TIL the first scifi book was (1) written by a woman in 1666 (2) an isekai wish-fulfillment story (3) full of furries (4) includes a zombie army and synthetic drugs.

Imaginary Worlds: The Blazing World

Episode webpage: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/

Media file: https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/18859/traffic.megaphone.fm/MULP7909977388.mp3?updated=1680132373

#ImaginaryWorlds #Scifi #femaleauthors

Want to see what I've been reading? I just made my list of books read on @thestorygraph public so that anyone can follow along as I review books about #AntiRacistEducation along with Science fiction and Fantasy titles by under-represented communities like #FemaleAuthors #BlackWriters and other #Diverse cultural perspectives https://app.thestorygraph.com/books-read/resing

Thanks to @nodunayo for creating #TheStoryGraph!

#FemaleAuthors: Female scientists! We know of a few female alchemists.

Fancying a rewatch of #BBC 1999 #TV version of #ElizabethGaskell Wives and Daughters. We haven’t seen it since it first aired but have the #DVD, which I just pulled out of a precariously tall DVD pile in our sitting room! Looking forward to it. I reread the original novel recently. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215364/ #BritishTV #90sTV #VictorianLiterature #19thCenturyLiterature #NineteenthCenturyLiterature #Novels #CostumeDrama #WomenAuthors #FemaleAuthors #Books #19thCenturyNovels #VictorianNovels #Fiction

The feminine and the Tao: an interview with Ursula K. LeGuin

On Taoist ad agencies, altruism, dressing up and a feminine definition of power.

#ursualeguin #taodejing #taodeching #femininewisdom #taoism #femaleauthors

https://embracethemoon.com/ursula-k-leguin/

#FemaleAuthors: Roman women again! As Rome lurched to the end of its Republic, women played an increasingly large role in politics. We know of many powerful women in this period:

Oh no! My whole #FemaleAuthors thread on Hortensia and Cornelia didn't post! I'll have to rebuild it tomorrow. Drat.

#FemaleAuthors return! First up, Roman women of the late Republic. One of the most important facts for thinking about Roman women was their right to own property--a right that didn't exist again for women in the West until the 20th century.

The New York Public Library hosted a Patriarchy Smasher event with Nona Willis Aronowitz and Angela D. Saini. Saini, of Indian descent, discussed her new book, The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule/The Origins of Inequality (2023).

Definitely on my TBR list!

Find more details here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/new-york-public-library-hosts-event/

#brooklyn #nypl #womenshistorymonth #womensupportingwomen #femaleauthors #books #bookstodon #booknerd #booklovers #bookrecommendations #tbr

#FemaleAuthors: Nossis! Nossis was a contemporary of Anyte, Hedyle, and Moero in the early Hellenistic (~300-270 BC). She was from Locri. Like Anyte, she experimented with epigram and seems to have published an entire book of them.

Her poems are very female-focused. In fact, Antipater of Meleager calls her "thelyglossos" (female-tongued). Some poems assume a female reader from their use of grammatical gender.

#FemaleAuthors: Melinno! Melinno probably lived and wrote in the years 200-150 BC. She is one of the earliest Greeks to write about Rome. Her one surviving work, a hymn celebrating the goddess Roma, may have been commissioned for a festival in the goddess' honor.

#FemaleAuthors: Hedyle and Moero! Our discussion of them brings us full circle to one of the first women authors discussed, Corinna of Tanagra (who probably was a contemporary of theirs in the Hellenistic period, but is sometimes dated earlier).

#FemaleAuthors: Anyte! Anyte's poetry can be dated to 310-275BC. Little is known about her, yet more of her poetry survives than any other woman writer except Sappho. She wrote epigrams (25 of which survive), and lyric/epic poetry (which doesn't).

#FemaleAuthors: Erinna! (One of my absolute favorites.) Erinna lived ca. 350-300 BC. Among female poets, she was second only to Sappho in praise for her 300-line hexameter lament for her friend Baucis, The Distaff. 3 epigrams are also attributed to her.

#FemaleAuthors: Women in the Hellenistic Period (323-30BC). This was a time of increased rights for women. Many received a formal education and were allowed to conduct their own business affairs. Some remained unmarried and worked in the liberal arts and other professions.

#FemaleAuthors: Female philosophers! We know the names of 65 women involved in different ancient philosophical schools. The fragments of writing that survive are a small percentage of what women actually wrote.

#FemaleAuthors: A mini unit on women and philosophy. The first woman we talk about is "Cleobulina of Lindos". Cleo wasn't a real woman, but rather a personification of a woman's style of telling riddles. (Riddles are figured speech not unlike the style of the PreSocratics.)

#FemaleAuthors: Philaenis of Samos! Philaenis is a fascinating figure because she shows how differently male authors might describe a woman's work than the woman herself might have done.

#Femaleauthors: No Female Authors this week, as we traveled to Classical Athens for the week! Though a few important points can be made that apply to later work in the class.

#FemaleAuthors: Telesilla, Praxilla, Myrtis, and Corinna! All date to archaic Greece (except for probably Corinna, who was more likely Hellenistic--but the contents of her poetry work well with the others)