Tag: Theme: Science Fiction Movies & Books
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Most Rewatched Movies by Tumblr Users
Hello, all! First, a new threadfic for you, here on Bluesky: As for my lack of regular stuff at the moment, I am currently super exhausted and very miserable about it. I am at the moment two weeks late on what should be a 12-weekly shot of my testosterone because my GP refuses to administer…
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BristolCon Livestream Link
Hello, all! Here is the link for this year’s BristolCon Livestream, which I believe is just going to stream all the panels running from Panel Room 1. My first panel is Pets In Space at 10am, and then the other panel I’m on, Two Genders? That’s All? is tomorrow at 2pm, also in Panel Room…
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BristolCon this weekend!
Getting ready for my train down south tomorrow and for two days at BristolCon! I’m not running a stall this year, so I won’t be in the market room, but I’ll be around here and there about the hotel over the next few days until I come back home Sunday evening. The full convention schedule…
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Alien: Romulus: An Abortive Attempt at Homage to a Classic
Romulus started out promising, then proved itself an awful disappointment. The original Alien (1979) is far and away one of my favourite sci-fi films, one I’ve written about in the past, and I have a lot of affection for Aliens (1986) and even Alien 3 (1992), for all I feel it has its narrative flaws.…
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What’s In A Uniform?: Imperial Attitudes Reflected in Starfleet’s Uniforms
Relationships with imperial attitudes reflected in uniform and costuming in Star Trek Originally published in An Injustice! Introduction Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a post-war and post-scarcity future filled to the brim with infinite diversity in infinite combinations, is often posited as a luxury-filled communist utopia in space. In the 24th century within the United…
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Raped and Ruined: Themes of Sexual Assault and Reproductive Coercion in Alien (1979)
Theme: Capitalism, Theme: Debt & Money Troubles, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Misogyny & Sexism, Theme: Monsters & Monsterfucking, Theme: Patriarchy & White Supremacy, Theme: Pregnancy & Reproduction, Theme: Science Fiction Movies & Books, Theme: Sexual Abuse & Rape, Theme: Sexual Health & MidwiferyExploring the underlying anxieties around sexual assault, loss of bodily autonomy, and forced impregnation in Alien (1979). From Merriam-Webster: Rape: unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against a person’s will or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of…