Episode 176: The Power of Protest (w/ andré carrington)
“Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies,” by Kara Walker, from the “In the Black Fantastic” exhibition at Hayward Galleries.
It's time to rise up. That's why we’re talking about the power of protest, in real life but also in fiction. Indeed, the act of writing science fiction can itself be a protest, and sometimes it’s just as powerful as marching in the street. Later in the episode, we're joined by andré carrington, who is the editor of a new anthology of Black speculative fiction called The Black Fantastic. He tells us why fascists are so terrified of books and the pleasures of reading.
Notes, citations, & etc.
andré carrington, ed., The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories
Drones are doing facial recognition of people marching in Pride parades in Hungary