There’s an episode of the excellent Gastropod food/history/science podcast about kelp farming – can’t remember the title, but it’s one of the early episodes. Fascinating stuff.
Originally shared by Derrick “Quite Clever” Sanders
Don’t let Bren Smith and Greenwave get lost in the turmoil…
Not only have women always written space opera; they’ve always written some of the best space opera.
Originally shared by Daniel Swensen
“It never even occurred to the men writing and directing this film that they might even out the gender balance. They just went ahead and did what they always do…In each generation, one is chosen to be named on all the lists and cited by all the Serious People. Once she’s selected, the Serious People dust off their hands and say, “There. We have a female. That’s sorted.” And go right back to focusing on male writers and ignoring the rest of the females.”