K. Tempest Bradford

K. Tempest Bradford appears in the following:

Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Recently, the New York Times published an essay defending cultural appropriation as necessary engagement. But that's a simplistic, misguided way of looking at appropriation, which causes real harm.

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'People Want These Stories': Women Win Big At The Nebula Awards

Monday, May 16, 2016

The Nebula Awards are some of the most prestigious prizes in science fiction and fantasy. This year, women authors swept the awards — and not for the first time.

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Uncovering Hidden Black History, On Screen And On The Page

Saturday, February 28, 2015

One of the major criticisms leveled against the popular but problematic Marvel's Agent Carter (which just finished up its first season on ABC) is that it lacks black characters. The show takes place in New York City in 1946, and to some people that means the lack of diversity makes ...

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An 'Unexpected' Treat For Octavia E. Butler Fans

Thursday, July 10, 2014

When a writer passes before her time, readers and fans often mourn not only the loss of her presence in the world, but the loss of the words she may yet have written. Such was the case when, in 2006, speculative fiction writer Octavia E. Butler died unexpectedly at her ...

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Women Are Destroying Science Fiction! (That's OK; They Created It)

Saturday, June 28, 2014

This month, science fiction and fantasy magazine Lightspeed interrupted its normal publishing schedule to bring readers a special issue: "Women Destroy Science Fiction!"

Edited and written entirely by women, this issue is one part of a long, ongoing conversation about what constitutes "real" science fiction and whether women are ...

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What Will Be The Next 'Game Of Thrones?' We've Got Some Ideas

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Game of Thrones is finally back on Sunday nights, to the great joy of fans of both the books and the television series. And there's no doubt that the success of Thrones will lead HBO and other cable networks to look for more fantasy series that lend themselves well to ...

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We Read The Year's Best New Sci-Fi — So You Don't Have To

Monday, March 31, 2014

The World Science Fiction Convention is a gathering of fans ranging from sci-fi movie buffs to gamers to comics aficionados — but at its heart, WorldCon is for lovers of literature, and it hosts the Hugo Awards, the Oscars of sci-fi and fantasy.

During the ceremony, one award is given ...

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