FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
Femspec Vol 24, Issue 2, 2024
Editorial Introduction
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Critical Articles
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MERRY BYRD. The Devouring I/Eye: Critiquing Fatherly Fairy Tales, Heroic Myths, and Patriarchal History and Science in Sexing the Cherry
VERONICA HOLLINGER. Writing Queer-Feminist Futures
MAU LINDOW TARBENSEN. "Why can't you tell I'm disgusting?" Reading Ainslie Hogarth's Dark Fantasy Novel Motherthing through a Gastrofeminist Lens
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Creative contributions
NAT KISHCHUK. The Blue Benign
Selected excerpts from Making Meaning by Batya Weinbaum
Introduction: Making Meaning, A Memoir
Chapter Two: Mantras for Pregnancy and for Navigating Life​
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Books and Media Reviewed
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NOLAN BOYD. I Saw the TV Glow, directed by Jane Schoenbrun
NOLAN BOYD. Immaculate, directed by Michael Mohan
MERRY BYRD. Small Towns, Big Pasts, and Unresolved Intergenerational Trauma: Supernatural Horror in The angel of Indian Lake and The Night House
MERRY BYRD. To Be a Young, American Female Pagan: A Review of Two Recent Texts on Wicca
MERRY BYRD. Post-Rap is Pre-Symbolic: The Magical Confluence of Space and Sound in the Andre 3000 Concert at Pappy & Harriet's
BATYA WEINBAUM. We Can Live Like This... a Memoir of a Culture
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Event coverage
LISA YASZEK. Spacefunk! Building Futures in Full Color at Georgia Tech, Across Atlanta, and Around the World
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