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The Girl Who Was Plugged In was written by James Tiptree Jr., a pen name used by American science fiction writer Alice B. Sheldon. Sheldon used a male pen name to write during this time, the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, because it was considered non viable for women to be successful science fiction writers. In 1977, her true identity had become known and she is noted for breaking down the barriers between writing as a “male” or a “female”. Originally, many had wondered if Tiptree was indeed female yet, her writing appeared to be strongly masculine. Her short story, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, won the 1973 Hugo Award for best short story and throughout the text Tiptree discusses various applied sciences and technologies of our future, making …show more content…

Burke in the story. After ending up in the hospital for a suicide attempt, the corporate interest select her to be a “remote” for a celebrity. She goes through a series of modifications, in which electronic implants allow her to use a sophisticated computer to control another body, known as Delphi, by remote control. Delphi is what appears to be perfect fifteen year old` girl and was grown from a modified embryo, without a functioning brain. Delphi is controlled by satellite link in P. Burke’s brain, as she does not have a brain of her own. After months of training, Delphi becomes a media sensation overnight, as she travels and tests products around the world. Throughout the story, Paul Isham, a rebel son of a network executive, notices Delphi and falls in love with her. P. Burke falls in love with him too, but of course can't tell him the truth about Delphi. Eventually, Paul does find out the truth about Delphi but, he misunderstands, believing that Delphi is a normal girl who is being enslaved by pain implants and he orders that they be removed. At the end of the story, Paul storms into the control room where P. Burke is and rips the wires out of her, causing her to die along with Delphi.
The technological advances in the short story can be applied to what gender will be like in the future, as Tiptree discusses the advances of technologies and sciences. Based on her story, she imagines a future that

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