Flights of Foundry 2021

Depictions of women in fantasy were long predicated on their relationship to men: the princess, the bait, the evil temptress, the object of desire. And these were generally women who were attractive by American standards, not a sagging breast or a gray hair or even a pimple to be found. Recent years have brought some epic and amazing changes to depictions of women in fantasy: strong, complicated characters, women who are strong in different cultural traditions, women who are older or have disabilities, women who are mothers, grandmothers, different flavors of queer. Let’s talk about some of the things that we like seeing in these depictions, the things we don’t and what we want to see next.