Re: [*FSFFU*] Dune, role-models and Sex (was Re: Wonder Woman ...)

From: Nalo Hopkinson (bl213@FREENET.TORONTO.ON.CA)
Date: Thu Sep 25 1997 - 07:10:22 PDT


On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, luz guerra wrote:

NH: What she said. :)

-nalo

>
> lg: HIStorically, stories are written about men of power: kings,
> knights,
> presidents, hero soldiers, etc. REAding history or scifi in the 60s and
> 70s
> I might have thought myself invisible (brown woman/poor/worker). Much
> literature by women/people of color/working class people began almost
> necessarily by placing ourselves in the world. Seeking to see ourselves
> mirrored, or being moved when by chance we Do see ourselves mirrored, is
> ultimately about wanting to be visible, valid, human.
>
> luz
>
> "dear sisters, we know what our job is, let us sow together the
> subversive seed of unity." lea guido
>



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