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WisCon or Wiscon, a Wisconsin science fiction convention, is the oldest, and often called the world's leading, feminist science fiction convention and conference. It was first held in Madison, Wiscons
Beaders at Wiscon 2006. Lisa Freitag (far left), Kate Yule (next left), and Amy Thompson (far right).
Emma Bull at Wiscon, 2006. Photo by Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
Avedon Carol, Beth Meacham, and Lois McMaster Bujold at Wiscon 30, 2006
Feminist science fiction
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Feminist science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction focused on such feminist themes as: gender inequality, sexuality, race, economics, reproduction, and environment. Feminist SF is political bec
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…WisCon or Wiscon, a Wisconsin science fiction convention, is the oldest, and often called the world's leading, feminist science fiction convention and conference. It was first held in Madison, Wisconsin, in February 1977, after a group of fans attending the 1976 34th World Science Fiction…
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
Begum Rokeya, a Bengali feminist who in 1905 wrote one of the earliest feminist science fiction, Sultana's Dream. She is considered to be one of the earliest Muslim feminists.
L'Oiselle published in 1909 features the first super superheroine.
The cover of Amazing Stories, December 1926, which describes Clare Winger Harris's short story "The Fate of the Poseidonia".