I am certainly geeky about things, but they tend not to be the techy science things
Oh, yes. Me, too. That's why i wound up not writing anything to submit to the anthology. What was i going to talk about? "I feel weird because i get 'missed my saving throw' references and no one else in my office does?" I'm one of those weird interstitial (hehe) geeks who really *likes* sciency things and other traditional (male?) geeky things, but who is, nevertheless, a humanities person. I may find physics intriguing, but i still identify as a POET, goddammit! Huh, i suppose i COULD have written about all of that. Oops. ;)
I do wonder if they'd ever consider doing a follow-up volume. I bet they'd STILL get deluged with submissions. I still haven't finished reading the thing, but a quick overview makes me feel like it's at least kinda balanced in what the women are geeky about -- computers, pure math, high energy particle physics. The *content* could have been a bit more fleshed out, tho' -- so far it feels so much like "women fighting against the patriarchy to get established as geeks," but that could just be the section i've been reading thru' recently.
I guess it always sounds like I slam Seal anthologies, but the thing is, I always want to read them. Even when they're flawed, the topics are much more interesting & relevant to me than anthologies in general are, & the pieces that aren't flawed tend to be amazing.
I can see what you mean, tho'. On the one hand, Seal could be doing what they're doing better, but on the other hand at least they're out there DOING IT. So much of what i want to do with Crabby Media, it must be admitted, stems from watching Seal do things and thinking, "Yes, but...."
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Oh, yes. Me, too. That's why i wound up not writing anything to submit to the anthology. What was i going to talk about? "I feel weird because i get 'missed my saving throw' references and no one else in my office does?" I'm one of those weird interstitial (hehe) geeks who really *likes* sciency things and other traditional (male?) geeky things, but who is, nevertheless, a humanities person. I may find physics intriguing, but i still identify as a POET, goddammit! Huh, i suppose i COULD have written about all of that. Oops. ;)
I do wonder if they'd ever consider doing a follow-up volume. I bet they'd STILL get deluged with submissions. I still haven't finished reading the thing, but a quick overview makes me feel like it's at least kinda balanced in what the women are geeky about -- computers, pure math, high energy particle physics. The *content* could have been a bit more fleshed out, tho' -- so far it feels so much like "women fighting against the patriarchy to get established as geeks," but that could just be the section i've been reading thru' recently.
I guess it always sounds like I slam Seal anthologies, but the thing is, I always want to read them. Even when they're flawed, the topics are much more interesting & relevant to me than anthologies in general are, & the pieces that aren't flawed tend to be amazing.
I can see what you mean, tho'. On the one hand, Seal could be doing what they're doing better, but on the other hand at least they're out there DOING IT. So much of what i want to do with Crabby Media, it must be admitted, stems from watching Seal do things and thinking, "Yes, but...."