Star Wars: the Force Awakens Spoilerific 
We went, we watched, and now we're going to flail our hands about it, shortly before going to buy all the Rey toys that aren't out there. 
Relevant Links:



The Bechdel-Wallace Test - is this film feminist?


What To Do When You're Not the Hero Any More


John Boyega being super excited about being in Star Wars


Lupita Nyong'o on not being seen as herself in Star Wars


Emo Kylo Ren

#WheresRey





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Episode 135: Spoilerific Star Wars VII

Alisa, Alex and Tansy bring you speculative fiction news, reading notes and chat from the galactic suburbs of Australia

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Science Fiction

Fiction

In which we eat cake, celebrate our tenth birthday, and say goodbye.

Cake

Reminiscences & Podcast recs
 
The Guilty Feminist
The Good Place, The Podcast
Be The Serpent
As my Wimsey Takes Me
Antimatter Pod: https://antimatterpod.podbean.com 

NEWS
 
Nebula finalists https://www.tor.com/2020/02/20/announcing-the-2019-nebula-awards-finalists/ 

Hugo noms are closing

Tansy’s Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/castlecharming/castle-charming

CULTURE CONSUMED:
 
Alisa: Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson; The City We Became, N K Jemisin (also her short story The City Born Great in How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?); Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist
 
Tansy: Birds of Prey (& Harley Quinn), Six the Musical (Sydney), Future culture: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/jessica-jones, Black Friday (StarKid)
 
Alex: For All Mankind, on Apple TV; Altered Carbon S2; Elysium, Jennifer Marie Brissett; Amelia Peabody (Elizabeth Peters) and Mary Russell (Laurie R King)

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Episode 209: March 2020: The End

In which Galactic Suburbia has a sad announcement, and the word ‘penultimate’ is used...
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Nominating for the Hugos
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: The Good Place; Picard S1 Ep 1-2.
Tansy: Moontangled, by Stephanie Burgis, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, Supernatural Season 15 (first 5 eps)
Alex: many books over the holidays. Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow; Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir; A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine; Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire.
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Episode 208: February 2020

In which we finally complete the Joanna Russ book club in our final ep for 2019!
 
Tansy - Terror Australis
 
Alex goes to Broadside, The Wheeler Centre’s festival of feminist ideas, and is confronted by whiteness. (https://broadside.wheelercentre.com)
 
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
 
Rebuilding Tomorrow crowdfunded - postponed

JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Author’s Note and Afterword

CULTURE CONSUMED:
 
Alisa: the great Twelfth Planet Press move (again)
 
Tansy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss; The Crown; Big Finish: Cicero; Dead Media by John Richards; 
 
Alex: Infomocracy, Malka Older; The Name of the Rose (tv series); White Tears/ Brown Scars, Ruby Hamad
 
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Episode 207: November 2019

In which an Epilogue is not always the end of the book…
 
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
 
Rebuilding Tomorrow https://www.pozible.com/project/rebuilding-tomorrow/
 
“Otherwise” Award: https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise 

JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Epilogue (BUT STILL NOT THE END)
38:20 to 58:45

CULTURE CONSUMED:
 
Alisa: Good Omens; The Good Place
 
Tansy: Romances: Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals & Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities, The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter & The Gilded Cage by KJ Charles. Killjoys & Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin. 
 
Alex: Orphan Black; The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley; The Old Lie, Claire G Coleman; Dolly Parton’s America: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america 
 
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Episode 206: October 2019

In which we tackle aesthetics, astounding name changes, and leave you the Danger Mouse theme tune.
 
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
 
Winter’s Tale Kickstarter fully funded!
 
Hugo winners: https://locusmag.com/2019/08/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-winners/ 

The Campbell Award/Astounding Award, Codes of Conduct, and such: http://file770.com/storm-over-campbell-award/ 
 
https://theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2019/08/27/a-statement-from-the-editor/

JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: 1:21:15 to 1:49:05
 
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 11
 
PSA for Australians: Glitch season 3 is on ABC iView, completely. 
 
No culture this week, too much talking! 
 
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In light of recent discussions, Julie Phillips has commented on the question of whether or not Alli Sheldon and her husband Ting had a suicide pact, an issue that she felt she was not clear enough about in the final chapters of her biography. https://twitter.com/jcfphillips/status/1168267581708546049

Episode 135: Spoilerific Star Wars VII

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