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Feeling a bit better, but still far from 100%. However, I managed to rouse myself enough to see that Ginia Bellafante, the New York Times reviewer who slammed Game of Thrones as "boy fiction" that would never appeal to a woman, did finally reply to her critics.
Unfortunately, her reply shows that she still doesn't understand why anyone was upset, especially women. And since this time the paper didn't scrub the comment section because of reader outrage, I was able to respond in public:
I was one of the many people who was disgusted by your dismissal of an entire genre as "boy fiction" despite a heavy female readership. I also sent you a list of possible books by female fantasy writers, including the likes of Ursula K. LeGuin, Jacqueline Carey, Lynn Flewelling, Mercedes Lackey, and at least a dozen others, that you should seriously consider reading before you spout off again about fantasy being "boy fiction."
I didn't expect a reply, obviously, nor did I get one. But reading this alleged response makes it obvious that you don't understand why women fans were so upset, don't really much care, and still prefer the works of Lorrie Moore to anything set in a world that isn't bounded by the five boroughs of Manhattan.
And oh - the next time I'm in New York, perhaps we could have lunch. Then you'd actually know a fantasy fan who's a hardworking, self-supporting, non-basement dwelling woman. Perhaps we can exchange books. I'll give you a copy of The Bone Doll's Twin and you can give me something by Lorrie Moore. Deal?
Unfortunately, her reply shows that she still doesn't understand why anyone was upset, especially women. And since this time the paper didn't scrub the comment section because of reader outrage, I was able to respond in public:
I was one of the many people who was disgusted by your dismissal of an entire genre as "boy fiction" despite a heavy female readership. I also sent you a list of possible books by female fantasy writers, including the likes of Ursula K. LeGuin, Jacqueline Carey, Lynn Flewelling, Mercedes Lackey, and at least a dozen others, that you should seriously consider reading before you spout off again about fantasy being "boy fiction."
I didn't expect a reply, obviously, nor did I get one. But reading this alleged response makes it obvious that you don't understand why women fans were so upset, don't really much care, and still prefer the works of Lorrie Moore to anything set in a world that isn't bounded by the five boroughs of Manhattan.
And oh - the next time I'm in New York, perhaps we could have lunch. Then you'd actually know a fantasy fan who's a hardworking, self-supporting, non-basement dwelling woman. Perhaps we can exchange books. I'll give you a copy of The Bone Doll's Twin and you can give me something by Lorrie Moore. Deal?
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Date: 2011-04-19 08:17 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-04-19 09:10 pm (UTC)From:OTOH, I have the feeling that this woman hasn't been anywhere near Brooklyn, Queens, or Staten Island in, oh, several years....
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