Posted in Beyond Binaries Book Club, Gender, tagged Ancillary Justice, ancillary mercy, ann leckie, Imperial Radch, SFF, speculative fiction on 2016/02/06| Leave a Comment »
We tried this with discussion prompts this time!
This review contains MAJOR spoilers for Ancillary Mercy, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Justice.
For a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq. Then a search of Athoek Station’s slums turns up someone who shouldn’t exist – someone who might be an ancillary from a ship that’s been hiding beyond the empire’s reach for three thousand years.
Posted in Geek Culture, Gender, tagged fanfiction, Frankenstein MD, gaming, nonbinary, SFF, Wonder Woman on 2014/08/27| 5 Comments »
In this gender reader, I’m focusing on geek topics from genderswapped and non-binary characters in SFF to the history of Wonder Woman to respecting fanfic authors.
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Posted in Geek Culture, Gender, Media, Race, Reblog, tagged fantasy, geek, Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, LGBT, LGBTQIA, Night Vale, people of color, poc, podcast, queer, sci-fi, SFF, Welcome to Night Vale, WTNV on 2014/01/22| 1 Comment »
If you need a palate-cleanser, I wrote a guest post about Welcome to Night Vale over on Have You Nerd?
I tend to describe the podcast Welcome to Night Vale as a surrealist fantasy version of Prairie Home Companion. Each 20-25-minute episode is narrated by Night Vale Community Radio host Cecil Gershwin Palmer (voiced by Cecil Baldwin), who gives community updates for the rural desert town of Night Vale, where John Peters–you know, the farmer?–grows imaginary corn; a floating cat hangs out in the radio station men’s bathroom; wheat and wheat byproducts may attack; and a five-headed dragon is running for office.
In addition to community updates, the weather report features music from an eclectic variety of artists, and the (fake) sponsorships have been targeted to serve the needs of the community:
Step into your nearest Subway restaurant today, and try their new 6-inch mashed potato sub! Top it with a delicious assortment of…
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