FANDOM NAME: Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Dirty Computer is queer afrofuturist hopepunk set to amazing music and compelling visuals WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE&t=597s
Dirty Computer is both an album and an album-length movie set to that album, about a near-future dystopia in which queerness is suppressed and driven underground, and if you get caught your memories get erased. There are some dark moments, but also some really sexy fun happy hopeful moments, and there's a happy ending. And the music is amazing.
FANDOM NAME: Hidden Figures WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Space! NASA! Smart Black women who rise up and get acknowledged for how great they are! WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Amazon Prime
It's fictionalized, but based on the true story of three pioneering Black women at NASA--a mathemetician, an engineer, and a computer programmer--who did awesome things at NASA and whose stories deserve to be remembered. The cast is top-notch, and the whole movie is really good.
FANDOM NAME: Sense8 WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Queer, poly, found-family, life-affirming SF set in the current day WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Netflix
Eight people from across the world find themselves telepathically linked together, and help each other with their problems while being chased by an evil corporation that wants to experiment on them. It's so good.
FANDOM NAME: Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: snarky characters, interesting magic, deeply kind WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Your local library or bookstore
Peter Grant is a mixed-race constable in the London police just starting his career when he interviews a ghost, gets caught up in a secret world of magic, and starts training to be a wizard (in addition to his career as a police officer). The books are deeply aware of issues of class, race, and colonialism, both historically and in the modern era, and while the author doesn't always handle them perfectly you can tell he's trying and learning as he goes. Also, the first book focuses a lot on Peter's attraction to women, but he always treats them with genuine respect.
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Date: 2021-01-15 07:04 am (UTC)WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Dirty Computer is queer afrofuturist hopepunk set to amazing music and compelling visuals
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE&t=597s
Dirty Computer is both an album and an album-length movie set to that album, about a near-future dystopia in which queerness is suppressed and driven underground, and if you get caught your memories get erased. There are some dark moments, but also some really sexy fun happy hopeful moments, and there's a happy ending. And the music is amazing.
FANDOM NAME: Hidden Figures
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Space! NASA! Smart Black women who rise up and get acknowledged for how great they are!
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Amazon Prime
It's fictionalized, but based on the true story of three pioneering Black women at NASA--a mathemetician, an engineer, and a computer programmer--who did awesome things at NASA and whose stories deserve to be remembered. The cast is top-notch, and the whole movie is really good.
FANDOM NAME: Sense8
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Queer, poly, found-family, life-affirming SF set in the current day
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Netflix
Eight people from across the world find themselves telepathically linked together, and help each other with their problems while being chased by an evil corporation that wants to experiment on them. It's so good.
FANDOM NAME: Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: snarky characters, interesting magic, deeply kind
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Your local library or bookstore
Peter Grant is a mixed-race constable in the London police just starting his career when he interviews a ghost, gets caught up in a secret world of magic, and starts training to be a wizard (in addition to his career as a police officer). The books are deeply aware of issues of class, race, and colonialism, both historically and in the modern era, and while the author doesn't always handle them perfectly you can tell he's trying and learning as he goes. Also, the first book focuses a lot on Peter's attraction to women, but he always treats them with genuine respect.