This one is deep but illuminating. In the shadow of the recent harassment scandals across fandom, we sit down with author/illustrator/survivor advocate M. M. Schill, and Multiverse Convention Chair Allie Charlesworth. How bad is the problem? How do we start fixing it? How can we all do better as a community? Whatever viewpoint you're looking at this topic from, we hope you'll learn something today.

Find M. M. Schill at https://mmschill.com/ and on Twitter @mm_schill

Find Allie Charlesworth & Multiverse Convention at https://www.multiversecon.org/

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Rob's Twitter: @iaiblackout

Jesse's Twitter: @Jesse_A_Adams

Going in DEEP on this one. We talk systemic and overt racism in the SFFH publishing industry, #PublishingPaidMe, and more, with A BLADE SO BLACK author/equality advocate L.L. McKinney & WHEN NIGHT FALLS author Gerald L. Coleman.

Works by L.L. McKinney:

A BLADE SO BLACK (Nightmare-Verse #1):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250211668

A DREAM SO DARK (Nightmare-Verse #2):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250620835

A CROWN SO CURSED (Nightmare-Verse #3):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250754547

NUBIA: Real One (DC Graphic Novel, pre-order):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401296407

Works by Gerald L. Coleman:

WHEN NIGHT FALLS (The Three Gifts #1):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780578495613

A PLAGUE OF SHADOWS (The Three Gifts #2):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780578503240

NAPPY METAPHYSIC (Poetry collection):
https://www.amazon.com/Nappy-Metaphysic-New-Selected-Poems/dp/1092421866

Gerald's List of Black SFF Authors & Books:
https://geraldlcoleman.com/just-add-coffee/the-beginners-guide-to-black-sf-f

Jesse & Rob talk quarantine from deep within their Fortresses of Social Distance! The economic effects of The Cove on the comics industry, conventions, and creators. Suggestions for how to support creators, plus plenty of book/movie/game recommendations.

WANDERERS (novel by Chuck Wendig):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399182105

A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ (novel by Walter Miller): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553273816

STATION ELEVEN (novel by Emily St. John Mandel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804172448

EMPRESS OF FOREVER (novel by Max Gladstone):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765395818

KUSHIEL'S DART (novel 1 of 9 by Jacqueline Carey):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312872380

THE CITY WE BECAME (novel by N.K. Jemisin):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316509848

DREAD NATION (YA novel by Justina Ireland):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062570611

TRAIL OF LIGHTNING (novel 1 of 3 by Rebecca Roanhorse):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534413498

Film & TV recommendations: The Expanse (Amazon Prime), The Man in the High Castle (Prime), One Strange Rock, Pi (movie), Donnie Darko, Sorry to Bother You (Hulu), Snowpiercer, Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4 game), Castlevania (Netflix), Starship Troopers, Kim's Convenience (Netflix), Equilibrium (movie), The Fifth Element, Dark City, Pokemon (game), Samurai Showdown (PS4).

Rob & Jesse dive deep into "problematic favorites" with the excellent Victor LaValle, author, Columbia professor, and winner of all the awards (American Book Award, Shirley Jackson Award, World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, etc.). Check out Victor's books below & enjoy the conversation!

Victor LaValle's works:

THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM (novella):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765387868

THE CHANGELING (novel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812985870

BIG MACHINE (novel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385527989

THE ECSTATIC (novel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375713316

THE DEVIL IN SILVER (novel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400069866

SLAPBOXING WITH JESUS (short story collection):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375705908

DESTROYER (graphic novel):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781684150557

WIDE SARGASSO SEA (novel by Jean Rhys):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393352566

In the first-ever Cake Pops current events episode, Rob & Jesse talk about the 2020 Locus Awards (we swear, it's a new Golden Age of science fiction & fantasy right now), and also touch on the recent harassment scandals in the world of SFF/comics/art. Profane rants ensue.

**CW: brief discussion of harassment/abuse**

Here's the entire slate of 2020 Locus Award Winners, with links to purchase:

https://locusmag.com/2020/06/locus-awards-winners-2020/

Also please consider making a donation to support Locus Magazine while you're there. Enjoy the episode and we'll see you next time!

Jesse & Rob talk fandom as therapy. How we all benefit from a strong fan community when times are tough, plus several ways to support each other & the creators we love, things NOT to do as a fan, and as always, some recommendations to keep you busy.

MULTIVERSE CONVENTION: https://www.multiversecon.org

221BCon: https://www.221bcon.com/

Game: Ghost of Tsushima (comes out in July)

TV show: DEVS (Hulu)

Movies: 28 Days Later, Ex Machina

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH (book by Norton Juster):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780394820378

We talk about the history of protest in speculative fiction with award-winning multi-genre author, editor, and publisher Sheree Renée Thomas. Check the notes below for Sheree's new fiction collection Nine Bar Blues, plus the other recommendations we mentioned during the show. Enjoy!

NINE BAR BLUES (fiction collection by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780997457896

RIOT BABY (novel by Tochi Onyebuchi): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250214751

OCTAVIA'S BROOD (science fiction stories from social justice movements, foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781849352093

IF THIS GOES ON: The Science Fiction Future of Today's Politics (short story collection edited by Cat Rambo): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780999784211

RESIST FASCISM (micro-anthology of science fiction & fantasy stories about protest & resistance): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780991392148

A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES (collection of stories that challenge oppression, edited by Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams, featuring N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525508809

DO NOT GO QUIETLY (anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009786

INSURRECTIONS (fiction collection by Rion Amilcar Scott): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780813174402

PIMP MY AIRSHIP (novel by Maurice Broaddus): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009762

DOMINION: An Anthology of Black Speculative Fiction: kickstarter.com/projects/aurelialeo/dominion-an-anthology-of-speculative-fiction

FIYAH LIT MAG: https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/

THE HEAT OF US (story by Sam J. MIller): https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-heat-of-us-notes-toward-an-oral-history/