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Samantha Shannon: how about an 830-page fantasy epic based on the folklore of cultures across the world

Fantasy readers: ok, cool!

Samantha Shannon: and also there’s more queer characters than straights

Fantasy Readers: I’m– that’s– 

Samantha Shannon: and have them be people of color

Fantasy Readers: ….

Samantha Shannon: also most of the characters are grown adults, so this is an adult fantasy hope that’s okay 

Samantha Shannon: did I mention this is a matriarchal society where the fate of the kingdom rests on the queen’s ability to produce a daughter because fuck stereotypical male-dominated fantasy worlds

Samantha Shannon: also speaking of stereotypes, let’s just toss all the cliché fantasy dragon stories out the window because these dragons don’t even have wings and also they talk and have their own independent social hierarchy 

Samantha Shannon: is that good enough for you? 

Fantasy Readers: 

More of the town that inspired Spirited Away.

Season 5 - Episode 10 “New Ground”

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (March 7th)

We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere, by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel (March 7th)

The Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from Feminist Revolutions, by Rebecca Solnit (March 14th) 

Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice, by Dr. Willie Parker (April 4th)

Fairly Equal: Lawyering the Feminist Revolution, by Linda Silver Dranoff (April 13th)

The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness, by Jill Filipovic (May 2nd)

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini (May 23rd)

Wolf Whistle Politics: The New Misogyny in America Today, edited by Diane Wachtell (May 23rd)

“You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!”: And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People, by  Laura Erickson-Schroth, and Laura A. Jacobs (May 30th)

The Guitarist by Jean-Baptiste-Greuze, 1755