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I'm still thinking about David Brin's The Postman and how its most feminist parts aren't the parts it thinks are the most feminist.
Anyway, one detail I really liked: the post-apocalyptic town has to rally to fight off some bandits. It's men who go out fighting. But Brin specifically mentions women are the ones getting the horses ready and out of the stables. He's aware of a role they might take and acknowledges it, even if it's not flashy. Which is not something I have come to expect most authors to do.
#I'm still amused that he writes a town run by a literal matriarch#that practices some negotiated consensual polyamory#and by implication doesn't consider that feminist#it's just how things are! why make a big deal of it?#while I would prefer some acknowledgement that it's feminist I'm not gonna rag on a 40-year-old sci fi paperback#more fun and useful to point out what it does well
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