Episode#111: Interview w/ Lisa Yaszek editor of The Future is Female Vol 1 &2

Lisa Yaszek is one of my favorite interviews but her appearances
with me have all to this point been on the Dickheads podcast. She
is the Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School
of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. She is
the author of Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women’s Science
Fiction co-editor of Sisters of Tomorrow. Most importantly today
she is the editor of two Library of America editions of The
Future is Female. These are definitive anthologies that paint the
history of women’s role in the writing of 20th century Science
Fiction.


I interviewed her about the first Future is Female Vol 1 on DHP,
she also joined us for panels on Cancel Culture, Scholars in
Quarantine, and a panel on the work of Judith Merril. She is one
of my favorite guests because the lady knows the genre, and the
history, and every time I hear her on my podcast, lectures, or
read her work I learn stuff. So buckle in!


In this interview we talk about the second volume of The Future
is Female focused on the science fiction of second-wave feminists
in the 1970s. We talk about the atmosphere in the era of SF,
feminism, and more. We go story by story, author by author. I
think it will greatly add to your experience if you read it. The
two volumes of this series are must-read books for anyone
interested in the history of the genre.





Lisa on Dickheads:





https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast/interview-11-lisa-yaszek-the-future-is-female





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVPDKJdUB0





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq9rl66FMRU





https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast/dick-adjacent-4-cancel-culture-roundtable-with-lisa-yaszek-alec-nevala-lee





https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast/dick-adjacent-14-judith-merril





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83NBikgZ4w