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A thought:
Jan. 18th, 2010 04:57 pmFinder, I feel, gets something right about talking about the Other in SF. Part of what it gets right, I think, is that everyone in Finder is an Other (to the reader as well as to most of the other protagonists.) No easy identifications; no easy "us" or "them".
If despite my frequent recommendations you haven't checked this comic out yet, you may do so here.
(ETA: If you really haven't checked out Finder before but are doing so now: you'll probably notice there's a pretty white girl featured in the story. You'll probably think she's an easy enough stand-in for present-day privileged folks - until you find out that some of the women around her who sort of look like her may actually be male, and all are looking to get her married to their daughters. Who may also be male. ETA2: "male" in terms of sex, not gender.)
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Sorry for going sort of AWOL. Again. End of term stress, grrr.
If despite my frequent recommendations you haven't checked this comic out yet, you may do so here.
(ETA: If you really haven't checked out Finder before but are doing so now: you'll probably notice there's a pretty white girl featured in the story. You'll probably think she's an easy enough stand-in for present-day privileged folks - until you find out that some of the women around her who sort of look like her may actually be male, and all are looking to get her married to their daughters. Who may also be male. ETA2: "male" in terms of sex, not gender.)
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Sorry for going sort of AWOL. Again. End of term stress, grrr.
