Everyone thinks I'm going to get into my grad program except me. In preparation for the inevitability of reapplying next year, I am reading Octavia Butler's entire bibliography since I'll write my (nonexistent) master's thesis on her work and Afrofuturism. I worry that grad school would cut into my dramatic network television watching though. Thinking… Continue reading Grad School
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Octavia Butler and Diversity in Sci-Fi | Tokyo Jupiter
A cool discussion of my girl Octavia and the exclusion of women and authors of color in speculative fiction. Political science fiction is real and important, and sci-fi nerds need to join forces with social justice ideologies and actively advocate for non-white, non-male authors and narratives. Afrofuturism, y'all. Octavia Butler and the Question of Diversity… Continue reading Octavia Butler and Diversity in Sci-Fi | Tokyo Jupiter
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