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6 May 2009
A couple of months ago, around the time I made these two posts, My tv and fandom consumption: a quest for diversity and Hollywood: But where are the gay people?, I was talking to my mother about the media we consume and how I think it's bad for us, no matter who we are, to see no one like us. The first post linked is about the domination of white middle-aged men in the tv and movies available to me; the second is about the domination of heterosexuality specifically.
It's easy enough, I was telling my mom, to escape into female-dominated books. I grew up with them, thanks to her - I never ran out of female protagonists. But the problem remains that these are almost universally straight white female heroines. It's better than straight white men, but if it's all evil/dead lesbians and white-washed futures, it's still painful.
So that's when my mom recommended ( John Varley's Titan - mild spoilers. )
For spoilerphobes, I recommend Titan as a first-contact science fiction adventure with really cool world-building, cool philosophical/theological underpinnings, and lesbian romance featuring characters of color. However, it should come with a warning for brief and unpleasant though non-graphic rape. (I would have appreciated the warning. That's one part of fandom I definitely like.)
It's easy enough, I was telling my mom, to escape into female-dominated books. I grew up with them, thanks to her - I never ran out of female protagonists. But the problem remains that these are almost universally straight white female heroines. It's better than straight white men, but if it's all evil/dead lesbians and white-washed futures, it's still painful.
So that's when my mom recommended ( John Varley's Titan - mild spoilers. )
For spoilerphobes, I recommend Titan as a first-contact science fiction adventure with really cool world-building, cool philosophical/theological underpinnings, and lesbian romance featuring characters of color. However, it should come with a warning for brief and unpleasant though non-graphic rape. (I would have appreciated the warning. That's one part of fandom I definitely like.)
- Jared has a plan so cunning it could outfox a fox that teaches cunning at Cambridge University.
Jensen's a hairdresser who gets a new customer.a. Sandy left Jared for Chad and he's suicidal enough that they put him in a mental institution where he meets Jensen, who's insane. Eventually leave together on a mini-road trip.
b. Jared has lost his wife and Jensen has lost his mind. In the end they're both okay, as long as they keep driving. [I love how these two are clearly the same story and equally funny.]
Blaid Discovers sentinels and then travels around world finding and pairing them with guides. Comes back to Cascade and meets Jim. :D
Sheets can be tricky