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FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
FEMSPEC is a collectively-produced peer-reviewed journal run primarily by women. As such, we believe in a non-hierarchical community and work to make our space one of cooperation. All members are valued, listened to, and respected without regards to age, experience, or professional position. We encourage all voices to contribute to our cause through non-violent communication.
Marija Gimbutas
Discovering Marie Curie
Marie Curie Dr Irena Kuzmina “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft One Polish woman revolutionised not only the Sorbonne University but also global science, as well as ordinary people's lives. We all undergo X-ray screening when our health state gets critical but not everybody knows who invented it and what the context was. Let us look into it. In Poland, on the outskirts of the then Russian Empire, in th
Call for Website Editor and Social Media Manager
FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to challenging gender through speculative means in any genre, seeks a new member to join our volunteer collective to fill the role of Website Editor and Social Media Manager Duties include: Updating FEMSPEC's website at the collective's request - this could include updating biographies of collective members, altering the website's layout, adding or removing content from various pages in the website, and updatin
Marija Gimbutas
Born in 1921, the young Gimbutas travelled across Lithuania collecting traditional songs and folklore, which became the basis to her in-depth studies: linguistics, archeology, ethnology. Finally, she created a new science and research area of her own: “archeomythology” (1), (4). At home and abroad, she turned into one of the most prominent and outstanding but also controversial female researchers of the 20th century in the Western world. The WW2 forced her to emigrate: in 194
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Heroines and Female Affiliation: Women’s Support Networks in Contemporary Film and Cosplay
By: Dr. Elizabeth Nichols When I was young, Star Wars was my favorite movie. On the playground at school, I was first to join in the...
Femspec
May 26, 202111 min read
Romance, Race and White Girl Fragility: Can We Please Reconsider the Mammy Dynamic?
There’s a thing that I’ve noticed in speculative television lately, and it bothers me. The science fiction and fantasy genre seem to be...
Femspec
May 5, 20214 min read
Discovering Marie Curie
Marie Curie Dr Irena Kuzmina “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft One Polish woman revolutionised not only the Sorbonne University but also global science, as well as ordinary people's lives. We all undergo X-ray screening when our health state gets critical but not everybody knows who invented it and what the context was. Let us look into it. In Poland, on the outskirts of the then Russian Empire, in th
Call for Website Editor and Social Media Manager
FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to challenging gender through speculative means in any genre, seeks a new member to join our volunteer collective to fill the role of Website Editor and Social Media Manager Duties include: Updating FEMSPEC's website at the collective's request - this could include updating biographies of collective members, altering the website's layout, adding or removing content from various pages in the website, and updatin
Marija Gimbutas
Born in 1921, the young Gimbutas travelled across Lithuania collecting traditional songs and folklore, which became the basis to her in-depth studies: linguistics, archeology, ethnology. Finally, she created a new science and research area of her own: “archeomythology” (1), (4). At home and abroad, she turned into one of the most prominent and outstanding but also controversial female researchers of the 20th century in the Western world. The WW2 forced her to emigrate: in 194
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