One of the best moments implying a lot about the pervasive reprecussions, I think, in the pilot

Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, resoundingly.

Why assume this is a male octopus?

Most of the stories in Joanna Russ' s Extra (ordinary) People... "Bodies" for instance. Two people from the 20th century are revived in an unspecified future among humans who live environmentally sustainably, are pretty much post-gender, and are extremely nice besides... though I find myself thinking of "What did you…

I believe she explains elsewhere in the full concert video that she got it from a drag queen's puppet show. They probably got it from their grandmother.. :)

It's a surprise to see this on Io9 but I am extremely pleased. And I am hoping that someday someone will expand on that outline of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, because as she notes, there aren't very many of them!

Well at least there's a musical soon to open! By Lin-Manuel Miranda, and starring him too I believe.
http://www.publictheater.org/en/Public-Thea…

Well, there's a musical going up at least! By Lin -anuel Miranda, at that.
Already sold out through March and it hasn't even opened yet... pricey too, hmm. I will be trying for the discount tickets by lottery that they offer, I think.
http://www.publictheater.org/en/Public-Thea…

The "musical home invasion tour" type traditions are far older than the at-home-with-the-family stuff that most united statesians are used to, but is now considered obscure... Reminds me of this excellent book which I must now tout!

I saw the Eowyn thing coming, but was surprised and thrilled that Merry was crucial as well!

What Robert Anton Wilson would call a reality tunnel, if I understand the term.

Third option: buy used. So either fix or buy used - I try to do for everything. Well except for underwear and socks, that's my squeamish level.

My mom, mostly.
And recycling, which she was diligent about and which was an oddly fun chore. At the time (late 70`s, early 80's) you had to make an effort to recycle in our suburban town: Save your newspapers and cardboard and bundle them with twine. Rinse out and sort glass by color. Wash out cans and sort them by…

9's accent was explained, as every planet has a north. Does this mean that every planet has a Scotland?

It may be as simple as name recognition, among people who aren't paying close attention, which is I think the majority. (I know I'm not up to the minute myself, frankly.)

Helen B. Narbon.
"Cheerful and awfully sweet, if you ignore the mutations and the killings and the plots to take over the world."
http://www.narbonic.com/

Well, this is where that difference between Science Fiction and Science Fantasy could come in. To the best of our knowledge, there is no advantage in having more than two sexes in terms of biological survival. Fine, those scenarios, which do include the potential for a heck of a lot of different reproductive…

-Well, I think you have a notion there, it's part of the process of society coming to recognize hey, these people exist.
-Also there's the `turnabout is fair play' principle - so many historical figures have been depicted as only interested in male-female connection that it feels only just to reverse that. -The…

Yeah, this LGBTQ stuff did exist before the current phase.
Same-sex love and nookie through the ages, and/or gender non-conforming people, going by many names, and having various significance in their times. But seldom appearing in the best known versions of the stories.

Actually, that is a part that's based in reality. Borden was a huge fan of theater, Nance O'Neill was a prominent actress and she and Borden had an intense friendship, at the least. Lovers? Quite possibly - it's difficult to know. But there's a solid basis for that characterization.