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A review by carolynf
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
4.0
I normally don't get into short stories very much, but the pieces in this collection all complement each other very well. Most are sci-fi although there are some fantasy stories. In pretty much all of them, women in general or a woman in particular is being oppressed by men in general or a man in particular. It seems like this would get old, but each story looks at gendered society from a different angle. In some stories women come out on top in the end, but usually they don't.
I was the least interested in the first piece in the collection, about a constitutional amendment that was created just for the silencing of one particular woman, whose words have long since been forgotten. The story about the woman who was a werewolf was terribly sad, even sadder than the various stories about societies which have forced women to go into hiding for one reason or another.
I was the least interested in the first piece in the collection, about a constitutional amendment that was created just for the silencing of one particular woman, whose words have long since been forgotten. The story about the woman who was a werewolf was terribly sad, even sadder than the various stories about societies which have forced women to go into hiding for one reason or another.