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.
Femspec Vol 21, Issue 1, 2021
Editors Corner
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BATYA WEINBAUM. Introduction to 21.1
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Femspec Retrospective Continued
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CANDAS JANE DORSEY. Some Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary of Femspec
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Critical Articles
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HEIDI CURRAN BOJORES. Bitching Labor: Radicalized, Gendered Labor, in DeConnick-and De Landro's Bitch Planet
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MERRY BYRD. The Sankofa Spirit of Afro-futurisms in Who Fears Death and Riot Baby
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ZITA E. HUSING. Resisting Colonial Violence: Investigating Transhuman Bodies, (Dis)ability and De/Colonialization in Nisi Shawl’s Everfair
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Interviews
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REBECCA VINCENT. Spiritual Brokenness and the Healing Presence of the Sacred Feminine. Dispatches from Kohenet D’vorah J. Grenn, Ph.D. Part Two.
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In Memoriam
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ELEANOR PAM. Betty Friedan's 100th Birthday: Moving the Legacy Forward. Abridged Closing Remarks from the February 4, 2021, Webinar Organized by Veteran Feminists of America
Notes from the Inside
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BATYA WEINBAUM. Adjuncting 2020.
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Reviews
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JENNIE BAKER. Auditing the Superhero: A Review of Natalie Zina Walschots’s Hench
MERRY BYRD. Disaster, Dystopia, and Doubled—Mothering in Devolution, Followers, and Last Ones Left Alive
WINTER ELLIOT. Review of The Glass Hotel.
VALERIE L. GUYANT. A Review of Mulan.
VALERIE L. GUYANT. A Review of Lisa A. Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson’s Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction.
RASHMILA MAITI. Book Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi.
PATRICK WILLIAMS. Changing the Narrative: A Review of Tochi Onyebuchi’s Riot Baby.
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