So, a few years back, after reading Station Eleven, I got into a conversation with a fellow academic about the lack of tampons in the book. This led to me thinking about how women and their bodily functions are treated in fiction--and especially apocalyptic fiction. And THAT led to a research project in which I looked at over 40 books from eight decades of SFF and did some math and some close reading. The result? My presentation: "Where are the Tampons? The Estrangement of Women's Bodies in Apocalyptic Fiction." I gave the paper/presentation at Worldcon in Helsinki and recently at Fantasycon in Peterborough, and next week I will be giving it at my work as part of our Open Lecture series.
The question is, what do I do with it next? While I could alter it to be a regular academic essay, it's image heavy. I *could* trim it down to just the charts I made to show my reading survey, but I like it with the Walking Dead and Mad Max references, and I think the audience finds it more interesting that way, too. Any advice or ideas?
The question is, what do I do with it next? While I could alter it to be a regular academic essay, it's image heavy. I *could* trim it down to just the charts I made to show my reading survey, but I like it with the Walking Dead and Mad Max references, and I think the audience finds it more interesting that way, too. Any advice or ideas?
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