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SYLVIA DOUGLAS (LADY GEEKS UNITE), S.G. WONG (DIE ON YOUR FEET: A LOLA STARKE NOVEL), AND LISA YASZEK (SISTERS OF TOMORROW) DISCUSS HOW THE LAST JEDI ANSWERS THE QUESTION, "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN DON'T LISTEN TO WOMEN?" Listen/download   Star Wars, The Last Jedi has got people talking about its exciting characters and battles and how iconic characters achieve their glory or meet their end. And for the first time there are plenty of female speaking roles in a Star Wars film: Rey, Rose and Paige Tico, Vice Admiral Holdo, Maz Kanata, Captain Phasma, and of course Princess Leia. Some people claim, though, that reactions to the film are split along gender lines—that men hate it and women love it, because it’s the first Star Wars film to ask and answer the question, “What happens when men don’t listen to women?” Well, obviously there are women who hate the film and men who love it (me included), but rather than argue about love-hate gender percentages th...

HOW LADY GEEK NITE EMPOWERS WOMEN AND GIRLS, SEXIST SNOBBERY AGAINST COSPLAY + THE EVOLUTION AND DEVOLUTION OF WONDER WOMAN OVER THE DECADES LISTEN/DOWNLOAD The core contradiction of North American science fiction and fantasy fandom is that while often describing itself as a bastion for people who faced rejection from small-minded people, for decades it offered plenty of rejection of its own. North American fan culture was dominated by European men and boys, predominantly middle class and straight, with Western, Northern, and ancient Southern European cultural reference points. While obsessed with physical sciences and militarism, it was largely ignorant of social sciences and popular struggles for justice. Even to this day, as plenty of fans attest, fandom was a closed shop where alleged outsiders could ride the starship in small numbers, but could never by the helmsman or the captain. While some abusive and oppressive fans still cause havoc for others ...