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Huh, how many of you people who criticize that article have read past the first sentence?
She's not surprised or shocked that old books reflect old gender roles.
She does not say that all old SFF is sexist.
She is commenting on a list made when a bunch of readers voted on the best SFF in 2011. Her main point is that she's disappointed that these readers in 2011 chose so many sexist books.
Mind, I don't necessarily agree with everything she writes. (Admittedly, I've only read about half of the books/series on the list, so I can't judge all of them.) The most glaring weakness, in my opinion, is that she only chooses to mention one single book she'd like to see included there. (None of the authors haydnfan mentioned are there, to pick just a few glaring holes.)
But if you want to criticise her, you should criticise what she actually writes, not some imagined straw woman built from the heading and the first few sentences of the article.
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