I was talking today with a friend about the Science Fiction Foundation masterclass and it reminded me of when I taught an SFF mini masterclass at the 2022 Eastercon on Joanna Russ's 'When it Changed'. By the time I wrote up this post three months later, Roe v Wade had been overturned and the context was different. #scifi #sf #sciencefiction #JoannaRuss #whenitchanged #whenitchanged72 #roevwade #RoeOverturned

https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2022/07/08/when-it-changed/

When it Changed

I’ve been intending to post on Joanna Russ’s 1972 Nebula-Award-winning short story, ‘When it Changed’, reflecting on teaching it for a ‘Mini-Masterclass in Science Fiction Criticism’ held on the Mo…

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