Comments on: How to vote in the 2008 Hugos

By: Announcing: The SFBookswap « The Angry Black Woman

Announcing: The SFBookswap « The Angry Black Woman — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:02:53 +0000

[...] sounds nice. But… only books by women? The Zeitgeist is for more deserving female authors on the Hugo list, so that’s why we’re focusing on [...]

By: Feminist SF - The Blog! » Blog Archive » Bookswapping for a better world

Mon, 14 May 2007 16:00:43 +0000

[...] not just the cost of a membership that’s holding some readers back, it’s also the cost of acquiring new books to read. I suggested a way for interested parties to read newly published books without having to spend a [...]

By: Liz Henry

Liz Henry — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:24:03 +0000

Oh, I had not read Dear Patriarchy, could someone blog that not-in-comments? If not I’ll try to do it as soon as I have a bit more rant and write and time.

By: Ide Cyan

Ide Cyan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:03:15 +0000

Good idea, Madeline. Forward thinking!

By: Madeline F

Madeline F — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:48:13 +0000

I made up a page for the awards that draw on 2007's books but are awarded in 2008, and transferred over all the books listed in the "nominate women writers 2007" page... Will check them for dates later, when it's not nearly 2 AM.

By: Madeline F

Madeline F — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:19:47 +0000

Closing the bold tag didn’t work. :( I’ll try again.

Also, as I went to edit, I thought: shouldn’t we set up a clearinghouse for all the Hugo categories, not just the writing-related ones? And it seems like the Nebula stuff should be on a separate page, since it’s got a different (rolling) eligibility schedule. (We can’t vote for Nebulas unless we’re part of SFWA, but it would be good to have something to point SFWA people to.) I guess I should ask this all on a discussion page on the wiki? I’m really new to wikiing, sorry if I get stuff wrong.

By: Madeline F

Madeline F — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:09:05 +0000

I’m commenting to say that it’s good to have lists of what’s eligible for the various awards, and also to close the freeging bold tag!

Now, off to edit a wiki for the first time ever.

By: Laura Q

Laura Q — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:10:24 +0000

Did folks read Dear Patriarchy, by Elizabeth Bear?

By: Laura Q

Laura Q — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:27:50 +0000

Relatedly – This is an issue for women in other fields too. Women in science, for instance, get disproportionately fewer awards, based on other measures (like citation ratings for their work). There’s a project to act as a clearinghouse for women scientists to make sure that people who nominate for various science awards (including grants) have access to information about women scientists. (I’ll try to dig up the URL.)

The NAS report “Beyond Bias and Barriers” covers the academic promotion & tenure issues, which is related to the same unintentional bias and systemic bias problems. (Intentional bias plays a role, too, undoubtedly. But the report focuses on analyzing the data and recommending solutions to eliminate the unintentional/systemic problems. I think that’s actually quite practical in this instance: Once you eliminate opportunities for unintentional/systemic bias, then intentional bias stands out and is easy to prove.) The prepub PDF is available for $15, and the final will be out soon. But lots of local universities etc. have it (and it’s another recommendation for your local library).

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:03:16 +0000

Laura: ok. I’ll go and add the US books I can think of now, then.