of Genius, Lev AC Rosen; Prudence, Gail Carriger; Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson; Jurassic World Tansy: Lois Lane: Fallout, by Gwenda Bond; Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, “Waters of Versailles” by Kelly Robson, illustrated by Kathleen Jennings; Once Upon A Time Seasons 1 & 2 Alex is reading fiction for Hugo voting next episode! Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia) and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

Continuum 11 debrief: panels and programme stuff we loved. Tansy's Guest of Honour speech: Fantasy, Female Authors & the Politics of Influence. FictionMachine announcement: Something New Can Come Into This World, a book of film essays by Grant Watson. Discussion piece: "Stop Asking Is This Feminist" at the Mary Sue. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Prep for the Alice Sheldon’s 100th Birthday Spoilerific episode in August: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon, Julie Phillips; Tiptree’s short stories - read "Houston, Houston Do You Read?", "Your Faces, O my Sisters, your Faces filled of Light!"; Call the Midwife S1 -3 Alex: All Men of Genius, Lev AC Rosen; Prudence, Gail Carriger; Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson; Jurassic World Tansy: Lois Lane: Fallout, by Gwenda Bond; Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, “Waters of Versailles” by Kelly Robson, illustrated by Kathleen Jennings; Once Upon A Time Seasons 1 & 2 Alex is reading fiction for Hugo voting next episode! Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia) and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

The Tea Salon edition in which we drink the Tabitha Blend in front of a live studio audience at Continuum XI and chat about feminist hashtags and vampire college girl romance.  Kathleen Jennings drew us while we talked!  Tehani storified some of the tweets from Writing While Female.  What Culture Have we Consumed?    Alisa: Emerging Writers’ Festival: Writing while Female (How To Be A Woman in Any Boys Club); Bitch Planet, Issues 1-2; Twelve Monkeys    Alex: Cranky Ladies of History; Carmilla (based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu Novella); Veronica Mars; Radio Lab podcast catch up    Tansy: Sons of Anarchy; A-Force by Marguerite Bennett & G.Willow Wilson - AND Carmilla!   Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

The Tea Salon edition in which we drink the Tabitha Blend in front of a live studio audience at Continuum XI and chat about feminist hashtags and vampire college girl romance.  Kathleen Jennings drew us while we talked!  Tehani storified some of the tweets from Writing While Female.  What Culture Have we Consumed?    Alisa: Emerging Writers’ Festival: Writing while Female (How To Be A Woman in Any Boys Club); Bitch Planet, Issues 1-2; Twelve Monkeys    Alex: Cranky Ladies of History; Carmilla (based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu Novella); Veronica Mars; Radio Lab podcast catch up    Tansy: Sons of Anarchy; A-Force by Marguerite Bennett & G.Willow Wilson - AND Carmilla!   Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Tansy, Alisa & Alex take on Feminism 101 with a recs list of teen-friendly resources. Long-time listener and frequent commenter Scott emailed us to say : “My 16 year old daughter has been have issues with boys belittling her views at school class and not being supported by close minded teachers. One of the boys asked if she was a feminist. She said she looked it up on the internet and wasn’t sure it was very positive. I’ve told her it can be a positive term depending on how it’s used. Could you point me to a book or two that I could give her that could help break down feminism and put it in a positive light?” And so, Lily, here are our thoughts... Feminist Teacher - http://feministteacher.com/ with special note of this vid made by teen boys after taking a high school class on feminism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=319&v=9Vh60p4p2QM Anita Sarkeesian: How to Be A Feminist http://feministfrequency.com/2015/03/24/how-to-be-a-feminist-panel-at-all-about-women/ Mindy Nettifee - For Young Women Who Don't Consider Themselves Feminists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-aD9WrfWTM Laci Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwJRFClybmk (also recced by Renay on Twitter) Kitty Flanagan - woman against women against feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iADPHWoJb0 Stuff your Mom Never Told You: How To Talk To Friends About Feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRcIVGvEoA Emma Watson’s UN speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc&feature=youtu.be c/Tehani The F-Bomb http://thefbomb.org/ Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism (2008), He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (2009) Amy Poehler - smart girls in the room https://www.youtube.com/user/smartgirls Vid with a 7 year old explaining feminism & generally celebrating issues to do with being female. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJqTAVJB_x8 Herself - http://herself.com/about/ [NSFW] Mark Ruffalo on Facebook Mary Sue’s film recs for growing feminists: http://www.themarysue.com/six-films-growing-feminist/ Listener Recs: Girls Against Girls by @bonniegrrl c/ Booksandsundry via Twitter @_TYFA: Twitter Youth Feminist Army c/ Cheryl Morgan AmeliaBloomer.com Recommended feminist lit for Birth to 18yrs c/ Melina D via Twitter teenfeminist.com c/ Melina D via Twitter @SamMaggs' FANGIRLS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY is beyond brilliant. c/ Deb Stanish

In which Tansy, Alisa & Alex take on Feminism 101 with a recs list of teen-friendly resources. Long-time listener and frequent commenter Scott emailed us to say : “My 16 year old daughter has been have issues with boys belittling her views at school class and not being supported by close minded teachers. One of the boys asked if she was a feminist. She said she looked it up on the internet and wasn’t sure it was very positive. I’ve told her it can be a positive term depending on how it’s used. Could you point me to a book or two that I could give her that could help break down feminism and put it in a positive light?” And so, Lily, here are our thoughts... Feminist Teacher - http://feministteacher.com/ with special note of this vid made by teen boys after taking a high school class on feminism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=319&v=9Vh60p4p2QM Anita Sarkeesian: How to Be A Feminist http://feministfrequency.com/2015/03/24/how-to-be-a-feminist-panel-at-all-about-women/ Mindy Nettifee - For Young Women Who Don't Consider Themselves Feminists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-aD9WrfWTM Laci Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwJRFClybmk (also recced by Renay on Twitter) Kitty Flanagan - woman against women against feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iADPHWoJb0 Stuff your Mom Never Told You: How To Talk To Friends About Feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRcIVGvEoA Emma Watson’s UN speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc&feature=youtu.be c/Tehani The F-Bomb http://thefbomb.org/ Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism (2008), He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (2009) Amy Poehler - smart girls in the room https://www.youtube.com/user/smartgirls Vid with a 7 year old explaining feminism & generally celebrating issues to do with being female. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJqTAVJB_x8 Herself - http://herself.com/about/ [NSFW] Mark Ruffalo on Facebook Mary Sue’s film recs for growing feminists: http://www.themarysue.com/six-films-growing-feminist/ Listener Recs: Girls Against Girls by @bonniegrrl c/ Booksandsundry via Twitter @_TYFA: Twitter Youth Feminist Army c/ Cheryl Morgan AmeliaBloomer.com Recommended feminist lit for Birth to 18yrs c/ Melina D via Twitter teenfeminist.com c/ Melina D via Twitter @SamMaggs' FANGIRLS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY is beyond brilliant. c/ Deb Stanish

In which Alex and Tansy take on the movie that the Mary Sue dubbed "The Worst Movie Ever" and “full-out, ovaries-to-the-wall original space opera.” Sexist melodrama or feminist fairytale? Why can't it be both?  Shout out to the Jane Rawson readathon: "Just Read readathon, running through June and July to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. I'm lousy at physical activity, growing moustaches and sobriety so I wanted to offer another way for people to raise money for a good cause." Sponsor Jane.  JUPITER ASCENDING: or how a hot wingless werewolf got his groove back, and how being a space princess is actually a worse job than cleaning toilets. Silvia Moreno-Garcia: No, Jupiter Ascending Is Not Your Feminist Fairy Tale The Mary Sue Review: Jupiter Ascending Is The Worst Movie Ever Go See It Immediately Also on the Mary Sue: The Ethics of Jupiter Ascending, Or why I am not a vegetarian This is the podcast that made me (Tansy) want to watch the film: Fangirl Happy Hour 4: Bees Don't Lie (well this and Cranky Aunty Lou's texts messages which you can't have a link to)  Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Alex and Tansy take on the movie that the Mary Sue dubbed "The Worst Movie Ever" and “full-out, ovaries-to-the-wall original space opera.” Sexist melodrama or feminist fairytale? Why can't it be both?  Shout out to the Jane Rawson readathon: "Just Read readathon, running through June and July to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. I'm lousy at physical activity, growing moustaches and sobriety so I wanted to offer another way for people to raise money for a good cause." Sponsor Jane.  JUPITER ASCENDING: or how a hot wingless werewolf got his groove back, and how being a space princess is actually a worse job than cleaning toilets. Silvia Moreno-Garcia: No, Jupiter Ascending Is Not Your Feminist Fairy Tale The Mary Sue Review: Jupiter Ascending Is The Worst Movie Ever Go See It Immediately Also on the Mary Sue: The Ethics of Jupiter Ascending, Or why I am not a vegetarian This is the podcast that made me (Tansy) want to watch the film: Fangirl Happy Hour 4: Bees Don't Lie (well this and Cranky Aunty Lou's texts messages which you can't have a link to)  Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which there are fast cars, ancillary swords, Vote! Helsinki! t-shirts, feminist serial killer narratives and answer the all important question: was watching all of Lost worth it, Alisa? Defying Doomsday funded! Tiptree Award Philip K Dick: Alex’s plan for Hugo reading. Upcoming episode: being ok with being feminist. Request for links! Send us vids, articles, book titles etc. to recommend to teens. Vote for Helsinki for Worldcon 2017! What Culture Have we Consumed? Tansy: Avengers: Age of Ultron, DC: Convergence, The Fall (Netflix Original) Alisa: Reign, Lost Alex: Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie; Incandescence, Greg Egan; Book of Strange New Things, Michael Faber; Fast&Furious 7; Avengers: Age of Ultron Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which there are fast cars, ancillary swords, Vote! Helsinki! t-shirts, feminist serial killer narratives and answer the all important question: was watching all of Lost worth it, Alisa? Defying Doomsday funded! Tiptree Award Philip K Dick: Alex’s plan for Hugo reading. Upcoming episode: being ok with being feminist. Request for links! Send us vids, articles, book titles etc. to recommend to teens. Vote for Helsinki for Worldcon 2017! What Culture Have we Consumed? Tansy: Avengers: Age of Ultron, DC: Convergence, The Fall (Netflix Original) Alisa: Reign, Lost Alex: Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie; Incandescence, Greg Egan; Book of Strange New Things, Michael Faber; Fast&Furious 7; Avengers: Age of Ultron Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which we take on the Hugosplosion, update you on Aussie awards, defy Doomsday, and address the possible misappropriation of the term glittery hoo-ha. It's just been that sort of fortnight. Defying Doomsday crowdfunding campaign. Tin Ducks Ditmar Winners for 2014 Aurealis Awards Tiptree Award (more on this next time when Alex is with us) HUGOSPLOSION - take a deep breath, we're going in. Updated Hugo ballot as of Sat 19 April io9 - the withdrawal of two authors from the ballot. Stats on the Hugos: Whose Rocket by Aidan Walsh David Gerrold, this year’s GOH on the history of the Worldcon #NewHugoCategories Hashtag on Twitter Connie willis on Why I won’t be a presenter at this year’s awards George RR Martin being outspoken on LJ about who is responsible for Sad & Rabid Puppies. Kari Sperring on ego and the expectation of awards N K Jemisin - Not the affirmative action you meant, not the history you're making Alisa’s proposal for her Hugo reading. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Lost, Sex Criminals, Daredevil Ep 1, Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger (she’s an archaeologist? Oh man!) Tansy: Rat Queens; Interstellar; Faerie Tale Theatre, Daredevil, The Blacklist; Eleanor Arnason - Me & Science Fiction, what are we, chopped liver? Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which we take on the Hugosplosion, update you on Aussie awards, defy Doomsday, and address the possible misappropriation of the term glittery hoo-ha. It's just been that sort of fortnight. Defying Doomsday crowdfunding campaign. Tin Ducks Ditmar Winners for 2014 Aurealis Awards Tiptree Award (more on this next time when Alex is with us) HUGOSPLOSION - take a deep breath, we're going in. Updated Hugo ballot as of Sat 19 April io9 - the withdrawal of two authors from the ballot. Stats on the Hugos: Whose Rocket by Aidan Walsh David Gerrold, this year’s GOH on the history of the Worldcon #NewHugoCategories Hashtag on Twitter Connie willis on Why I won’t be a presenter at this year’s awards George RR Martin being outspoken on LJ about who is responsible for Sad & Rabid Puppies. Kari Sperring on ego and the expectation of awards N K Jemisin - Not the affirmative action you meant, not the history you're making Alisa’s proposal for her Hugo reading. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Lost, Sex Criminals, Daredevil Ep 1, Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger (she’s an archaeologist? Oh man!) Tansy: Rat Queens; Interstellar; Faerie Tale Theatre, Daredevil, The Blacklist; Eleanor Arnason - Me & Science Fiction, what are we, chopped liver? Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which we take apart "The Space Crone" and "Is Gender Necessary (Redux)" from Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, and Places by Ursula Le Guin. Defying Doomsday Night Terrace Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which we take apart "The Space Crone" and "Is Gender Necessary (Redux)" from Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, and Places by Ursula Le Guin. Defying Doomsday Night Terrace Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!