Explorations of transformative justice solutions and ideas as seen in science fiction novels, from Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jenna Peters-Golden and adrienne maree brown. This product is a 24 page PDF.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a Toronto and Oakland-based poet, writer, educator and social activist. Her writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of color, abuse survivors, mixed-race people and diasporic South Asians and Sri Lankans.
i especially liked the interrogating questions for the review on who fears death by nnedi okorafor. i've read the book multiple times, once for myself and twice to help my siblings analyze it for school projects. i never really interrogated it in the way where it might explore rape culture. it was definitely a big part of the character's journey but i never looked at it with such a careful lens.
in contrast, i read octavia butler's parables and started the patternist and xenogenesis series and read them very deeply and critically. i'm looking forward to immerse myself in science fiction wholly and completely.
sometimes i just want to turn my brain off and ~vibe~ though so we'll see! : )