Unfortunately, the Ghostbusters thing, while spot on about social issues and nerds, isn’t really a great example to hold up on its own merits. It turns out that it was kind of a shitty movie. My wife and I just watched it and she turned to me as soon as it was done and said “Well, that sucked and I’m sad I wasted my time watching it.”
I read her early works when I was a much younger geek. I’d probably react differently now but while I lukewarm “liked” it, I didn’t feel any desire to seek out her later work. It felt very preachy to me. I prefer Elizabeth Bear or Kameron Hurley, who definitely don’t downplay issues women face.
