Oh, corpore, there are definitely women sci-fi writers whose work qualifies under the terms of Schmidt's definition - pretty much name your Ursula K. LeGuin title, for example. I wasn't critiquing the distinction, just the way the term has come to be used outside of this particular literary outlet.

I have no problem with Schmidt's criteria, and would love to see it applied to any story. That said, I deeply dislike the term hard sci fi. Clanking whatsits aside, I've got to echo other commenters who have experienced it being used as a way of excluding women's voices and participation in science fiction. As in, any…

Someone should tell the TIME cover attachment mom about the doppelsauger.

Am I missing something? I have NEVER given an 'excuse' to take a sick day at work. I just email telling my employer I'm taking a sick day.

I believe you can find out the answer by playing a little game I like to call Bioshock. Frank Fontaine has some interesting observations on this very subject.

If they want to raise funds for sloth rehabilitation, they should have a link to where you can buy that sloth stuffed animal.

And to think, that young and she's already perfected the mic drop.

I think what this study shows is that we are, as a society, very bad at describing female behavior that is charming and positive in a non-sexual context. If a man looked you in the eye, had a firm handshake, cracked tasteful jokes, was upbeat and charming, that would be good workplace demeanor. If I do it, I'm…

Not that I'm complaining, but some of those monsters look EXACTLY like Muppets.

Re: #5, just don't write an altrustic rapist. No, really. Just don't.

One additional thing; modern conservatism has become uniquely tokenist, because of their preoccupation with playing identity politics. Like, let's make a party platform that does nothing but line the pockets of the rich by inflaming lower class white men's persecution complex, but let's promote that platform with our…

What if I really like flat track roller derby?

I'm definitely my dad's favorite. My brother is my mom's favorite. As far as caregiving capabilities go, I'm a bit more financially stable and my brother is geographically nearer. I guess what I'm saying is that it's going to be a miserable experience all around.

"It's just as bad as thinspo."

Without speaking on whether or not I agree with your observation of this trend (personally, I think it's more a matter of lesbian/bisexual invisibility in other aspects of the world) I would imagine that a smaller percentage of straight plus-size women feel comfortable describing themselves as such.

People are fat in different ways, and people have different ways of being fat. Elastic is popular, as are busy patterns, because of shoppers like my mother, who is my size and believes dressing well in her size means as much body camouflage as possible. If plus-size is still, insanely, seen as a niche, then few…

XS means they are hedging their bets W/R/T the age demographic. All things being equal, young girls tend to be slimmer than women.

Depends on whether you think the solution to the obesity crisis is 'naked fat people,' I suppose.

Man, that zoo-grade weed must be AMAZING.

Not saying this as a reason NOT to offer IUDs to teens, but I'd be very interested to see what widespread teen use of IUDs does to sexually transmitted disease rates.