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- Black people are the heroes in her work. By centring their experiences her writing challenges the stereotypes, side-lining and exclusion that often features in the sci-fi genre. A genre that her books helped expand and redefine. In a 1999 journal entry, Butler wrote: “I never bought into my invisibility or non-existence as a Black person.
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Dec 13, 2022 · Butler believed that humans crave dominance. Eradicate one group and another will take its place. This is also true for Black people and other marginalized groups, she told me.
Feb 28, 2024 · My essay takes a Black feminist meets Black ecologies look at “Bloodchild” to uncover some of Butler’s brilliant truism which are needed as ever today.
Its Black History Month and 2024's theme is Reclaiming Narratives. We explore how Octavia Butler's writing challenged stereotyping, side-lining and exclusion in the sci-fi genre and why her vision of technology is relevant to today.
Dec 14, 2022 · One person who had the talent was the late Octavia Butler, the Black speculative fiction writer who, although she received a MacArthur Genius grant in 1995, has only recently begun to be...
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Jun 24, 2022 · In the novels, the “something” is a cycling of ghettoization and enslavement throughout history. Black and Latino farm workers are held in bondage in the South, while a multinational company offers skilled workers of all races protection from societal breakdown, only to ensnare them in a debt peonage system.
Feb 23, 2021 · To mark Black History Month once again, as well as the 25th anniversary of Democracy Now!, we turn now to one of the last television interviews given by the visionary Black science-fiction...
Jul 24, 2020 · Octavia E. Butler was a visionary African American author, who imagined an alternate future for herself and our shared world. Through her writing, Butler challenged gender stereotypes in American fiction, white privilege in their narratives, and racism in her profession.
