> >Can we go back to discussing SF?
I apologize for posting some more G.I.Jane messages after the
listmistress's warning had been posted. I don't have a computer at home,
and it takes time to read everything that has accumulated since the last time I
checked, while I'm trying to answer the mail right away.
However, I don't entirely understand the public irritation over the
"off-subject" postings. If someone does not like a thread (or any of the
existing ones) why would not she start one of her own, instead of getting
upset that others do no post what she wants to read. This is not TV, if
you don't like what's on, post something you do. Besides, DM's movie
might not be sf, but it definitely was feminist, unless one believes that
feminism must be exlusively pacifistic, ecological, and
community-spirited, due to some to some mythically "different,
non-violent nature of women". I don't mean to offend anyone, but
presenting a subject that you _would_ like to see discussed is more
likely to change the situation than whining that everyone is talking
about something else. As for leaving the list, that is a rather pathetic
form of protest, and would not change anything for sure. Just a thought,
which I don't expect anyone to share, either.
Marina
"Femininity is code for femaleness plus whatever society
happens to be selling at the time."
Naomi Wolf
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