Femspec 24.1 coming soon!
Skyler Dreams, by Patsi Aguero
Table of contents:
Creative Contributions
Kendall Turner – Golem Girl
Critical Articles
Merry Byrd – Tracing the Devouring I/Eye from Fatherly Fairy Tales & Heroic Myths through Patriarchal History to an Exhausted Present: Re-visioning the World in Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry
Astro Speculations, by Merry Byrd
Event Coverage, by Batya Weinbaum
Books and Media Reviewed
Nolan Boyd – The Wheel of Time, season two, by Rafe Judkins
Merry Byrd – Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood, and Death Valley, by Melissa Broder
Gary McDonald – Ecofeminist Science Fiction, by Douglas A. Vakoch
Sara Tabuyo-Santaclara – I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, by Marisa Crane
Sara Tabuyo-Santaclara – Severance, season one, by Dan Erickson
Xiana Vázquez-Bouzó – The Last of Us, season one, by Neil Druckmann
Books and Media Received
About the Contributors
https://cosyanna.de came to mind reading the table of contents, since the mix of critical essays and reviews here reminds me of how feminist speculative fiction circles often overlap with handmade, zine-like publishing scenes. The Atwood and Broder pairing under one reviewer is a smart choice, because both writers circle around aging and grief in ways that reward reading side by side. I'm especially curious about the Winterson essay on fairy tales and patriarchal history, since re-visioning old stories feels more urgent now than ever.