Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the Bechdel test and what it reveals about the film industry. And there’s been at least one post I could find on a Bechdel standard for video games as well, which is interesting, even though I could dispute a whole bunch of points in the post (such as: [...]
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August 14, 2010
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A Bechdel Test for Historical Romance
By aliciaaho in Ladies, Romance, Society, Writing
July 15, 2010
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RITA: Kinsale, Kinsale, and Chase
By aliciaaho in Romance, Travel, WritingI’ve been going strong on my RITA reading, but somehow or other (wedding, honeymoon) have fallen behind on the actual writing-up of my thoughts. So this post is going to tackle two RITA winners — plus, a bonus book! — for reasons that should become obvious. Ultimately, what I’ve taken away from these three books [...]
April 27, 2010
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RITA: Julie Garwood’s The Bride
By aliciaaho in Ladies, Romance, WritingMy first form-specific look at a past RITA award winner: The Bride, by Julie Garwood. First off, I must explain that this is one of the first romance novels I read growing up. And it is definitely the one I’ve reread most often: probably upwards of a hundred times, easily. There are scenes and sentences [...]
April 15, 2010
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Ready to Read the RITAs? Right!
By aliciaaho in Ladies, RomanceIn more than one bookstore, you can find lists of Hugo and Nebula award winners posted in the science fiction/fantasy sections. Displays of the recent Pulitzer winners are currently everywhere. Man Booker Awards, American Book Awards, National Book Awards — these will all be noted on shelf cards or pointed out. The reason for this [...]