Sexism on Darkover

Sexism on Darkover is a multi-part series of Darkover essays printed over many years in the zine series Jumeaux.
"The article stirred up more controversy than any other before or since."—from the zine editor in Definitive Issue 5.
One of its main subjects was the Marion Zimmer Bradley's book Darkover Landfall.
The articles were written by a succession of three authors.
 File:Jumdef4-2.jpg| Part Two by Frankel from Definitive Issue 4 (May 1981)
File:Jumdef5-4.jpg|Part Three by Frankel from Definitive Issue 5 (March 1985)
File:Defjum9-2.jpg|Part Seven by Frankel from Definitive Issue 9 (August 1983)
File:Jumeauxten-3.jpg|Part Eight by Boal from Definitive Issue 10 (June 1985)
==The Authors==
The first two parts are by Adrienne Fein, and reprinted many times.
The series was continued by Linda Frankel, and reprinted many times.
The last part was written by Nina Boal and was printed only once.
Comments by the zine's editor in Jumeaux Definitive Issue 4 was published in May 1981:
==The Parts==
Some are original, some are reprints. It is difficult to sort out anything past February 1981 due to the complicated publishing history of this zine series regarding dates.
* Part I by Adrienne Fein (December 1978, Original Issue 5)
* Parts 2A and 2B by Adrienne Fein (May 1979, Original Issue 6)
* Part IV by Linda Frankel (November 1980, Original Issue 9)
* Part V by Linda Frankel (February 1981, Original Issue 10)
* Part 1, "a look at "Darkover Landfall" by Adrienne Fein with a postscript by Linda Frankel" (August 1982, Definitive Issue 3)
* Part II: The Early Novels by Linda Frankel (25) (loosely based on an article by Adrienne Fein. The editor comments at great length about some related topics in the editorial, touching upon such subjects as pregnancy, abortion, birth control, the number of children women have... "Normally I write comments on all the articles of the previous issue. This time Adrienne and Linda's article took all the space, mainly because I, too, was annoyed by Darkover Landfall though for different reasons than Adrienne and Linda. One thing that really annoyed me was the idea that disliking children is the result of crowding....") (May 1981, Definitive Issue 4)
* Part III by Linda Frankel (March 1983, Definitive Issue 5)
* Part IV by Linda Frankel (January 1984, Definitive Issue 6)
* Part V by Linda Frankel (October 1984, Definitive Issue 7)
* part VI by Linda Frankel: In Definitive Issue 8 (the 1982 edition), the editor wrote that she misplaced the final pages of Linda Frankel's 'Sexism' article, so it is missing, and will appear as a double feature in the next issue. It does, however, appear in Definitive Issue 8, the August 1985 edition)
* Part VII by Linda Frankel (August 1983, Definitive Issue 9)
* Part VIII by Nina Boal: The editor of the zine wrote in the editorial: "When Linda Frankel moved to San Francisco, she seemed to have left her fannish interests behind in New York. At least she did not seem interested in contributing to JUMEAUX. Therefore I asked Nina Boal, another feminist, to take over the Sexism on Darkover series. Linda Frankel may return next issue, however since she has since shown an interest in returning to Darkover fandom. I hope she does as I always find her views interesting even when I don't agree with her." (June 1985, Definitive Issue 10)
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