Expanding on the Gunfighter and the Gear-Head

I didn't really want to touch on this subject in the review since it was honestly irrelevant to the review itself, but nonetheless, it is a subject I want to discuss.

Let's talk feminism.

Yuuuuuuuuuup, I heard groans everywhere. But stick around for a bit! I want to analyze this seriously!

To anyone who has read TGATGH (btw, spoilers, obviously), the mention of feminism should come as no surprise. Beyond the fact that almost every lead in the book is a female, barring Ramen and the enemies, of course, the theme of feminism is so overwhelming I honestly wtf'd to myself once I finished reading. There is the fact that all the males turned out to be enemies and betrayed the females. Or they died. Poor Daniel, RIP.  Then there are the small groups of male pilots who were important but not significant enough to give names and ultimately were just kind of there.

So males are not appreciated. Cool. Now to turn the feminism level up to eleven, we have the fact that the big new "government" ruling in the chaos after the apocalypse consists solely of females. Everybody high up is female.

What does this all say about feminism? Perhaps the author, Ms. Duffy, is saying that the world is better off ruled by women. After all, they bring stability and protection and peace to the lawlessness and chaos that would otherwise remain. But surely a group of men could do that as well? The women appear to be just as cruel as men were back in the past when colonization began and repeat the behavior of abuse on the opposite sex.

My take on it? Maybe she's saying nothing at all and simply wrote a book with this setting because that was what she wanted to have. Or maybe she's saying that equality is best for all? I honestly have no idea because the ending pretty much killed the major men characters off and focused solely on Gieo and Fiona.

Then again, there are more books in the series (which I do not plan on reading, because come on, fuck multiple books in one series: I'm done with aliens and guns and  post-apocalyptia) which means plenty of chances for her to build on this world where men are grasping for the reins and the women are laughing at them from their pedestals high above in the carriage.

Link to review of TGATGH