"We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative" is an

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Kameron Hurley Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Biography Hurley was born in Washington state and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, Durban, South Africa, and Chicago. She currently resides in Dayton, Ohio. Hurley has been publ ...

, addressing the portrayal of women in science fiction, and in general. It was first published as a post to '' A Dribble of Ink'' in May 2013, and was republished in ''Lightspeed's'' special issue "Women Destroy Science Fiction". In 2014, it won the

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, the same year that Hurley won Hugo for Best Fan Writer.

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Text of the essay at ''A Dribble of Ink''
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