#myfavesareproblematic — Public Fediverse posts

So, I (@arielkroon ) wrote a blog post based a little bit around some of my thesis research, and mostly around my opinions about things. It's called "Fantasy, feminism, and philosophy," and it makes me nervous to put it out there, mostly because - as a gender studies degree holder - I have experienced first-hand the negative backlash when I apply the "f" word to genre criticism.

That said, if I hate a thing, I don't tend to talk about it. I don't wanna waste my energy on something terrible. And so I am incredibly critical of the stories that I absolutely love, because I'm a big ol' nerd academic and it fills my heart with joy to find theories that apply to character, plot, and worldview.

Ahem. I'm digressing. Fantasy is so important! You could argue from a genre standpoint that solarpunk is a type of science fantasy. And that's why it's so important to investigate it. My utopia is necessarily gonna be different than yours, because I'm mired in my own biases and can't see outside of my own umwelt without help.

I'm soapboxing again, whoops. Go read the post!

https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/blog/fdudb5xppit2lzvi4s91mzhyalu8nd

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