Black Sci-Fi Matters

matters (v.): has significance ----- matters (n.): topics

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In an age of light, a darkness rises. On June 4, don’t miss the two-episode premiere of #TheAcolyte, a Star Wars Original series, only on Disney+. (x)

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checking in

Free Palestine

and Congo and Panama and to the places I do not know about

i am trying to get into a continuing education program. i chose pharmacy technician. it is not about the pay. it is the best option for me right now. i am still waiting to hear about funding.

i hope all is well with you.

my 2024 goal is to post more, at least once a week.

the SAG strike is over.

i am doing NaNoWriMo and am already off-schedule.

Take care of yourselves.

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AALIYAH as Queen Akasha on the set of Queen of the Damned (2002)

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It’s so strange to think of you out there still frozen in time. You have no idea how much joy it’s brought us all these years to imagine the incredible things you’ll do, all the adventures you’ll have. We became the masters of our own fate. And now, my friend, it’s time for you to become the master of yours.

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Crater (2023)

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Crater (2023)

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Happy Black History Month

watch a film that has a Black director

read a book written by a Black author

research a Black history moment that happened on your birthday

inquire about any Black visual artists in your local museum

listen to an entire album by a Black musician

Use these 28 days to expand your Blackness.

and journal. always journal.

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Kindred on FX available on Hulu

All eight episodes are available to watch.

I am going to finish rereading the book before I start watching.

Let me know what you think of the show.

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This Saturday, December 17th: Monia Coleman and Tananarive Due discuss Kindred. Join the conversation! Register here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=178amUHLmRA

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Expanding the Universe of Octavia E. Butler's 'Kindred'

FX’s 'Kindred' is a limited series that will premiere exclusively on Hulu Tuesday, December 13th.

"I knew that I loved the book. I knew what the book was for me, but I felt this desire to ensure that we always worked on her thoughts and ideas. I tried to get under the hood of the book itself. Part of this opportunity was to open up and expand the book. She used to say that this book is the one she feels she didn’t quite crack — but it’s the most read book, right? It’s a classic of hers. I felt this desire to see what version she was trying to crack."

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Yetide Badaki Is Developing a Nigerian Vampire TV Show and Comic

Yetide Badaki, who you might remember as the actor who played Bilquis in Starz’s American Gods (pictured above), has a Nigerian vampire show

“I am over the moon to be embarking on such an epic storytelling adventure with Prentice, Sebastian and the team at Payback Entertainment,” Badaki said in a statement to Deadline. “As a geek and as a Nigerian it has been a dream come true to be able to fuse both of these elements in this unconventional coming of age tale and to hopefully play a small part in further expanding inclusivity in genre spaces. To see Naija Vamp, an idea that originated in my mind, brought to fruition in partnership with the immense talents and experience of Sebastian, Prentice and the team, is the absolute geektastic cherry on top. Gratitude is an understatement.”

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Jacob Anderson as LOUIS DE POINTE DU LAC

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022) 1.01 - In Throes of Increasing Wonder...

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Andor is a fantastic show that truly expands the Star Wars Universe on a cultural level, however, it has a Disposable Black Man problem that needs to be addressed.

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"The question of what punishment Killmonger deserves is quite different from the question of how to repair the harm he's done, which again is quite different form the question of how to right the wrongs done to him."

-- "Transforming Wakanda: Justice (or Not?) in Black Panther" (Steve Bein and Deana Lewis)

Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?, First Edition. Edited by Edwardo Perez and Timothy E. Brown

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"At its heart, Wakanda has a paradoxical nature: in its integration of technology into daily life, the reclusive nation is more like the industrialized countries of the Western World than its continental neighbors, but in it political structure, it has more in common with the ancient African past. Wakanda uses highly advanced science to improve the lives of its people, and yet it is ruled by kings who are selected through inheritance and ritual combat. In other words, it is a nation of contradictions, ruled by a complex synthesis of reason and tradition."

-- "Challenge Day: Tradition and Revolution in Wakanda" (Armond Boudreaux)

Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?, First Edition. Edited by Edwardo Perez and Timothy E. Brown