A List of LGBTQIA+ SFF Authors for Pride
Jennie Ivins
June is Pride Month! And we at Fantasy-Faction are celebrating our favorite LGBTQIA+ authors in SFF! I’ve grouped them by genre, and we hope you can find your next favorite…
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Big List of Julia’s Favourite Amazing Female SFF Authors
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
If you know me, then you know Women in SFF is a topic I am rather passionate about. Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF…
An Incomplete List of Women Writing in SFF
*Disclaimer* This is, as the title says, an incomplete list. I have tried to put each author in every subgenre they write in. It is very probable there are glaring…
Recommendations for SFF Authors of Various Identities
L. A. Young
Today’s society claims to be “woke” when it comes to the need for diversity, except we all know that isn’t true. The prejudice and bigotry presented on the news and…
Queer Representation in SFF
Leo Elijah Cristea
One of two things happen when you raise the issue of queer and gender rep in speculative fiction: The first is we’re told it’s not important, that unqueer people don’t…
Publishing and LGBT Erasure or My Issues with Robo-Boobs
A. A. Freeman
I always knew someone would tell me to add a Sexy Lady Robot to my book. When I first starting writing my novel, Echo of the Larkspur, I set out…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part Six: Historical Accuracy
This final part of our extended series on gender and stereotypes in fantasy and science fiction will be both a conclusion and a sweeping reflection on what we’ve already examined,…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part Five: Bisexuality
When we talk about queer character representation, there’s letters of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum that get left behind, for whatever reason. With Bisexuality Visibility Week’s focus directing the spotlight, now seemed…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part Three: Balance
Last time we focused entirely on characters drawn from the YA SFF spectrum, visiting authors from Cassandra Clare to Maggie Steifvater and Meagan Spooner/Amie Kaufman. Whilst we’re still not done…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part Two: Switching Roles
In the first part of this series we began to explore a couple of points, not least of all the idea that we are creating a new kind of gender…
Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part One: Strong Women
The problem with the new and yet very important desire to portray realistic, strong women with agency, is that some people fixate entirely on the first part of this –…
Women Write Fantasy
Overlord
There have always been serious issues revolving around gender parity and sexism in the fantasy community. Whether this is the depiction of women – as little more than damsels in…