Infinite Dudes in Infinite Combinations

[lizbee]

Star Trek tie-in novels have a gender problem.

Decade by decade, series by series, there has been a steady decline in the number of women writing Trek tie-ins. The percentage has dropped from a remarkable 60% in the 1980s to just 12% in the 2010s.

Read my deep dive into gender parity (or ... not) in Star Trek tie-in fiction at my blog. Complete with infographics, gratuitous Joanna Russ quotes, a digression into Star Wars tie-in novels, and the question: where did all the women go? And what can we, as fans, do about it?

Comments

[muccamukk]

I've headered my link post "Too Many Daves on the Dancefloor"

[lizbee]

IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, POOR THINGS but the optics are unfortunate

[muccamukk]

More seriously, I wish I still had my star trek mags, because I remember Michael Jan Friedman laying out what the submission policy was like, and how to get into doing tie ins c. 1996, and it was basically "Send us a pitch, no killing anyone off, no kinky sex."

[lizbee]

I vaguely remember that, too! (Would you be interesting in sharing that thought on my blog? The lack of comments makes me feel a bit ... exposed.)

[muccamukk]

Done.