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It is my contention that any politician who runs on a "tough on crime" platform should be investigated for corruption.…
Apologies for the rambling but I have a half-formed thought I wanted to work through here. It feels like a…
Thanks! Done partly for realism, and partly so I'd have one word less to fit in the balloon. :-p
I like the realistic touch where you have the Republican congresscritter say "ban trans from participating in sports," instead of…
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Author Archives: Nisi Shawl
Good Boy, by Nisi Shawl (part 2)
This is part 2 of “Good Boy,” by Nisi Shawl. Click here to read part 1 of “Good Boy.”
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Good Boy, by Nisi Shawl (part 1)
“Alas” is pleased to present the third of three short stories by Nisi Shawl. This story will be presented in two parts. Nisi Shawl is the co-editor of Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler … Continue reading
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Bird Day, by Nisi Shawl
“Alas” is pleased to present the second of three short stories by Nisi Shawl. Nisi Shawl is the co-editor of Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler (forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press) and the co-author … Continue reading
The Water Museum, by Nisi Shawl
“Alas” is pleased to present the first of three short stories by Nisi Shawl. Nisi Shawl is the co-editor of Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler (forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press) and the co-author … Continue reading
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OEB Day!
Today is Octavia E. Butler’s birthday. If she were still alive, she’d be 62 and awesome. She wrote science fiction and fantasy, and one of her aims was to change the world with it. I think she did. I think she still does.
I was privileged to be Octavia’s friend, to know her and hang with […]
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Dear Father
Today is Father’s Day. So I called my mother.
My mother mostly raised me and my two younger sisters by herself. Dad divorced us when I was eight years old. He moved to a town half an hour away, and I rarely saw him, despite promised weekend visits. The Friend of the Court assessed him $35 a week child support. He […]
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Angry Black Goddesses
I practice a West African religious tradition known as Ifa or Orisha. It’s very closely related to Vodun, Santeria, Lucumi, and similar traditions in the Western Hemisphere.
Among the Ifa pantheon are many goddesses. One could say they are black, as they originate in black Africa. And at times one could say that they are angry.
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Sweeney is the perfect accompaniment to a tough-on-crime comic. I bet the Judge had invested money in the prison industry.