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Soul Sapience's profile was updated 8 years, 11 months ago
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 8 years, 11 months ago
As I finished working on my bibliographies a couple weeks ago, I narrowly beat the deadline for submission and wiped a sweat gland off my forehead right after submission. I think I am becoming more and more of a […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
A few weeks ago, Dr. McCoy presented us with the question “Why live?” My answer was “to search for one’s purpose and fulfill it.” I said some more about it as well which I have written below:
I think one must […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
What’s in a name? One of the interesting things I thought about the Oankalis and the ooloi are their names. In chapter one in Metamorphosis after Jodahs escorted the couple to the guest area before the arrival of […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
There is so much to say by the end of the Xenogenesis trilogy and I have to hand it to Octavia Butler once again. Thanks for giving me the curve ball just as you did in the Patternist Series. But I was not […]
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Andre Doeman commented on the post, The Power of Pronouns, on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
Interesting post Nikita. Just the same as you mentioned that Dr. McCoy and yourself mistakenly refer to the characters in Octavia Butler’s novels as a sex that is not assigned to them, I sometimes find myself […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
When Dr. McCoy shared with us that Octavia Butler had given up on writing save the world novels and instead, wrote Fledgling without taking any medication (which was the cause of her writer’s block) made me feel […]
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Andre Doeman commented on the post, Slavery in “Bloodchild” is Only Seen if it is Brought to Ones Attention, on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
Good point Clarissa and you’re welcome. Your second read which invoked a new interpretation as a result of the class discussion highlights the point of subjectivity. You had another lens to interpret Octavia […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 1 month ago
After Dr. McCoy mentioned in class that Lil Wayne was raped as a boy as he explained on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel, I quickly turned to the internet to find out more about it and was shocked at another video […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 1 month ago
In the interview with Larry McCaffery and Jim McMenamin in 1988, Octavia Butler shared a lot about her Patternist Series which included her comments about once considering to include Kindred as part of the series. […]
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Andre Doeman commented on the post, Doro ain’t Dead, on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
I must say, this was amusing as I read it and I imagine you writing speedily on the keyboard trying to get the thoughts out onto the screen. I do agree with you that Doro is possibly still alive. I feel that is […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
Wow, this novel had me on the edge of my seat as it came to a close. Will Doro win or will Mary dethrone him? Back and forth they fought in the one body and at last, Mary triumphs and becomes the Queen. But is […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
Since evening I stumbled upon a clip of my favorite childhood cartoon – Dragon Ball Z (DBZ). About forty seconds into the clip, the purple villain whose name is Bills told Vegeta (pun on vegetable) that he would […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
The teacher is like an Ina.
Today in class, as I sat listening to the overwhelming amount of information I so desire to have to learn from, I began to think that a/the teacher is an Ina. I began to think about […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
The article “Top Yoga Studios Unite to Racially Profile Black “Yoga Thief,”” on the feminist wire by Sabrina Strings explains how a young black man has being considered the “yoga thief” because he has stolen […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
“It amazes me that some people have seen “Bloodchild” as a story of slavery. It isn’t” asserted Octavia Butler in the Afterword of her short story “Bloodchild.” This knowledge of her assertion is what I brought […]
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Andre Doeman commented on the post, More Thoughts On Friday’s Discussion, on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
Liam, I also thought about the idea of “power dynamics” and its role in people coming together and staying together. Proximity was also something I thought was important to this topic. As in my post I recently […]
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Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
A few years ago, I met a young lady who was on my track and field team. Beyond the physical attraction, her mind captivated me. She was motivated, determined, and she challenged her present capabilities with a […]
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Soul Sapience joined the group Speculative Fiction 9 years, 3 months ago
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Soul Sapience became a registered member 9 years, 3 months ago