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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?: The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote That Is Janelle Monáe by N.K. Jemisin - An article about the culturally monochrome vision prevalent in SFF and how Janelle Monáe casually creates multicolor worlds.

If I could Stay with You on Earth by Alejandro Heredra - A student from the Bronx organizes hi friends to protest their friend unjustly being denied a trip they earned to Europa.

Chupacabras by Vida James - A Puerto Rican woman, frustrated by the creeping encroachment of capitalist forces degrading her community takes action. A very angry story.

Interview with L.A. Kauffman & Andrea Dehlendorf discussing protests, how victory can come as a surprise, and how the work is never done.

The Mighty Slinger by Tobias S. Buckell & Karen Lord - A band uses its songs to influence politics and social change over a century by slipping in and out of hibernation.

Realer Than Real by Charlie Jane Anders - Trans activists in a near future dystopia figure out how to get around restrictive gender based clothing laws.

Aversion by Malka Older - A planned enhanced reality protest gets derailed when a tester questions the ethics of the method.

Interview with Scott Knowles - Detailing COVIDCalls, a project to document the pandemic, and speaking on the importance of not platforming disinformationists.

A Brief Letter on the Origins of the Harpy Aviary in the Kirani Citadel by Jaymee Goh - A fantasy story detailing an attempted coup in a country with an aristocracy that works on meritocracy rather than bloodlines.

Persefoni in the City by Sabrina Vourvoulias - A woman buries herself in a garden plot in mourning of her missing daughter and the potential loss of a community garden.