Updates!

First: More info on the black sci-fi event coming up!

The event will be hosted by M. Asli Dukan, director of a documentary called Invisible Universe, about the way blacks are portrayed in speculative fiction. "Speculative fiction" is a term that covers not just science fiction, but also horror, fantasy, and the latest Philip K. Dick adaptation whose marketing pretends that it isn't sci-fi at all but just an action thriller.



Also!

Friday, March 18th is quite a busy day. Not only is the black lesbian sci-fi event Friday, but later on, at everybody's favorite feminist bookstore, there's Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a resource guide for transgender folks, and they're currently doing a book tour. The event will run from 7 to 9pm Friday, March 18th, with discussion and a Q&A.

The place that will be hosting Transbodies, Bluestockings Bookstore, is located in Manhattan, near the corner of Allen & Stanton Streets. That's one block down from Houston Street, and one block east of 2nd Avenue. Yes, "one block east of 2nd" should be 1st Avenue, but it's the Village: 4th Street zig-zags all over the damn place, so what were you expecting? If you happen upon a grocery store with awesome cartoon characters all over it, you're heading the right way -- the bookstore will be the next building over. That's how I figure it out, and I could get lost in a paper bag.

Black. Lesbian. Sci-fi.

Now there's a combination I'd like to see more of.

I can't even think of any films that fit that criteria off-hand. Am I just completely clueless and ignorant...or is the presumed market for sci-fi still little white boys who want to see triple-nippled space boobies?



That's from Total Recall, if you were wondering.

The LGBT Center in Manhattan will be having an event on black lesbian sci-fi this Friday, March 18th, at 6:30pm. Unfortunately, since the event is from an outside group and not organized by the Center itself, there's no info posted on the Center website (www.gaycenter.org). However, it will undoubtedly be amazing. The Center is located at the corner of 7th Avenue and 13th Street, in Manhattan.

On a semi-related note, check out Brooklyn Boihood. They're all about increasing visibility for masculine-identified lesbians of color...and their calendar is pretty rad. I have a copy in my bedroom, so I can remember to forget all sorts of upcoming events. Autostraddle recently wrote up an article on how great Brooklyn Boihood is: Where the Bois Are.

In the meantime, I'll be seeing if the Performing Arts Library has Total Recall available for borrowing.