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What Does Joy Look Like: A Documentary Short by Sam J. Miller - An app becomes the catalyst for social change by easing the hard work of community organizing, emphasis on hard work.

Blockbuster by Kelly Robson - A filmmaker works on a documentary about how street burlesque performers and anti privacy laws helped end the carceral system in Toronto.

One of the Lesser-Known Revolutions by Annalee Newitz - A college student who had been harassed and doxed online meets a new friend who teaches her about a new way to look at online privacy.

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.

The Rise and Fall of Storm Bluff, Kansas: An Oral History by Izzy Wasserstein - An Anarchist community gets taken down by the man. Still mostly inspiring.

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.