Accurate. Tho honestly a big miss leaving out #OryxAndCrake by @margaretatwood.bsky.social which is, alongside #ParableOfTheSower by #OctaviaButler, imho the most accurate description of MAGA’s dystopian hellscape. Honorable mention to #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy too. #Booksky
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Accurate. Tho honestly a big miss leaving out #OryxAndCrake by @margaretatwood.bsky.social which is, alongside #ParableOfTheSower by #OctaviaButler, imho the most accurate description of MAGA’s dystopian hellscape. Honorable mention to #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy too. #Booksky
Between the Asimovian #AI takeover to the Orwellian history rewrites, I think it’s time to agree that life imitating art is getting old when the art it’s imitating is always a #scifi #fantasy dystopian lit. Where’s my #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime intersectional feminist utopia? #booksky
The regime has posted signs at Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, asking visitors to report "negative" historical interpretations. Hard to imagine a positive interpretation but it's probably just an excuse to shut down the park.
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Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.
"It sends a pretty clear message that your story is not welcome here."
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June 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Between the Asimovian #AI takeover to the Orwellian history rewrites, I think it’s time to agree that life imitating art is getting old when the art it’s imitating is always a #scifi #fantasy dystopian lit. Where’s my #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime intersectional feminist utopia? #booksky
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 155: #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy
Follow #ConnieRamos, a Mexican-American woman who communicates with the #future and is put in a mental hospital.
A book about an #utopian future, equality and ecology. Like Connie, the #novel is way ahead of its time.
Day 155: #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy
Follow #ConnieRamos, a Mexican-American woman who communicates with the #future and is put in a mental hospital.
A book about an #utopian future, equality and ecology. Like Connie, the #novel is way ahead of its time.
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 155: #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy
Follow #ConnieRamos, a Mexican-American woman who communicates with the #future and is put in a mental hospital.
A book about an #utopian future, equality and ecology. Like Connie, the #novel is way ahead of its time.
Day 155: #WomanOnTheEdgeOfTime by #MargePiercy
Follow #ConnieRamos, a Mexican-American woman who communicates with the #future and is put in a mental hospital.
A book about an #utopian future, equality and ecology. Like Connie, the #novel is way ahead of its time.