Dreams of beachcombing

[infryq]

Yesterday I assembled the hem band, P helped even out the cut skirt edges,
and I basted on one layer. The wrong layer, now that I think of it. Well,
that’s what basting is for.

I started listening to book two of the Pratchett collaboration, Long War,
and wasn’t feeling it. Started the vorkosian saga instead with Shards of
Honor, which is holding my attention better but I’m not impressed by the
misogyny tropes. The Facebook crew says that improves in later books so I
will probably stick it out. E brought up a good phrasing; I don’t mind
misogynistic settings so much as I mind misogynistic writing— i.e. if you
can’t think of any way to develop a female character except through sex.
Usually willing to wade through someone learning to write though on a good
recommendation.

I made some glazed pepitas and sunflower seeds, and they are delicious.

The snow was pretty. We got a couple three inches maybe?

Dinner, crossword, Lucifer.

Comments

[simrob]

Shards of Honor is absolutely writing with misogynistic tropes about a misogynistic setting. Based on this post, the only possible recommendation I could give for you continuing with Shards of Honor is that it would help you get into Barrayar without having to guess or infer the backstory.

Barrayar is a book I am happy to recommend as non-misogynistic writing about a misogynistic setting. I'd even say it's marvelous in that respect. But Shards of Honor is all kinds of mediocre and won't get much better by the book's end. (I read Shards+Barrayar in one volume called Cordelia's Honor, and you'll be less sad if you think about them that way.)

[infryq]

Yes... I'm continuing to get that idea (we're now at "men have no idea how babies work, while even unmarried military women are experienced at caring for infants")

Barrayar hold placed :)