I don’t have a pinned post or anything:
blanket statement that it you want to create fanworks based on my headcanons/meta you are more than welcome to! knock yourself out
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master manipulator He is
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Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, the youngest MP in Aotearoa, starts a haka to protest the first vote on a bill reinterpreting the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi
Important to not forget this isn't the only thing happening. The haka disrupting the vote in parliament is supported by nation wide hīkoi of thousands of people on their way to the capital to protest this
If you want to learn about what the proposed bill is that people are protesting and what it would actually mean for the constitution of Aotearoa if it went through...
PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here
Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn
If anyone has any recommendations give them to me please!
Gladly! The pieces on this list aren’t limited to specifically anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy, but they do center related and relevant topics, themes, etc.
- Anything by NK Jemisin. She is the best speculative fiction writer of her generation and probably the best speculative fiction writer alive. She is easily one of the best writers working right now, across all genres. That’s not hyperbole. She deserves all the hype.
- Anything by Octavia Butler. She needs no introduction. Her short fiction is incredible; “Bloodchild” is one of the pieces that inspired me to write.
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. Excellent. Just read it.
- The Radiant Emperor duology by Shelley P. Chan. It broke my heart and it'll break yours.
- Babel by RF Kuang. You’ve probably already heard of this book because Harper Voyager marketed the shit out of it and was right to do so. It’s very, very good. Kuang writes a compulsively readable story, that’s for sure.
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo.
- So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction and Fantasy (anthology) edited by Nalo Hopkinson.
- Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (anthology) edited by Nalo Hopkinson.
Severely underhyped books of assorted speculative genres:
- The Blood Trials by NE Davenport. Given the current chokehold romantasy has on the public it’s insane to me that this book hasn’t sold a billion copies.
- The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. It’ll change you.
- The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera.
- The Lesson by Caldwell Turnbull.
Read widely. Read diversely. People of the Caucasian persuasion need to stop getting pissy when the story doesn’t immediately center them and they don’t automatically relate to everything the character says and does and is. Just let yourself get swept in the story—even if it touches on (gasp!) racism—and maybe, just maybe, it’ll reveal something to you.
Or maybe not! Marginalized sff authors do not have to and should not have to educate their readers. But if I see one more white person complain about how Black characters are fundamentally annoying because they complain too much I’m going to fling myself into the sun
Thanks for coming to my ted talk I didn’t want to do it but here I am
Don't forget Aliette de Bodard! Especially her Xuya and Dominion of the Fallen series.
Zen Cho is my other favorite - Sorcerer to the Crown and The True Queen, and also Black Water Sister.
Great list! I will also recommend anything by Samuel R. Delany.
Also reccing P. Djèlí Clark's books, especially Ring Shout, which is like "what if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a black woman and the KKK was still the KKK but now they're literal horrifying monsters as well as figuratively so". It's SO BADASS.
others to add!!
The Unbroken by CL Clark
ANYTHING by Nghi Vo, not just Empress of Salt and Fortune; When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and the rest of the Singing Hills cycle, which EoSaF starts, are incredible as well as The Chosen and the Beautiful (an adaptation of the Great Gatsby).
Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, both by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Song of Silver, Flame like Night like Amelie Wen Zhao
Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
ANYTHING by Tasha Suri but especially The Jasmine Throne and its sequel The Oleander Sword
THE LIST KEEPS GOING YOU GUYS
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction. It’s a sci-fi anthology “showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora” I cannot recommend this book enough everything in it is an absolute banger
The Memory Librarian: and other stories of Dirty Computer. Based on Janelle Monáe’s album, Doet Computer it’s a sci-fi anthology of stories from that world. It’s really fucking good I’m a big fan of musicians doing world building with their music and she really takes it to the next level with this book. You don’t necessarily need to know the story of Dirty Computer to read this but I would highly recommend.
The Machine Mandate series by Benjanun Sriduangkaew. I have never seen mastery of language like this and the world she’s built out is fucking incredible. All 10 (? I think. There’s 6 main books and a couple prequel) are so beautiful and I think all novellas.
I will absolutely second anything by Samuel R Delaney. I’m particularly partial to Empire Star, Driftglass and Babel-17. He’s my favourite author of all time and everything I’ve read by him is so good. The kind where you finish the story and you have to sit there for 3-5 business days to really absorb it.
Bill screaming Stan's name and reaching for him as he dies is honestly one of the coolest villain deaths ever. like same coin theory aside the fact that Bill never calls anyone by their actual names and Stan spent 30 years not being called his own name. it’s so satisfying
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so the deadly mcdonald's outbreak of shiga toxin-producing e. coli was thought to be from contaminated onions, and the onions tested negative for that specific deadly strain of e. coli, but then they found out the onions were contaminated with a completely different strain of e. coli. life comes at you fast
go white boy goooo
no white boy not like that
white boy i've never seen anyone fuck it up like that
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tumblr users not immune to weird guy in a river
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“You just have to turn your brain off to watch this movie” i fucking hate you, i hate you, you’re engaging with art wrong. Like how do you not get joy out of deeply interacting with what a film is saying, even if the film sucks shit. What the fuck are you doing
If someone spent a million bajillion dollars on a movie that sucks shit and advocates for war and grinded vfx artists into putty then it is my hell given right to tell everyone it sucks
So many of you are still arguing to turn your brain off in the notes literally what did i just say
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oh…. I didn’t think they’d ever be friends, and yet!
he's the right combination of stubborn and oblivious!
Belphie walked right over her, ignored her hissing and yowling, and then settled down practically ontop of her while she gummed at his leg (thank god she doesn't have teeth). then, while she tried to twist over and swat at him, he started grooming her. after that, Pangur gave up and went back to sleep. and so did he, with his cute little paw on her back.
A call for support
Art above is by tumblr user sunset-synthetica
I am calling on my followers and anyone else reading this post to take time to donate at least 10 euros to Nader's family's campaign. It is vetted (#4 on the list).
As of the time I write this post, this campaign is 80% to its goal of €50,000! This has been achieved by thousands of individual donations to which yours counts.
€44,430 raised! We are almost at 90% of the goal so keep going!
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please reblog the fundraisers you see on your dash. please. if you claim to care about palestine, NOW is the time to prove it. everyone said gaza will be worse off if trump wins - well, now he has. the least anyone can do now is reblog and share and DONATE to as many fundraisers as possible. especially if you're american. you want harm reduction? this is harm reduction. help gazan families.
you can't decide where to start?
- gazafunds
- mohammad, nawal, and baby roaa
- yousef, khadija, and baby majd
- ahmed, his family, and their cat soso
pick a name. any name. read their story. realize that what you feel now, they feel everyday, a thousandfold. donate whatever you can. at the very least, reblog if you can't.
there is no excuse not to.
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Fanart Friday request from some time ago, Harry Dubois!
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