mekka okereke Mar 28

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116290338892571761

🤦🏿‍♂️Actually, nevermind.

Why is everything like this?

The author supposedly went on an anti-woke, right-wing podcast to promote the movie while trashing other books and movies that do have a "woke" message or that have inclusive representation? But... why?

Why was that necessary?

Show threadmekka okereke Mar 28

I'm not saying don't watch the movie or read the book. Do whatever makes you happy.

I'm also not interested in debating how much inclusion is in his stories, whether he realizes it or not.

And I'm not interested in comparing even bigger, "super woke" sci-fi franchises like Star Trek or Star Wars.

I'm just saying that I personally watched the last one (The Martian), and I watched this one (Project Hail Mary), but you can guess if I'm watching the next one.

So many choices in entertainment.

The actions that attract the MAGA customer base will probably alienate me, and vice versa. That's OK!

Show threadmekka okereke Mar 28

Whether or not I watch his next movie doesn't really matter that much to him. He's not going to go broke and that's okay. Good actually!

But it's so hard to be an author, let alone a woman author, in sci-fi, who tells stories with good representation? Those authors don't need to be punched down on.

Show threadmekka okereke Mar 28

🤔Now I need to buy two IMAX tickets worth of sci-fi books written by authors that aren't anti-woke, just to put my part of the universe back in balance.

🤔Actually to properly balance things out, I have to keep reading new sci-fi books until I find one that I can recommend to thousands of people.

Show threadSolarpunk Davy

@mekkaokereke I can recommend the half-built garden by @r_emrys

It's near future science fiction where we're trying to cleanup the earth, but then aliens arrive. Plus good representation and normalisation of the diversity we have in our world.

Mar 28 at 9:32amWeb
Show threadmekka okereke Mar 28

@SolarDavy @r_emrys

I think that's "Half-Built Garden?"

Show threadSolarpunk DavyMar 28
@mekkaokereke ah yes, sorry, English is not my native language. I fixed the original message.
Show threadCassidy CurtisApr 19
@SolarDavy @mekkaokereke @r_emrys Hey, thanks for this rec! Just finished “Half-Built Garden” and really enjoyed it!
Show threadThat one Jewish network nerdApr 19
@r_emrys @SolarDavy @mekkaokereke @otherthings Gotta love queer Jewish representation in ways that actually matter.
Show threadeyalaApr 19

My first thought was "Cool, I also liked A Half-Built Garden".

My second was "Why does the name r_emrys look familiar?"

My third was "OMG - she's on Mastodon?!??!"

@otherthings @SolarDavy @mekkaokereke @r_emrys

Show threadSolarpunk DavyApr 19
@otherthings @mekkaokereke @r_emrys glad you did. If you're looking for more in this field, search for solarpunk, it's the genre of speculative fiction that tries to imagine a better future.
Show threadSarahATXApr 19
@SolarDavy @mekkaokereke @r_emrys
I love that book. I recommend it all the time!
Show threadSolarpunk DavyApr 19
@purplelotus13 @mekkaokereke @r_emrys same, and have heard positive things back most of the times.