Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Next month's book: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
bookshop.org/a/110350/9781538732182

Here's Ursula K. Le Guin's essay "Is Gender Necessary?":
bit.ly/isgendernecessary

00:00:00 Left Hand of Darkness: Intro
00:03:00 Is Gender Necessary?
00:05:45 Discussion Intro
00:07:00 Plot
00:09:17 He Pronouns
00:12:55 Misogyny
00:16:14 Gender & Sex
00:21:31 Religion
00:25:40 Estraven pt. 1
00:28:33 Shifgrethor
00:30:13 Estraven pt. 2
00:35:38 Le Guin's Writing Style
00:36:48 Estraven pt. 3
00:39:40 Experimental Society?
00:41:30 Unrealized Love
00:43:58 Observation Deck
00:45:54 Sci-Fi Subversion
00:47:05 Criticisms
00:48:21 The Next Generation S5 E7
00:51:12 Government Legislations
00:52:31 Genly Expands His Mind
00:58: 45 Next Book Announcement

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