Galactic Suburbia's Alex, Alisa, and Tansy have announced the 2013 Galactic Suburbia award for activism and/or communication that advances the feminist conversation in the field of speculative fiction! Here's the list:
Honor List
Malinda Lo's continuing statistics gathering on LGBT YA books
Foz Meadows for her blogging generally, but particularly "Old Men Yelling at Clouds."
Anita Sarkeesian - Tropes vs Women in Video Games (Damsel in Distress 1 & 2, Ms Male Character)
Kameron Hurley, ‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative,” at A Dribble of Ink.
The Doubleclicks - Nothing to Prove music video
Cheryl Morgan - The Rise & Fall of Grimpink
Deb Stanish for her essay in Apex magazine: "Fangirl isn't a Dirty Word."
Honorary shortlistee (the Julia Gillard Award):
Wendy Davis for her amazing filibuster
Joint Winners this Year!!!
(drum roll please)
NK Jemisin for her GoH speech from Continuum (link)
Elise Matthesen for her essay "How to Report Sexual Harassment at cons" (link)
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