On Tuesday I read a blog post in which a female blogger made a list of people in her acquaintance she’d put in charge of governing society if she was a monarch. All the people on her list were male. When called on this fact in the comments, she mentioned one woman she knew who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amy Sundberg’
A Highly Intelligent Woman Speaks Out
Posted in Life, Society, tagged Amy Sundberg, Backbone Project, feminism, giftedness, high IQ, impostor syndrome, intelligence, smart women on April 12, 2012 | 73 Comments »
Let’s Kick Self Loathing Where It Hurts
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged acceptance, Amy Sundberg, bragging, courage, nonconformist, personal development, positivity, practice, self esteem, self respect on April 5, 2012 | 46 Comments »
Elizabeth Bear recently wrote an essay in which she stated her intention to try not to self-denigrate herself out loud. You should go read it because it is thought-provoking and also because she references Sondheim in an awesome way, and who doesn’t love that? That being said, it was a painful essay to read, at [...]
Sit at the Table Redux
Posted in Arts, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, conventions, determination, learning, sale, sitting at the table, taking risks, writing on March 29, 2012 | 12 Comments »
It’s been a little over a year since I wrote my first Sit at the Table essay, although it feels like exactly a year since it was published the Thursday before FogCon, and guess what today is. Last week I received word that I sold my story “Man on the Moon Day” to Daily Science [...]
I will be at FogCon this weekend. Will you?
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, tagged Amy Sundberg, conventions, FOGcon, philosophy on March 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’ll be attending FogCon in Walnut Creek this weekend, and I’m moderating a panel this Friday the 30th at 1:30pm: Body and Mind: Smash the Binary, Salon B/C Body/Mind duality is a staple of Western philosophy and metaphysics, from the ancient Greeks through Rene Descartes through the present day. Is this a false duality or [...]
Good Enough For What?
Posted in Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, Dunning-Kruger effect, Kris Rusch, practice, publishing, quality, self publishing, uncertainty, writing on March 27, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Resistance against self publishing has been steadily crumbling. Last week a writer friend of mine who had been vehemently opposed to such ideas no more than a year ago even mentioned that she’d consider self publishing. I never expected to hear those words from her, and it’s a powerful illustration for me of the mainstream [...]
Why I’m Glad I Live in the 21st Century
Posted in Life, Society, tagged 21st century, Amy Sundberg, At Home, Bill Bryson, book love, gratitude on March 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s most recent book, At Home, which I wanted for months and then received for Christmas (and even then, it took me another couple of months to get to it, which goes to show how out-of-control my to-read stack has gotten). Its subtitle is “A Short History of Private Life,” and [...]
Strong Female Characters Can Still Screw Up, Get Upset, and Cry
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Society, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, Buffy, feminism, strong female character on March 15, 2012 | 8 Comments »
As many of you know, I’m a big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I’ve watched the series more than once. I have a Buffy T-shirt. I even own a replica scythe. So what I’m about to say may shock you. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is not a feminist show. It is sometimes egregiously sexist, in [...]
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