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Finishing up my backlog, this being the first, as we don't typically put focus on what happens to domesticated plants as much as we do with animals, and I thought I'd change that.
#specevo #speculativeevolution #elephants #rhino #pumpkins #worldbuilding #speculativefiction
#specevo #speculativeevolution #elephants #rhino #pumpkins #worldbuilding #speculativefiction
For Avocados and Gourds, with their large seeds and large and tough shells, it's essentially pleistocene rewilding, as now they have megafauna again to spread disperse their seeds (and of course, descendants of animals who have recognized pumpkins as a treat).
For the dragonfruit, it's essentially inspired by how much elephants took a liking to invasive Prickly pear fruit, and dragonfruit is VERY popular in shoutheast asia (including my own home, Indonesia).
Smaller fruits, from plums to apples to peaches, also have more dispersers.
Smaller fruits, from plums to apples to peaches, also have more dispersers.
If you enjoyed listening to our episode featuring Uttara Narayan and would like to know more about some of themes touched upon, here are some reports, interviews and articles. š§µš
1. Here's a short piece on the Pavagada Solar park that Uttara talks about at the start of the episode. wri.org/just-transitioā¦
2. If you're interested in energy transition, do look up The Responsible Energy Initiative Call to Action Report: wri-india.org/sites/default/ā¦
Woke up to a Google alert about this new review of #BodymindsReimagined in American Literary History by Rebecca Wanzo (@rawreader) & I am just so honored & amazed.
Iāll share my favorite quotes below! Happy to send folks a copy who donāt have access!
academic.oup.com/alh/advance-arā¦
Iāll share my favorite quotes below! Happy to send folks a copy who donāt have access!
academic.oup.com/alh/advance-arā¦
āSchalk offers the most paradigm-shifting challenge to what is speakable and unspeakable: the problem of linking blackness with disability and how to reframe our treatment of these categoriesā
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āThe issue of pleasure is one of the most radical interventions of the book, thus modeling a new ideal of what the nexus of race and the speculative genre can do.ā (And shout out to @adriennemaree, @WalidahImarisha & @OctaviasBrood) #pleasureactivism
