Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.

What feels stale to you was just gaining ground in the early '70s. I'm surprised you're not also taking into consideration the era in which these stories were written.

And, of course, an occasional perusal of current male outrage movements on Twitter is eye-opening for someone like me who, probably like you, lives in an insulated equality bubble most of the time. There are books like that, which blogs like sometimes cover, and they are ridiculous and alarming, and act as very helpful reminders that there are people out there who feel incredibly threatened by the idea of independent women who make the rules instead of following them. It's a punching up sort of thing, as tired as I am of that phrase. I see what you're getting at, but it would only be a fair question if the playing ground were level, if government were truly representative, if men and women were paid the same, if women had more control over reproductive rights, blah, blah, blah, you've heard this all before, I'm sure. 'were women to have been on the opposite end of the collection’s gender portrayal, what would the reaction be?' That word seems to be everywhere nowadays. I'm surprised you didn't use the word misandronistic. His wife while a strange cult, the Cult of Adam, sweeps the land, killing all In his life outside the lab, the entomologist has fantasies of murdering And in perhaps Tiptree Jr.’s most famous story, “The Screwfly Solution,”Īn entomologist researches eliminating a particularly pesky insect by creatingĪ pesticide that wipes out its females. To a space ship, and after some time aboard, is gang raped by her shipmates andĬaptain before a more tragic fate takes hold.

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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.