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Category: The Female Frontier

  • The Female Frontier

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers review

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on March 11, 2022March 8, 2022

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers If a novella could be prescribed,…

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  • The Female Frontier

Anthologies for the Holiday wish-list

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

There will be a permanent indent of my body in one corner of the room…

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To be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers
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To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (review)

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

To Be Taught, If Fortunate, the first novella from award-winning Sci-Fi author Becky Chambers, follows…

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Review of Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on June 21, 2021June 20, 2021

Pride Month saw the release of horror collection, Unburied, which aimed to showcase LGBTQIA+ talent…

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  • The Female Frontier

Look What You Made Me Do

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on April 7, 2021

I’m taking a look at some awesome women characters whose trauma gave birth to their…

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  • The Female Frontier

2020 – My Year with Women Creators

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on December 14, 2020

At the start of this year I made a vow that 2020 would be the…

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  • The Female Frontier

Goodbi-erasure: We Need to Get Better at the Portrayal of Bisexuality

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020

Freddie Mercury – idol, hero, LGBTQIA+ icon. In the 2018 biopic, Mercury looks to Mary…

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  • The Female Frontier

Ladies, We’re Apocalypse Ready

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on June 26, 2020June 21, 2020

Ladies, We’re Apocalypse Ready When I chat to my brothers about the good old days…

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  • The Female Frontier

A Love Letter to Sci-Fi’s Leading Women

  • Joanne Askew
  • Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

As a young girl fascinated by science fiction, it was rare in the late 1990s…

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