Speculative Insight journal

Speculative Insight journal

@speculativeinsight.bsky.social

A journal that explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Alexandra Pierce. No DMs please (email instead). https://www.speculativeinsight.com/

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8 hours ago

It’s adorable (mostly, as with all such things).

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13 hours ago

I have a new book coming in December 2026!

* #ActuallyAutistic
* Digging up the ruins of civilization
* Body sharing! ...With your enemy!
* Biblically accurate drones
* Everyone questions their gender

(I am also a trans person in Kansas and could use some encouragement right now 😳)

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6 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says You see, imagining alternatives to oppression isn't escapism. Power structures, after all, are human constructions. When humans can build, they can also rebuild. "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

Amritesh Mukherjee makes a powerful argument about what Indian feminist science fiction is doing, and how it - sometimes , anyway - imagines a better future...

Read now! Free! www.speculativeinsight.com

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5 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says You see, imagining alternatives to oppression isn't escapism. Power structures, after all, are human constructions. When humans can build, they can also rebuild. "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

Amritesh Mukherjee makes a powerful argument about what Indian feminist science fiction is doing, and how it - sometimes , anyway - imagines a better future...

Read now! Free! www.speculativeinsight.com

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1 day ago

💯

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1 day ago

It was literally her talking about a book she wrote about historical women who have mostly been forgotten.

I was, as the kids used to say, shook.

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1 day ago

Listening to an interview with Kate Mosse, about women in history being lost, and she talks about having this idea that women are thought to be absent or that they did nothing or there was only one…

I guess Joanna Russ has been subjected to historical amnesia too.

(No shade on Mosse, obvs)

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1 day ago
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The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison: Review by Alexandra Pierce locusmag.com/review/...

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5 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says This essay and its sequel trace 120 years... of how women have wielded science fiction to dismantle patriarchy, caste hierarchy, colonial legacies, and capitalist exploitation, often simultaneously, and how they've asked the questions that needed to be asked. "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

Amritesh Mukherjee's two-part history of Indian science fiction makes sharp observations about the themes covered in that fiction, and what impact it can have. Warning: you're likely to come away with a significant reading list...

Read it now for free! www.speculativeinsight.com

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1 day ago

SUCH a joy!!

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1 day ago

I can't wait for Starfleet Academy s2.

I can't wait for Starfleet Academy s2.

I can't wait for Starfleet Academy s2.

I can't wait for Starfleet Academy s2.

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4 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says If the foundational question of Indian feminist SF was about power - who has it, who wields it - the question that has obsessed the genre since the 1990s is about bodies. Whose body is it? Who controls what happens to it? "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

This two-part essay from Amritesh Mukherjee is a powerful examination of the themes and preoccupations of Indian feminist science fiction: power, caste, bodies...

The first part is out now - free to read - and the second will be out in June.
www.speculativeinsight.com

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2 days ago

@indrani.bsky.social you / your followers might be interested in reading this?

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4 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says This essay and its sequel trace 120 years... of how women have wielded science fiction to dismantle patriarchy, caste hierarchy, colonial legacies, and capitalist exploitation, often simultaneously, and how they've asked the questions that needed to be asked. "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

Amritesh Mukherjee's two-part history of Indian science fiction makes sharp observations about the themes covered in that fiction, and what impact it can have. Warning: you're likely to come away with a significant reading list...

Read it now for free! www.speculativeinsight.com

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3 days ago

Sending good thoughts!

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3 days ago

Mid-2028 is going to be EPIIIIIIIC.

(I will travel to see the eclipse either way, but would LOVE to combine it with Brisbane WorldCon. Consider voting so you can do the same!!)

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3 days ago

🤷‍♀️ who knows! (My Tuesday was a bit shit, but Weds has gone a bit better, soooo... 😬)

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3 days ago

A good one - right down memory lane :D

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3 days ago

That list is a TRIP.

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3 days ago

Maybe your body thinks it's actually in Australia, and it's Wednesday?

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3 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says If the foundational question of Indian feminist SF was about power - who has it, who wields it - the question that has obsessed the genre since the 1990s is about bodies. Whose body is it? Who controls what happens to it? "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

This two-part essay from Amritesh Mukherjee is a powerful examination of the themes and preoccupations of Indian feminist science fiction: power, caste, bodies...

The first part is out now - free to read - and the second will be out in June.
www.speculativeinsight.com

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3 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says If the foundational question of Indian feminist SF was about power - who has it, who wields it - the question that has obsessed the genre since the 1990s is about bodies. Whose body is it? Who controls what happens to it? "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

This two-part essay from Amritesh Mukherjee is a powerful examination of the themes and preoccupations of Indian feminist science fiction: power, caste, bodies...

The first part is out now - free to read - and the second will be out in June.
www.speculativeinsight.com

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3 days ago

Which is why, @nytimes.com, learning that a piece of writing is AI changes how people feel about it, in the same way that most people are repulsed by learning a once-favoured artist is a rapist: because context is inherent to interpreting art, and the sole context of genAI is profound contempt.

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3 days ago

We call AI output slop not because it's incapable of regurgitating something beautiful, but because vomiting up chunks of mixed restaurant meals is not the same as being a chef. That some of the upchuck can still be parsed as it was on the plate is not thanks to digestion or emesis, but to cooking.

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4 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says If the foundational question of Indian feminist SF was about power - who has it, who wields it - the question that has obsessed the genre since the 1990s is about bodies. Whose body is it? Who controls what happens to it? "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

This two-part essay from Amritesh Mukherjee is a powerful examination of the themes and preoccupations of Indian feminist science fiction: power, caste, bodies...

The first part is out now - free to read - and the second will be out in June.
www.speculativeinsight.com

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5 days ago

Interzone is always great, & I particularly enjoyed County Colours, which takes an unexpected idea & runs with it to fascinating places. Well worth a read.

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4 days ago

😂

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4 days ago

I cannot hear someone say Frankenstein without hearing “FronkenSHTEEN!” and I haven’t seen that film in like 25 years.

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4 days ago
Purple background, white text, which says This essay and its sequel trace 120 years... of how women have wielded science fiction to dismantle patriarchy, caste hierarchy, colonial legacies, and capitalist exploitation, often simultaneously, and how they've asked the questions that needed to be asked. "Indian Feminist Science Fiction: A History (Part 1)" -- Amritesh Mukherjee

Amritesh Mukherjee's two-part history of Indian science fiction makes sharp observations about the themes covered in that fiction, and what impact it can have. Warning: you're likely to come away with a significant reading list...

Read it now for free! www.speculativeinsight.com

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5 days ago

Not at the moment, I’m afraid. I expect to open to pitches in the middle of the year. Follow here or subscribe to the newsletter to know exactly when.

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