Carla M. Lee
carlamlee.bsky.social
Carla M. Lee
@carlamlee.bsky.social
author. artist. attorney*.

*Not yours.
Reposted by Carla M. Lee
Speculative Whiteness by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social is quotable, thoroughly researched, and damning towards the type of science fiction that has empowered alt-right thinkers.

The must-read book about SFF of the year

Available in full as an open-access text! manifold.umn.edu/projects/spe...

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Speculative Whiteness | Manifold @uminnpress
Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films and literature as saying only white men have the imagination required to invent a high-tech future. Other white nationalists envision r...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm not making light of the horrific things these men did to vulnerable women, but my god, that was an unexpected bit of whiplash in the middle of the book.
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Me: ... what.

Evidence led to the apartment of Carl Wayne...

Me: ... WHAT. (Yup. There it is.) Is this how I learn my dead father was a truck-driving serial killer? I finally found the Big Family Secret?

...apartment of Carl Wayne Lawson.

Me: That would have been one hell of a story.
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Long Haul is about truckers who are serial killers. (I mean, duh.)

Dad was over the road back when logs were done on paper.

Now the story:

Evidence collected was "a bloodstained bag from a hamburger joint ... stuffed with trucking logs from ... a driver whose signature appeared to be Carl W. L."
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Let me tell you about that Time I Learned My Father Was a Serial Killer. (Spoiler: He wasn't.) Things to know first (and safe because I never use father's middle name as a security question): My dad's name was Carl W. Lee.
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM