#20th cent scifi

[archetypalother]

Here’s a glamour shot of the copy of The Gods Themselves borrowed from the library for the stream. Here’s hoping the librarians find The Left Hand of Darkness. For now we can read off an ebook, and one will check on the status of the hold request during some business hours.

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[librarycards]

39-42!

40 is answered!

39. How often do you listen to music?

*all* the time. When I'm not listening to podcasts, i'm listening to music. i'm currently listening to "wolf pack" by skinny girl diet.

41. Last movie you watched

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Major! and i recently watched the rabbi's cat.

42. Favorite type of movie

I enjoy documentaries and modern historical films (20th cent) as long as they aren't too military-ish. i also like alt. scifi/horror stuff.

#thank you! #ask #kohshka

[archetypalother]

Betrayal and Fidelity

"In "Is Gender Necessary?", written in 1976, seven years after the publication of The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin, Surprisingly rejected the notion that hers was a 'feminist" book. Although she considered herself a feminist (holding that every thinking woman is a feminist) she emphasized that "The real subject of the book is not feminism or sex or gender ... it is a book about betrayal and fidelity." However, in 1987, eleven years later, Le Guin revised her essay, or rather added comments that attest to her own growth as a conscious feminist. In "Is Gender Necessary? Redux", she admits to having been defensive and resentful that critics had concentrated on the gender problems "as if it were an essay, not a novel."  In her revision she writes that "There are other aspects of the novel" inextricably involved with its gender aspects." Bright Notes: Study Guide to The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin Influence Publishers, 2019. Borrowed from the public library

#ursula k. le guin #the left hand of darkness #scifi #20th cent scifi #feminism #gender theory #gender #sexuality #progressive fiction