Paranormal Steampunk and Dystopian Erasure - the Unpleasant Implications

[sparkindarkness]

What is wonderful about Dystopian and Paranormal Steampunk is that the author has the opportunity to either create a brave new world, or an alternate past. Obviously in all fiction this opportunity exists but dystopian and paranoramal steampunk lend themselves remarkably well to this idea. Unfortunately instead of taking the opportunity to do

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[teleens_journal]

As always, you have given me much food for thought.

Thanks for writing.

Re-posted.

[sparkindarkness]

Thankee

[sparkindarkness]

It's a definite implication

[sparkindarkness]

I say all straight folks need to get themselves some close GBLT friends to act as canaries. Because the zombies/aliens/plague WILL kill us first. It is known. So if we start being snack food or start dying in droves, you know an apocalypse is coming and to stock up on canned goods. All of these silly "survivalist" shows completely forget that essential step - get ye a gay canary

[sparkindarkness]

Yes yes he does, we've done a summation of it as well on just how bad it gets which we've posted and I'll be linking to today

And yes, worse. Much much worse

It depresses me that a lot of books can do that - The Parasol Protectorate does an awesome job of analysing sexism while being homophobic, the Constantine Affliction is an AMAZING take down of gender roles while being deeply problematic about trans people, Rivers of London is great with race and class but really needs to work on its female characters, the Jane Yellowrock series is great with race but awful on its limited display of gay folks. Books which seem to show an author gets it on at least one issue and then they create a great big stinking hot mess elsewhere.