science fiction
Masculinity is a Crypto Cult: Mattie Lubchansky’s Boys Weekend
In Mattie Lubchansky’s new graphic novel, Boys Weekend, the stag celebration achieves its final, and fatal, form.
Wonder Bread Visions and the Future of Western Civilization
Donald Earl Collins critiques Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, calling on producers and writers to deepen their apocalyptic imaginations by thinking racially.
‘Executive Order’ Re-Writes the Post-Apocalyptic Genre
Executive Order challenges viewers to re-think the post-apocalyptic format and hero-making narratives, flipping the script on a genre that has long reinforced racism, centering Black humanity as a racist government lead by an evil Karen tries to force all Black people to repatriate to Africa as a form of reparations.