Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai...
by neilv on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:59PM
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SF had lots of great progressive ideas, but SF didn't always disrupt contemporary gender roles when it could've. I'm imagining girls who were interested in the stories, ideas, science, etc., and picking up on the discouraging gender role reinforcement.
> "is this what I'll seem like by the standards of a few decades in the future?"
One cultural improvement we hopefully have to look forward to: The more recent "Moana" (one of my favorite films) finally fixes the gender roles programming of the Disney princess stories, as far as I could tell, but it implicitly accepts classism. The child is wandering through her community, noting the people doing their various working class labor, accepting that's their predetermined roles in life, and agonizing that her birthright role of chief will prevent her from exploring.[1] Maybe someday we'll all tell her to go do her share of the coconut harvesting, and that she should demand to replace the monarchy with elected representatives. Then everyone will have some time to explore, if they want.
> "is this what I'll seem like by the standards of a few decades in the future?"
One cultural improvement we hopefully have to look forward to: The more recent "Moana" (one of my favorite films) finally fixes the gender roles programming of the Disney princess stories, as far as I could tell, but it implicitly accepts classism. The child is wandering through her community, noting the people doing their various working class labor, accepting that's their predetermined roles in life, and agonizing that her birthright role of chief will prevent her from exploring.[1] Maybe someday we'll all tell her to go do her share of the coconut harvesting, and that she should demand to replace the monarchy with elected representatives. Then everyone will have some time to explore, if they want.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo&t=1m