We’re More Than Our Aliens: Sex, Sexuality, & Aliens in Super Deluxe
The genre-bending Tamil sci-fi/sex-comedy challenges sexual norms, even as it falls back on sexual normativity. by Shinjini Dey The figure of the alien requires no introduction. It’s a category and a concept that is as common on immigration forms as it is
Bathory’s Daughters: The Lesbian Vampire in Kink Context
Often dismissed as titillation for male audiences, the figure of the lesbian vampire functions as a vital window into kink, ritual, and leather history. by Annie Rose Malamet // Illustration by Sam Hindman The lesbian vampire remains a figure rafted between two
A Culture of Our Own
If you think fan culture is leading us into artistic poverty, you don't know fan culture. by Lis Coburn NOTE: This piece is a response to Colin Broadmoor's article arguing that fandom is failing us in our January issue. 'Tis apparently the season
The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans
Why Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos love Iain M. Banks’ anarcho-communist space opera. by Kurt Schiller Explicitly ideological fiction is as old as fiction itself. From ancient steles that boasted unconvincingly of the glorious defeat of the Sea Peoples to the biased
In Defense of Watto
Maligned. Detested. Dismissed. Watto deserves a second look. by Trevor Drinkwater // Illustration by Sam Hindman The conventional wisdom around the Star Wars prequels has been a subject of much debate in recent years. In the wake of Disney’s polarizing new sequel