The Ancillary Justice series by Ann Leckie is amazing! I recommend anything by Neon Yang (although they tend to write Silkpunk rather than space opera). Another few names I can think of to recommend are Bogi Takács, Aliette De Bodard, Alastair Reynolds, and Rivers Solomon.

Murderbot diaries! So not what the title implies. Murderbot is an awesome nongendered AI that would rather binge watch tv than do their job.  And an immense slow-burn mystery accompanies the episodic action in the series.

You might both really enjoy A Memory Called Empire; it’s some critically-acclaimed queer space opera for ya.

Maybe it’s because I’m 38 and have been married, to the most “feminist” guy that I know, for 12 years... but this whole article feels like it’s dumping on a man who is earnestly trying to be a better man. If he’s found to have been a dick or a predator, or covering for a predator, then go ahead on down this path.

But this is hopefully how they should do a sequel. Blanc has to solve another, unrelated, mystery. We don’t need his backstory, we don’t need any of the other characters from the first showing up. Just another mystery with the same detective. I might even allow them a throwaway line about the author’s murder he…

“Didn’t say” is a fact. “Didn’t bother” is assuming a hostile motivation without a basis in what was actually said. Gadot’s done and said plenty to complain about in the past, but referring to Palestinians as “our neighbours” and calling for a two-state solution is not an example of that.

Leftist Jew weighing in, because I’ve found that I’m not allowed to state my beliefs without reminding everyone of my faith (which is strong and which compels me to stand against apartheid). I see no one who wants her to say that at all but given the fact that historically she has been supportive of some abhorrent…

Her “I wish for peace between my country and our neighbors” statement is pretty basic and the disproportionate response to it is more about attacking her as a proxy for the Israeli government due to her visibility. Holding a person accountable in this way for the actions of others due to their sharing the same…

I don’t know what people expect from her. You really thought she was going to say “Death to Israel” or something? The left has lost the plot on this and is careening toward antisemitism, especially with Gadot since she takes a lot of shit for being the most famous Israeli in the world at the moment.

This is what I don’t understand. The Gate Foundation is huge and well known. If you want to write a hit piece there is easily google-able real things to burn them on:

I’m near Sydney, Australia and we pay way more for our restaurant food than you guys do, partly because the Award wage for a Level 1 Food and Beverage Attendant Grade 1 is AUD$20.41 (USD$15.80) per hour and $25 on Saturdays.

Okay, I’m old and don’t quite know what counts as chic anymore, but I can do minimalist with the best of them, and from what I gather from friends with kids, pregnant women and menopausal women share two things—we need to stay cool, and we spread out around the abdomen, butt, and hips. Your friend wants cool, natural…

I have worked in alternative/complementary medicine, and it used to be that those of us in this arena were progressives fighting against a medical tradition that dismissed women and people of color — and offered no quarter for ideas that are now mainstream (bodywork for trauma, diet impacts health, etc.). And now, it…

This way they get the clicks AND to demonstrate how superior they are to anyone who clicks.

Maybe Gwen was on Disney shows as a kid?

Well, until you pointed it out, I did Nazi it.

Gold digger? What a ridiculous, misogynistic reading of the situation. They were on relatively even financial footing when they got married, the bulk of Kanye’s current net worth accumulated during their marriage. Kim’s made piles and piles of money herself over the past 7 years and, I don’t think he’s been much of…

I think you mean, “it certainly can’t hurt”?

She isn’t supposed to be playing some victim though. She is playing a woman who takes a firm stance on her husbands drug problem and forces him to take a hard look at life and drop the drugs.

The story is about how The Overlook feeds on his inherent addictive tendencies and how a strong female character watches her…

It’s a huge problem.