"Les histoires de nos luttes recomposées à la lumière de nos ambitions militantes ont pour paysage mémoriel des buildings, l’odeur du bitume, la lourdeur des pavés jetés à Stonewall par les militantes trans, les travailleurEUSEs du sexe et les drag-queens, les poubelles qui crament face aux factions policières."
"Don’t romanticize science fiction. One of the questions I have been asked so many times I’ve forgotten what my stock answer to it is, “Since science fiction is a marginal form of writing, do you think it makes it easier to deal with marginal people?” To which the answer is, “No.” Why should it be any easier? Dealing with the marginal is always a matter of dealing with the marginal. If anything, science fiction as a marginal genre is more rigid, far more rigid than literature. There are more examples of gay writing in literature than there are in science fiction."
L'avenir n'est pas un simple espace. C'est là que je m'éloigne de tout un pan de la science-fiction, avec ses œuvres impérialistes du type Guerre dans l'espace ou Guerre des étoiles, romans et films confondus - toute la branche de la SF qui ramène la technique à la hi-tech. Dans ces fictions, espace et avenir sont synonymes : ils désignent un lieu où nous allons arriver, que nous allons envahir, coloniser, exploiter, transformer en zones résidentielles.
Si nous finissons par nous “disséminer dans l'espace” il est effectivement probable que nous nous comporterons ainsi. il est possible que l'humanité “conquière” un jour l'espace. Mais il ne lui sera pas possible de “conquérir” l'avenir : on n'a aucun moyen de s'y rendre. l'avenir est le segment du continuum espace-temps dont - corporellement et dans les états ordinaires de la conscience - nous sommes exclus. Nous ne pouvons même pas le voir. Sauf par brefs coups d’œil par-dessus l'épaule.
Quand nous regardons ce qu'on ne peut pas voir, ce que nous voyons, en fait, c'est ce qu'il y a dans nos têtes. Nos pensées et nos rêves, bons ou mauvais. Et je crois que quand elle rempli vraiment sa fonction, c'est à cela que la science-fiction a affaire. Et non à “l'avenir”. C'est quand nous confondons rêves et idées avec le monde du non-rêve que nous nous mettons en difficulté ; quand nous considérons l'avenir comme un lieu qui nous appartient. On se met alors à prendre ses désirs pour des réalités ; on se réfugie dans l'évasion, l'illusion, on produit des œuvres de science-fiction mégalomanes qui se prennent à tort pour des prédictions, et le Pentagone, la Maison Blanche, se mette à y croire et on voit apparaître de Vrais Croyants qui veulent conquérir l'avenir via des Reagan et des Initiatives de Défense Stratégique.
Personnellement, en tant qu'auteure de science-fiction je préfère rester longtemps immobile, comme les Quechuas, et contempler ce que j'ai réellement devant moi : la terre, mes compagnons terriens, et les étoiles.
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- “La science-fiction et l’avenir” Ursula K. Le Guin, 1985, lors d’une table ronde au Musée des sciences et de l’industrie de l’Etat d’Oregon, USA. Dans “Danser au bord du monde”, traduction Hélène Collon. Éditions de l’Éclat, 2020.
why is “olde vampires in high school” the big thing and not “olde vampires in college”
everyone in college is eccentric. everyone
you wanna wear full on Victorian suit? the girl in pajamas who clearly hasn’t slept in three days supports you
everyone is too preoccupied to care as long as you’re polite and follow class etiquette
multiple high school diplomas? eh. same stuff. multiple BAs? Enjoy learning chemistry AND art history! All in detail!
wandering around campus at 3am? that’s just the lifestyle tm
no matter how old or young you look it’s not really that weird, there’s sixteen year olds and sixty year olds doing BAs somewhere
big schools are very anonymous so nobody’s gonna bother to hassle you
the girl in pyjamas is the vampire
Also:
If u put ur blood in a water bottle ppl will assume it’s juice and be Jealous
“Oh god I’m a monster” 20 students who r all procrastinating big projects say “same” simultaniousely and with the exact same tone
Everything is a joke so if u say “I subsist on the lifeblood of mankind” someone will go “lol what a mood”
It would take u like 100 years to major in everything
Seen sucking the blood of a fellow classmate and u r instantly the campus Cryptid and Mascot
Listen. If u have an ethical dilemma go find a philosophy major that believes in ethical subjectivism and they’ll make u so angry u forget abt whatever the fuck was bothering u
College is the only acceptable place to get into fistfights over classical literature
Literally all u need to do to avoid suspicion is be the guy that always has gum and a stapler
If u have a majestic mustache ppl will just assume ur an English major
Allergic to crosses? Cool. So r certain stem majors.
also everybody is either always eating or never eating so not eating isn’t that weird
“never seen in the light of the sun//sleeps all day & is awake at night” “can’t eat garlic” “dresses weird” “can’t enter your home uninvited” “won’t go into churches” “drinks weird red liquid”
this is just a liberal arts major with a garlic allergy and social anxiety.
You guys are missing the biggest joke, everyone will actively call them “the vampire” but think nothing of it
Vampires at college not high school 2020 yuletide fandom
I’m so down for this. Also!
Keeps a jar of your native soil around? Oh, like the botany guys, just keep quiet if you try and grow weed in it
Slip up and speak antiquated form of Romanian? “Yeah, man, I have language midterms this week too”
Research campus probably has a hospital FULL of easily-accessible blood, to say nothing of campus blood drives
Looking pale and tired? So is literally everyone else
I want a blood drive volunteer getting caught sucking on a donation like a juice box at the campus blood drive…by another vampire
Who is like AW MAN YOU TOOK THE LAST AB- THAT’S THE BEST ONE
It is on a par with sneaking the last tangerine la Croix for the communal fridge
the water warriors fighting for access to clean water for all
the teenagers imprisoned for fighting back against oppressive regimes
those fighting for access to education for all
for the future of the planet
for gender equality
for safety and protection from gun violence
for governmental representation and engagement for youths
for the rights of immigrants
for syria and the rights of refugees
for literacy and the representation of WOC in books
for trans and queer rights
for protection of girls against forced marriage and child slavery
i hope that one day we live in a world where children are allowed to just be children, where they dont have to fight tooth and nail for their rights and their futures, but i could not be prouder of this generation
(from top to bottom: Autumn Peltier, Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, Ahed Tamimi, Malala, Greta Thunberg, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, Artemisa Xakriabá, Ridhima Pandey, Jamie Margolin, Rowan Blanchard, Jaclyn Corin and Emma Gonzalez, Shamma bint Suhail Faris Mazrui, Sophie Cruz, Bana al-Abed, Marley Dias, Jazz Jennings, Sonita Alizadeh, Payal Jangid)
This new ad campaign from Penguin appeals to those of us who think
beat-up, torn, taped, scribbled-upon books are more appealing than
pristine ones. I wondered if the books photographed here were found as
is, or lovingly distressed by the art director, then I saw the small
print in the lower right of each ad, which suggests they were found that
way.
