Meg Vondriska > Quotes

“With Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback, H. G. Wells invented the genre of science fiction.” Mary Shelley would like a word. After all, it’s her 1818 novel Frankenstein that far precedes any works by Verne, Gernsback, or Wells.”
― Meg Vondriska, A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary History

“In the real world, it’s not unusual to see a panel of all-male doctors discussing the symptoms and treatment of endometriosis. The irony that male doctors often don’t listen to women’s pain, or that they blame it on weight or stress, is not lost on me. In fiction and reality, men overlook and overwrite women, and it impacts almost every facet of our lives.”
― Meg Vondriska, A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary History