flarenut ([personal profile] flarenut) wrote in [personal profile] firecat 2014-04-30 04:23 pm (UTC)

Because we live in an alternate universe where Ursula LeGuin never wrote anything? It really is kinda amazing how much the "unmarked=male" default still holds. (There was also an interesting discussion of this partway through the enormous hugo-nomination discussion thread at making light, where the jerkwads couldn't conceive of anyone not male being in a story unless there was some plot or thematic reason for it.)

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