science fiction
4 Books to Read for Women’s History Month
From the modern American South, to 19th-century Ghana, to a spaceship en route to Mars, these stories capture compelling visions of the lives of women of color.
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After Wakanda: 5 Black Sci-Fi Writers You Should Know
A short list of great Black authors who can introduce you to Black speculative-fiction.
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We Need More Than Just Crumbs: In Search of Africa’s Afrofuturist Narratives
By honoring Black life in all imaginings of our futures, these films present us with a blueprint for worlds in which where Blackness is honored, period.
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Get Out: 9 Black Horror Classics That Will Keep You Up At Night
Get Out isn’t an anomaly.
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“Meanwhile, Elsewhere” Unapologetically Centers Trans People In Sci-Fi
A banal world is in the realm of fantasy for trans people.
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Mantis Deserves Better: “Guardians of the Galaxy” Continues Abuse of Asian Women In Sci-fi
There’s a long history of Asian women being mistreated in science-fiction and adventure films.
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More Than Our Machines: Aesthetics and Prosthetics in Sci-Fi Film
In the future, you can lose all your limbs and remain enfranchised.
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BitchReads: 13 Books You Should Read In July
There’s a memoir that’s funny as hell, a deep dive into an iconic comic book character, and even a fantasy.
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The Only Good Mother is a Dead Mother: Supergirl’s Fear of Mature Women in Power
In Supergirl, the only good mothers—those who are strong, fierce defenders of justice like Supergirl’s biological mother, Alura—are dead mothers.
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Pop Culture Prepared Me: The Trumpocalypse
So glad yet horrified that pop culture prepared me for these terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad, troubled dystopian horror times!
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