Summary
This week Maggie and Harmony become socio-political commentators as they attempt to make sense of the attempted coup in Washington D.C. that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021. They talk about these events through major themes that occur in the book Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee.
In this episode:
https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/06/why-ya-books-about-politics-election-always-dystopian
https://dystopianyaliterature.weebly.com/common-themes.html
What Is Speculative Fiction?
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-speculative-fiction-defining-and-understanding-the-different-genres-of-speculative-fiction#subgenres-of-speculative-fiction
10 Ways Post-Election America is a Dystopian YA Novel
So You Want To Bring Back Dystopian YA? Well, Here’s Why It Never Left
https://www.verywellmind.com/effects-of-collective-trauma-5071346
Collective Trauma and Stress Following Disasters: APS Journal Articles Publicly Available
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifting-the-veil-trauma/202005/what-is-collective-trauma
What we’re reading:
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316422048
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525620778
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