...And Beyond

A project blog by artist and writer Sonya Dyer. Research materials for an ongoing project positing space travel as a form of women's work.. Website: http://sonyadyerprojects.wordpress.com/ Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/sonyadyer

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Interview with Left Lion

Not exactly my words, but there you go...

http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/sonya-dyer-on-...and-beyond-institute-for-future-research/id/7683

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Into the Future, Nottingham (and online)11th - 12th September

Sorry it’s been so long...

This exciting project is taking place next weekend, in Nottingham and via thisistomorrow.info/broadcasts .

It’s the culmination of my Space-faring think tanks residency in Nottingham.

Should be fun...

Photo credit : Ben Hariott

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“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly

Beautifuly written- and drawn.

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Valentina Tereshkova & Yuri Gagarin, NYE, 1963

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CRUMBS TRAILER Post-apocalyptic movie set in Ethiopia!

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'Hidden Human Computers' - Black women working for NASA during segregation

http://www.macalester.edu/news/2015/02/hidden-human-computers/

'Professor Harris asked, ‘Is that where my grandmother would have worked?’ 

“‘No,’ she said. ‘That’s where the White women worked. The Black women were in another building about a mile away, on the other side of the gate.’” 

These were women calculating the trajectories for America’s first manned space flights—segregated in a building with few amenities at a research center built on the site of the former Chesterville plantation. '

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Science fiction and the post-Ferguson world

Radical science fiction and fantasy are remedies for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surrounds us.

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'She Makes Comics' trailer

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/she-makes-comics-a-new-documentary-explores-the-history-of-women-in-comics

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Andromeda (Hubble/NASA/ESA)

This is the largest / sharpest image of 'Andromeda' ever taken.

The astrocosmonauts of my 'Intersectional Feminist Space Programme' are headed towards 'Andromeda.'

In Greek mythology, Andromeda and her parents Capheus and Cassiopeia are Ethiopian royalty (her parents are King and Queen). The idea of royalty isn't the key to my interest however; I enjoy the poetry of heading towards a galaxy named after an African woman whose name (in Greek) means 'ruler of men...'

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Sarah Brightman is going to Space because her life is awesome and she gets to do cool things like that.

http://www.sarahbrightman.com/biography

http://uk.businessinsider.com/british-opera-singer-international-space-station-2015-1?r=US

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Sexy female robots..

Got me thinking - I can't recall seeing a 'non-sexy' female robot in a movie. Female robots = sexy. Male robots = funny or helpful / butler-esque.

We need some non-sexy female robots, or sexy male robots to balance it all out. Something like that.

(Exception - 'Blade Runner')

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/15/ex-machina-sexy-female-robots-scifi-film-obsession

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/akpatel462/19-must-read-science-fiction-and-fantasy-novels-by-15qst#.huoZ7RnBL

'19 must-read science fiction and fantasy novels by women of colour' according to buzzfeeed.

I haven't read nearly enough of them...

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I am Elon Musk, CEO/CTO of a rocket company, AMA! • /r/IAmA

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But What About Black Superheroines, You Ask? DC Comics & CW Announce Vixen Series Coming

Yes, we're all anxious for the Black Panther movie, as well as the Luke Cage TV series that's coming to Netflix. Also, Cyborg will be at the center of his own b

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Lego astronauts aboard the ISS.Cute.

http://toybox.io9.com/there-are-now-lego-astronauts-aboard-the-iss-1678681307/+rtgonzalez

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Ursula Le Guin: ‘Wizardry is artistry’

The books profile: As Ursula Le Guin receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards, she talks to Hari Kunzru about alternative fictional worlds

World building

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The New 'Power Girl'

'See ya later, boob window! Hello pants!'

Probably for the best...Great hair also...