Title: She won't take "yes" for an answer
Product review: With the possible exception of the western, sci-fi has historically been about the most markedly gendered genre of fiction. Up until the 1970s, their were hardly any women writing in the field at all (Judith Merrill and Leigh Brackett being rare exceptions). The readership was likewise almost exclusively male. So that's what Joanna Russ was up against when she tried to break into the field in the 1970s. So, what kind of welcome did she get from the boys? Well, in short order the evil sexist curs of sci-fi community had bestowed upon Joanna Russ its two highest honors, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award.Understandably outraged at this shabby treatment, Russ poured her anger into this prolonged whine of a book, this manual of grievance, this feminist masterpiece.
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