Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai...
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:25PM
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I'm not convinced by a reversal, but there may be a replacement.
IMO contemporary gender politics are just as rigid and aggressively normative as those of the 50s - just in different ways.
If you consider the possibility that rigid politics are a problem, and the form they take is secondary, there may still be room for progress.
Meanwhile these magazines are 50-60 years old, and best read as a historical record. They haven't been taken seriously as futurology for literally decades - if ever.
Getting angry about the content is a little like getting angry about the whaling in Moby Dick.
IMO contemporary gender politics are just as rigid and aggressively normative as those of the 50s - just in different ways.
If you consider the possibility that rigid politics are a problem, and the form they take is secondary, there may still be room for progress.
Meanwhile these magazines are 50-60 years old, and best read as a historical record. They haven't been taken seriously as futurology for literally decades - if ever.
Getting angry about the content is a little like getting angry about the whaling in Moby Dick.