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For some inexplicable reason I feel the need to link to "ILU-486". Which comes with content notes (if not outright trigger warnings) for abortion, reproductive coercion, death, and gruesome imagery, of course.
2015-03-25
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A poetry I wish to share.
The author, Naziyah Mahmood, is interviewed over here, mostly not about poetry, but damn those are some pretty pictures. (She likes swords.) Interview is a little inspiration-porny, though.
The author, Naziyah Mahmood, is interviewed over here, mostly not about poetry, but damn those are some pretty pictures. (She likes swords.) Interview is a little inspiration-porny, though.
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liveblogging Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
7:03 pm:
I am gonna love this book.
7:05 pm: Two pages into "Revolution Shuffle", I'm noping out. Zombies, you see.
7:09 pm: "The Token Superhero" is a lil bit anvilicious and summaryish but the bones of it are fantastic.
7:14 pm: "The River". Ouch. Kinda wondering about later implications for the city, though.
( spoilery )
7:26 pm: "Black Angel" has a much more sympathetic protagonist than the protagonist thinks.
( spoilery )
7:38 pm: "Small and Bright": I really feel for Orion. The last paragraph confuses me, though, it's such a change in tone.
7:42 pm: I can't make anything of "In Spite of Darkness".
7:45 pm: from "Hollow": How do you teach a history of hate in the name of love?
7:49 pm: "Lalibela": !!!!!
7:51 pm: from "Little Brown Mouse": No struggle feels futile to the one struggling. This feels like the beginning of a much bigger story.
7:55 pm: I can't make anything of "Sanford and Sun".
7:58 pm: "Runway Blackout" is win. Or, well, it's win until the backlash hits.
8:04 pm: "Kafka's Last Laugh" needs a trigger warning for torture. ( spoilery )
8:06 pm: "22XX: One-Shot": gotta love the protagonist's priorities.
8:10 pm: I can't make anything of "Manhunters".
8:12 pm: "Aftermath" is an excerpt from a novel and I expect makes more sense in context.
8:16 pm: Ditto "Fire on the Mountain".
( spoilery )
8:30 pm: "Children Who Fly": that exotic thing called jobs. Hah. Yes.
8:35 pm: Need to reread and think more about "Outro".
Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in speculative fiction. All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories?—Walidah Imarisha, Octavia's Brood introduction
I am gonna love this book.
7:05 pm: Two pages into "Revolution Shuffle", I'm noping out. Zombies, you see.
7:09 pm: "The Token Superhero" is a lil bit anvilicious and summaryish but the bones of it are fantastic.
7:14 pm: "The River". Ouch. Kinda wondering about later implications for the city, though.
( spoilery )
7:26 pm: "Black Angel" has a much more sympathetic protagonist than the protagonist thinks.
( spoilery )
7:38 pm: "Small and Bright": I really feel for Orion. The last paragraph confuses me, though, it's such a change in tone.
7:42 pm: I can't make anything of "In Spite of Darkness".
7:45 pm: from "Hollow": How do you teach a history of hate in the name of love?
7:49 pm: "Lalibela": !!!!!
7:51 pm: from "Little Brown Mouse": No struggle feels futile to the one struggling. This feels like the beginning of a much bigger story.
7:55 pm: I can't make anything of "Sanford and Sun".
7:58 pm: "Runway Blackout" is win. Or, well, it's win until the backlash hits.
8:04 pm: "Kafka's Last Laugh" needs a trigger warning for torture. ( spoilery )
8:06 pm: "22XX: One-Shot": gotta love the protagonist's priorities.
8:10 pm: I can't make anything of "Manhunters".
8:12 pm: "Aftermath" is an excerpt from a novel and I expect makes more sense in context.
8:16 pm: Ditto "Fire on the Mountain".
( spoilery )
8:30 pm: "Children Who Fly": that exotic thing called jobs. Hah. Yes.
8:35 pm: Need to reread and think more about "Outro".