I was struck by how contradictory Sady Doyle's statements are and that her argument is based on how outraged she is at the explicit racism and sexism in A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dark Ages/Dark Fantasy series that is most likely set in a place analogous to Europe. I don't know what she's expecting, but judging from her article, it seems that she's outraged at how culturally homogenous the society is and bemoans on little diversity in thought and in population there are.
I thought that's what happened in the Dark Ages, and it's only in the last century that the world started addressing these problems and that different cultures started to establish significant communities in other countries.
I almost had a feeling that she expected the books to include everyone being educated in a university, and that university to be predominately women and with a vibrant Asian community. And to have a non-Caucasian ruler.
I take great issue on how emotional she is on the topic and doesn't provide coherent research and premises to back up her arguments. A lot of the things she ranted about, she pretty much answered to herself why shouldn't she shouldn't be.
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I was struck by how contradictory Sady Doyle's statements are and that her argument is based on how outraged she is at the explicit racism and sexism in A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dark Ages/Dark Fantasy series that is most likely set in a place analogous to Europe. I don't know what she's expecting, but judging from her article, it seems that she's outraged at how culturally homogenous the society is and bemoans on little diversity in thought and in population there are.
I thought that's what happened in the Dark Ages, and it's only in the last century that the world started addressing these problems and that different cultures started to establish significant communities in other countries.
I almost had a feeling that she expected the books to include everyone being educated in a university, and that university to be predominately women and with a vibrant Asian community. And to have a non-Caucasian ruler.
I take great issue on how emotional she is on the topic and doesn't provide coherent research and premises to back up her arguments. A lot of the things she ranted about, she pretty much answered to herself why shouldn't she shouldn't be.