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Decolonizing Sci-Fi and Reality: Notes from BIPOC Creators
So while doing research for my game blog, i stumbled across a talk hosted by Silver Spook about decolonizing the sci-fi genre. The talk is 2 hours, so if you don’t have time to watch all that, i’m gonna post some notes on it here for people to read, especially if you consider yourself a sci-fi fan/writer and are interested in this kind of stuff.
This talk is hosted by Silver Spook, an Indigenous Hawaiian game developer who created the anti-capitalist/anti-imperialst cyberpunk game Neofeud. Guest speakers include babbygoth, KawikaGuillermo, and Sabernetics.
Information, notes, and links under the cut.
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okay so top 5 things about Hi Nay podcast
1) Mari is such a good character! She is like. Even when I am in slightly over my head I will be competent but I am not afraid to ask for help from God, from Older Gods, from my friends…. I love her.
2) Mari and Laura’s “is. is this a date? oh god no, I’m gay/bi/pan but. not for you. i wanna be your friend” chat.
3) Mari and Donner’s dynamic. Grumpy old man. “I’m not that old.” “You add ten years”
4) Stop making me root for cops! Stop making me care for bisexual cop Murphy who is smooth as hell! Stop making me love Donner, who is basically a grumpy, extremely competent teddy bear!! (So competent.) Anyway, the only copaganda i’m letting into my life rn. (important side note: watching cop shows etc means staying critical of what stories they are telling about police and watching how you personally and the people around you interpret those stories wrt real life cops.)
5) two words: sound. editing. Seriously, the soundscaping is so good!!! the way they use distortion and specifically clipping to evince the supernatural???? AHHHH. Just listened to Kanta and it is so haunting!!!!!!!!
hi hi so i’m gonna record something short this weekend about my history with sci-fi and star wars, if anyone has any burning questions get in my inbox or email at [email protected]!
hi hi so i’m gonna record something short this weekend about my history with sci-fi and star wars, if anyone has any burning questions get in my inbox or email at [email protected]!
So my February is looking Very Full, and I don’t know if I’ll have time to research and prep the next full episode (MANDOs!)
So this is kind of a polling opportunity, is there anyone who would be interested in a shorter, less researched episode where I talk about either:
a) how I got into Star Wars, my personal likes and faves with the franchise, and my feelings about Sci-Fi in general?
b) Talking about Knights of the Old Republic, which i have recently started playing and am now knees deep in? More found family!
Hello friends! Checking in to let y’all know that we have a fancy new website! Let me know if you find any bugs or have any problems with the feed!!
https://spacedadspod.com/ - here’s the link!
In our second episode, a feminist analysis of motherhood as we try to answer the questions: “Where are all the moms?” and perhaps more importantly, “Gee Sabine, how come Mr Filoni lets you have two moms?”
Content discussed: The Clone Wars season 3; Star Wars Rebels season 3, Prequel, Original and Sequel trilogy. Brief mentions of Rogue One, Solo and Dr Aphra.
To hear Audre Lorde read Black Mother Woman: https://poets.org/poem/black-mother-woman-audio-only
https://genius.com/Audre-lorde-poetry-is-not-a-luxury-annotated
https://ebrary.net/30399/language_literature/the_absent_mother_in_the_cultural_imagination_missing_presumed_dead
http://fangirlblog.com/2018/06/star-wars-mother-problem/
https://www.themarysue.com/where-are-the-moms-in-the-star-wars-galaxy/
https://clonecorridor.com/2016/03/06/mothers-and-star-wars/
Episode 2, available wherever you get your podcasts!
https://spacedadspod.com/podcast/ep-02-where-are-all-the-moms/
Hello friends! Checking in to let y’all know that we have a fancy new website! Let me know if you find any bugs or have any problems with the feed!!
https://spacedadspod.com/ - here’s the link!
Hello friends! Checking in to let y’all know that we have a fancy new website! Let me know if you find any bugs or have any problems with the feed!!
Where are all the star wars moms?
In our second episode, a feminist analysis of motherhood as we try to answer the questions: “Where are all the moms?” and perhaps more importantly, “Gee Sabine, how come Mr Filoni lets you have two moms?”
CW: in depth discussion of parental, especially maternal death; discussion of slavery and child slavery; mentions of fascism; discussion of difficult child birth and death.
Content discussed: The Clone Wars season 3; Star Wars Rebels season 3, Prequel, Original and Sequel trilogy. Brief mentions of Rogue One, Solo and Dr Aphra.
Episode 2 is now out! Spotify, Apple Podcasts, most RSS feeds. Not Google… yet…
Links!!
Buzzsprout website
Transcripts
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Ko-Fi
“No one threatens our family.” // “He means more to me than you will ever know.”
ID: a gifset of two sequences from Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian; the gifs alternate to highlight the parallels between both scenes.
1. A shot of Ursa Wren telling Ezra Bridger, “by Mandalorian custom and law, no one can interfere.” Kanan Jarrus looks on.
2. A close up of Din Djarin, wearing his mandalorian helmet, saying, “but I won’t be showing my face.”
3. A close up of Kanan saying, “Are your customs more important than the life of your daughter?”
4. Mayfeld, dressed as a stormtrooper says, “Everyone’s got their lines they don’t cross until things get messy.”
5. Ursa turns, a look of realisation dawning on her face.
6. Din, wearing a stormtrooper’s helmet, says to Mayfeld, “if we don’t get those coordinates, I’ll lose the kid forever.”
7. Sabine Wren turns to see that a man in beskar armour painted in imperial colours has been shot, moments before he would have shot her.
8. Din takes off his helmet, a look of pained resolve on his face.
9. Ursa Wren holds a blaster gun, with a furious and determined expression.
10. Din Djarin allows the machine to run a facial scan on him, and his expression is also determined.
End ID.
low hanging fruit but uh: fave space parent moments?
In no particular order!! No actually in this exact order. (Yes these are also pretty low hanging fruit answers)
1) Din taking off his helmet in s2ep14. The symbolism. The acting choices!!! The music! I am LOOKING AWAY RESPECTFULLY. Same vein as when he turned around Moff Gideon’s “you may not realise his value to me” speech. King.
2) Ursa Wren killing Gar Saxon. :) :))) :))))) That gifset with both these two scenes paralleled? goose bumps just thinking about it.
3) Final battle between Luke and Vader, Vader choosing to kill the emperor; I think the first act in a long time that wasn’t in service of the empire or his immediate emotional gratification (anger). It doesn’t redeem Vader, but it’s about a bad person doing a single good deed. we all have the capacity for good!!!! Luke showed his dad that!!
4) When Din says “Grogu” and laughs and then the baby catches the little metal ball with the force its so tender!!!!
5) The fight between Ahsoka and Vader at the end of s3 of rebels. Because I like to cry. Oh No.
6) Bonus, the final Din and Omera scene, because I think they would be excellent co-parents and like. How do you have chemistry around a whole metal suit of armor? It’s like. Micro-expressions but with body language.
7) Bonus bonus: I think Kanan Jarrus might be the best dad vis a vis being supportive to both Sabine and Ezra and letting them make their own mistakes and coming back, but I don’t really have any good scenes off the top of my head rn.
Ask me my "TOP 5/TOP 10" anything!
Where are all the star wars moms?
In our second episode, a feminist analysis of motherhood as we try to answer the questions: “Where are all the moms?” and perhaps more importantly, “Gee Sabine, how come Mr Filoni lets you have two moms?”
CW: in depth discussion of parental, especially maternal death; discussion of slavery and child slavery; mentions of fascism; discussion of difficult child birth and death.
Content discussed: The Clone Wars season 3; Star Wars Rebels season 3, Prequel, Original and Sequel trilogy. Brief mentions of Rogue One, Solo and Dr Aphra.
Episode 2 is now out! Spotify, Apple Podcasts, most RSS feeds. Not Google… yet…
Links!!
Buzzsprout website
Transcripts
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Ko-Fi
ALSO SPECIAL SHOUT OUT to @jester-mereel for telling me about Mother Telzin, and @kuldrenett for the thoughtful feedback and Jedi meta!
TY for the shoutout!!! ily ❤❤❤
I just finished listening to this episode so i obviously have some thoughts again though they’re in no way coherent or cohesive so I’ll just bulletpoint them 😅
First off, I’m really happy that in order to introduce the topic of motherhood and mothers in sw you started off with a theoretical background. My english major (derogatory) heart cheers! Feminist theory is such a large and very messy field (I just recently finished a 6-page essay on the perception of femininity in some books myself and hooo boi, i really hate navigating the whole shitshow of feminist academia), so I’m really glad how you narrowed it down to a very specific area of mother figures in fiction that you also explained really well. Which leads me to…
I loved how you brought in TV tropes again when you talked about “fridging” and the “missing mum” - i think it was so important to get this clear understanding that these tropes that you’re discussing are not just present in star wars but they are generally prevalent (and annoying). I like how u pointed out how the mother often becomes the person on whom the blame falls for any violence committed against the protag, wheter its because of their absence or presence. Very interesting!
I also like how you worded that theory is one (academic) way of expressing activism. I think a lot of people tend to forget that for some reason (especially in the case of queer theory)? Which is very odd? Like critical theories have grown out of the need to talk about the topics that political and social activism raise in academic settings. But I myself, on the other hand, have also always argued that we should never succumb to over-theorization because that leads to the generalization of identities which ignores actual lived experiences. We must always keep in mind the intersectionality of everything, which is why it is also awesome that you emphasised that.
Putting on my lingusitic glasses, i think its also an interesting discussion to have: who or what is a mother in the first place? You rightly point out that mothers in fiction tend to only exist in relation to their children, as tools in their journeys. But on the other hand, a “mother” is, in essence, defined by their child either way – or else they wouldn’t be a mother. I think its an interesting discussion to have, like how the figure-type of a mother in fiction differs from actual motherhood and how much of a mother’s identity is related to her child. But when we talk about narratives and narrative choices, then real life is not a story. When we discuss fiction, then we cant actually discuss real life, especially in the case of genre fiction which operates based on set generic conventions and has specific figure-types. So how do we define a “mother” in fiction? Thats the question. Idk if what i just said makes any sense but *shrug emoji*
Which brings me to the sidenote: STAR WARS IS A FANTASY. Blah blah discourse blah blah. Everyone knows my opinions are always sexy and correct and I say that star wars (the trilogies) is Fantasy. I could literally do a massive presentation on this topic (bc genre conventionality is my academic interest) but for the sake of the length of this post i’m just going to say this: different genres operate based on their own generic conventions, which includes figure-types, themes, etc. The star wars movies may have science fiction elements (and elements from other genres) but it primarily operates very much on fantasy conventions. Which is why it should also be interpreted through this lens bc sw is heavy genre fiction. (This is about the trilogies. When we talk about stuff like The Mandalorian, its slightly different but the mando show is such a brilliant piece to do a genre analysis on but aaah stop talking!!)
I laughed so hard when you mentioned how Anakin unfortunately fails to realize that the “outside force” that is manipulating the Jedi is right in front of him 😂😂😂
BREHA!!! I love her your honour!! Idk if you’ve read Leia Princess of Alderaan but that book obviously goes into more detail about Breha. The reason why she can’t carry children is because she had an accident when climbing a mountain to prove herself suitable to be the queen of Alderaan (tradition thing). She actually has these artificial pulmonodes (?), which i guess is like a mechanical replacement for heart and/or lungs that Breha actually doesn’t even cover up with synthskin, according to the book. But of course, this is all book canon and not movie canon, where she was just basically ignored, despite being, y'know, the actual ruling queen of an entire planet with Bail being the sexy trophy husband who also happens to be in politics.
Concerning Leia, in TROS it is mentioned in a cgi flashback scene that she basically gave up her jedi training with luke bc she had a vision about her son. So that could be something you’d be interested in for your future episodes??
And last but not least: yeah how come sabine gets to have two fucking spectacular mums?! Milf rights, honestly.
I really shouldnt say anything more now other than Thanks for another really interesting episode!!!! Really looking foward to the future ones ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you soooo much! Much to think about, would love to pick your brain on genre conventionality and "what is a mother" in fiction and different genres....
Damn Brehu sounds so cool, will add it to my massive unread queue of lucasbooks products 😂
Yes to over-theorisation! Something I unfortunately often trap myself with bcz i am a very abstract thinker :E
Made a silly little quiz about which star wars parent you are!
https://uquiz.com/E2OpyN you can find it here ‘:)
If you liked the quiz, please consider checking out the podcast: Space Dads, a Star Wars Fan Podcast about Family, Found and Otherwise!
Where are all the star wars moms?
In our second episode, a feminist analysis of motherhood as we try to answer the questions: “Where are all the moms?” and perhaps more importantly, “Gee Sabine, how come Mr Filoni lets you have two moms?”
CW: in depth discussion of parental, especially maternal death; discussion of slavery and child slavery; mentions of fascism; discussion of difficult child birth and death.
Content discussed: The Clone Wars season 3; Star Wars Rebels season 3, Prequel, Original and Sequel trilogy. Brief mentions of Rogue One, Solo and Dr Aphra.
Episode 2 is now out! Spotify, Apple Podcasts, most RSS feeds. Not Google… yet…
Links!!
Buzzsprout website
Transcripts
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Ko-Fi
ALSO SPECIAL SHOUT OUT to @jester-mereel for telling me about Mother Telzin, and @kuldrenett for the thoughtful feedback and Jedi meta!
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