FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
Femspec Vol 22, Issue 1, 2022
Editors Corner
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BATYA WEINBAUM. Introduction to 22.1
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Critical Essays
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ELIZABETH NICHOLS. Heroines and Female Affiliation: Women's Support Networks in Contemporary Film and Cosplay
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LAURA BIRKIN. The Protester's Tale – The Handmaid Costume as Feminist Dystopian Protest Rhetoric
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Creative Work
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ALICIA COLE. Amorgos
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BATYA WEINBAUM. HOWL Cacophony 2/4/2022
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BATYA WEINBAUM. I am Ode to Anne Waldman Woman
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ALICIA COLE. The Wolds
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SYLVIA KELSO. Veracunda Actress/Lucius Gladiator
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In Memoriam
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SALLY ABBOTT. Carol P. Christ (1945 – 2021): She Changed Us, She Touched Us
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Notes from the Inside
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TOLULOPE ADEUSI. Behind the Scenes
Conference Coverage
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LISA YASZEK et al. Accessing the Feminist Science Fiction Archive
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MARTHA JOY ROSE. About Mother Studies and the Theory of Motherness.
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Books and Media Reviewed
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COLLECTIVE REVIEW. Don't Look Up
MERRY BYRD. Healing through Play, a Surrealist Mandate
MERRY BYRD. History's Long Shadow and Heavy Weight
IRINA KUZMINA. Ishiguro, Kazuo. Klara and the Sun
MERRY BYRD. Setting & Sacrifice in Second-Half 2021 Speculative Fiction
NOLAN BOYD. The Wheel of Time, Season One
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Books and Media Received
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