Two works of science fiction with unique understandings of gender, "When it Changed" by Joanna Russ and "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree challenge the grasp on sexuality and gendered meaning. While these are two specific examples of feminist science fiction, these are not stand-alone examples. Feminist science fiction is not exactly a new phenomenon and pioneers in the genre including Ursula K. Le Guin who wrote the gender-bending science fiction classic "The left Hand of Darkness" have often toyed with the idea of gender as a construct specific to human society. More generally speaking, the feminist movement touched all areas of literary and cultural production, including the genre of science fiction, which was previously considered to be a domain that was exclusively male.
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