Invisible 2: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F (Invisible #2)

Jim C. Hines, Aliette de Bodard, Nancy Jane Moore, Angelia Sparrow, Kat Tanaka Okopnik, Bogi Takács, Chrysoula Tzavelas, John G. Hartness, Sarah Chorn, Lauren Jankowski, Alis Franklin, Jessica McDonald, A. Merc Rustad, Ambelin Kwaymullina, S.L. Huang, LaShawn M. Wanak, Diana M. Pho, Annalee Flower Horne, Gabrielle Harbowy, Isabel Schechter, Merc Rustad, Matthew Alan Thyer


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Invisible 2: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F by Jim C. Hines, Aliette de Bodard, Nancy Jane Moore, Angelia Sparrow, Kat Tanaka Okopnik, Bogi Takács, Chrysoula Tzavelas, John G. Hartness, Sarah Chorn, Lauren Jankowski, Alis Franklin, Jessica McDonald, A. Merc Rustad, Ambelin Kwaymullina, S.L. Huang, LaShawn M. Wanak, Diana M. Pho, Annalee Flower Horne, Gabrielle Harbowy, Isabel Schechter, Merc Rustad, Matthew Alan Thyer
19 essays on the importance of representation in science fiction and fantasy, with an introduction by author Aliette de Bodard. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Carl Brandon Society to support Con or Bust.

Full table of contents:

Introduction, by Aliette de Bodard
"Breaking Mirrors," by Diana M. Pho
"I'm Not Broken," by Annalee Flower Horne
"Next Year in Jerusalem," by Gabrielle Harbowy
"I am Not Hispanic, I am Puerto Rican," by Isabel Schechter
"No More Dried Up Spinsters," by Nancy Jane Moore
"False Expectations," by Matthew Thyer
"Text, Subtext, and Pieced-Together Lives," by Angelia Sparrow
"Parenting as a Fan of Color," by Kat Tanaka Okopnik
"Alien of Extraordinary Ability? by Bogi Takács
"Accidental Representation," by Chrysoula Tzavelas
"Discovering the Other," by John Hartness
"Lost in the Margins," by Sarah Chorn
"Too Niche," by Lauren Jankowski
"Fat Chicks in SFF," by Alis Franklin
"Not Your Mystical Indian," by Jessica McDonald
"Exponentially Hoping," by Merc Rustad
"Colonialism, Land, and Speculative Fiction: An Indigenous Perspective," by Ambelin Kwaymullina
"Nobody's Sidekick: Intersectionality in Protagonists," by SL Huang
"The Danger of the False Narrative," by LaShawn Wanak
Afterword, by Jim C. Hines
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