#distopian

Exactly one year from now, during the "Turin International Book Fair", my dystopian political Dark Romance novel "Under Savia's Skin" will finally be released, and I absolutely want to present it there. I like to imagine my publishing house chose May 2027 on purpose, just so I could launch my novel at such a prestigious fair +_+ So I decided to enter two literary competitions: one here in Tuscany and the other in Sardinia. I've already finished the short fiction novel for the Tuscany contest, but I'm not sure I'll manage to complete the one for Sardinia before June 20th xD It's an LGBTQ+ competition, and I'd really like to explore the story of a "femminiello" character from my novel, but researching and writing about gender dysphoria in such a short amount of time is pretty challenging. Wish me luck :/

Real fucking insidious that the CAT recruitment ads are literally going "Don't go to college, get into our back breaking labor grinding operation directly out of high school. Don't ask any questions, we prefer that you have no previous work experience too compare your terrible job here to. You can't afford a higher education anyways!

"Oh, The Mutilated, born from forged uteruses and lacking the touch of God. They stumble and they mumble, providing nothing for The Empire. 41% return to the factory, they say.

"Biorobotic machines were common in factories and offices. They were used for assembling machines and processing data. In earlier decades, many argued that it was unethical to use, especially after the Mutated Cars Incident in late 20XX. Even today, there's a endangered population of machina mutata in the fields of North America.

"The 20XXs were a deeply regressive— yet innovative— era of American politics and way of life. In the earlier decades, biorobotics had become commonplace in households and industries alike. However, biorobotic androids were being produced less and less. More androids were now made using more traditional robotic materials. Companies such as Anthrobotics (previously XXXXXXXXX) had justified this as a measure to ensure 'industry stability' and 'job security'. Unlike biorobots, ferobots required more frequent and expensive repairs and maintenance. This often led to ferobotic androids being unable to move upwards economically, stuck in impoverished flats and ghettos where crimes such as piracy, protest, group organization, and drug manufacturing were common."