[ecrea] Deletion, Episode 4: Special Issue: The New! The Now! The Fantastic! - Women's Creative Practice in Science fiction

/Deletion/ is proud to present Episode 4 The New! The Now! The
Fantastic!: Artistic and Scholarly Innovation, specially helmed by
*Marleen S. Barr*, noted for her foundational work in feminist science
fiction criticism. This episode has a particular thematic focus on
women’s creative practice intersecting with the science fictional, the
authorial and the scholarly.


Sue Lange’s /The Intervention/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/intervention/> grapples with two
social issues which have been outside feminist science fiction’s
purview: the fact that men are increasingly opting out of education and
the opinion that prostitution can be a legitimate way for women to earn
a living.


Sheila Finch is newly venturing into science fiction scholarship
detailed in her piece /Murgatroyd, Maybe/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/murgatroyd-maybe/>.

Seo-Young Chu’s /Science-Fictional North Korea: A Defective History
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/science-fictional-north-korea-defective-history/>
/provides a first effort to describe North Korea in terms of science
fiction.


Wangechi Mutu’s /The End of eating Everything/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/end-eating-everything/> uses
video art to provide an innovative means to confront global consumption.


Elyce Helford’s /That Old Black Magic: Women, Race, and Post-Millennial
U.S. Science Fiction Television/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/old-black-magic-women-race-post-millennial-u-s-science-fiction-television/>
discusses current images of black women on television.


Elizabeth Lundberg’s /A Sense of Wonder and Other Feminist Feelings/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/sense-wonder-feminist-feelings/>
addresses the present state of feminist science fiction theory.


Marleen S. Barr defines ‘SF/memoir’ as a combination of autobiography
and science fiction in her /The Pen Is Mightier than the Coop Board’s
Borg Queen: A SF/Memoir/
<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/pen-mightier-coop-boards-borg-queen-sfmemoir/>.