18: The Other Half of the Sky

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Nov 5, 201351:35Science & Medicine

Athena Andreadis: Women in SF. Science fiction wishes to be the genre of imaginative extrapolation, yet the portrayal of female characters remains largely traditional. Even in today's SF, the role of protagonist remains...

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