Aisha @ActuallyAisha

Academic (children's literature, spatiality, nationalisms, fantasy); reviews editor (@strangehorizons); other things, probably. Joined April 2008

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Arpita Das (she/her) @arpitayodapress

3 weeks ago

Never thought I would hear myself say this, but I have lost some respect for Anand Patwardhan on reading this. Astonishing how even the progressive leftist men show their bro selves at such moments, without fail. I have hope though that many more men in Gen Z will upend this embarrassing phenomenon and be more genuine allies.

Rohini Singh @rohini_sgh

3 weeks ago

Incredible the lengths people go to defend a convicted rapist with their wild conspiracy theories. Shameful.

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Auntie Yaga @getty_a96716

4 months ago

It’s called “you read papers. Then you cite them yourself.” We do things a slow way for a reason: to ensure there is a consistent web of knowledge and to check the work of those behind you. Without that your house isn’t just built on sand, it’s MADE of sand.

Yotam Gafni @Suflaky

4 months ago

Getting citations right: (1) There’s no central repository of bibliographic data. Google Scholar is terrible, I used it in my first ever paper, and got an angry email from a Professor. Apparently the GS record scanned the front page of his paper and added the editors in,

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Indrapramit Das @IndrapramitDas

11 months ago

Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in urgent need of help--she lost her father recently, suffered damages to her home from the recent rains, & her mother's now in hospital. They've no insurance. She's a freelancer & really needs help. Please share & donate.

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Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak

a year ago

Can't stop thinking about this perfect illustration of TERFism: it offers women nothing, no hope, no vision for a better future, and expects us to put up with this appalling reality for the simple sake of degrading others. In its feminist guise it's a doomed movement. Thankfully

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Dan Hartland @danhartland

2 years ago

The issue opens with a quick introduction from me and @ActuallyAisha, in which we advocate for the special - and criticism - with our usual boldness. "What of material effect will all this criticism have achieved? Reader, we can’t say. Maybe none.“ strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/az…

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Dan Hartland @danhartland

2 years ago

It's here! The @strangehorizons Criticism Special: one editorial, five critical essays, three poems, one podcast, three special reviews. We'll be publishing 1 essay per day all week, and the reviews will appear on the usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday cycle. strangehorizons.com/issue/27-janua…

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Aisha @ActuallyAisha

2 years ago

@galtor @UpperEastUpside Oh no.

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Dan Hartland @danhartland

2 years ago

Yesterday at @strangehorizons, @Broke_Bookworm on One Hundred Shadows from @ErewhonBooks. It’s a piece that gets a sense of the novel by making an argument: “a fascinating exploration of how we go on when we are alienated from the labour we perform.” strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/on…

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Aisha @ActuallyAisha

2 years ago

Doing this in Glasgow later this month!

Yotam Gafni @Suflaky

4 months ago

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Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 @nilanjanaroy

2 years ago

🌿🍂 "I think I am at peace now, he said, for my dreams move like the thinnest veil of mist over water." ~ Keki Daruwalla, Notes from the Underground (24 January 1937 - 27 September 2024) Go gently, and thank you for the words, the heart, that conscience.

The Tribune @thetribunechd

2 years ago

Keki N. Daruwalla, one of India’s finest poets who wrote in English and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, passed away on Friday. He was 87. tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/ke… @sarikaksharma

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Aisha @ActuallyAisha

2 years ago

@danhartland @jakecasella We could just ... gesture at everything?

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Dan Hartland @danhartland

2 years ago

OK, gang, heads up: the @strangehorizons Criticism Special is coming, in January of 2025. What crazy ideas have you got for us? @ActuallyAisha and I are always particularly keen to welcome new critics to SH for these issues. We want essays, dialogues, exegeses of every kind!

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Aisha @ActuallyAisha

2 years ago

@galtor To be fair, that is less a commentary on Ulysses's difficulty, and more on that one podcast.

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David Bergman @TheDavidBergman

2 years ago

Bangladesh update: Just been informed by credible journalist that 57 protestors/bystanders were killed today, apparently all by law enforcement authorities - bringing total number of deaths since Monday to over 100. Figures based on police and hospital reports

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A Meal of Thorns @MealOfThorns

2 years ago

Episode 1 is live! @jakecasella & @danhartland talk about THE SCAR: bold, partially-substantiated claims about the New Weird! Deep dives into narrative & aesthetics! Unexpected comparisons! Listen now: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/07/01/a-m…

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Aisha @ActuallyAisha

2 years ago

@_vajra We should probably stop defaulting to you as "a good example of what we think writers SHOULD be doing - "; it's getting lazy.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons

2 years ago

We've just hit our *penultimate* milestone of $12.5K, so here's a new episode of the Critical Friends podcast: @danhartland and @ActuallyAisha on boundaries in genre! strangehorizons.com/podcasts/criti… We're now under $1K away from our base goal! To get us there: kickstarter.com/projects/stran…

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons

2 years ago

📣📣It's THAT time of the year again! The annual STRANGE HORIZONS FUND DRIVE is now live. 📣📣 To donate: kickstarter.com/projects/stran… Over the next 36 days, we're looking to raise $13,500 to stay alive through 2025, and beyond for some very special special issues! Read on:

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Dan Hartland @danhartland

2 years ago

Now just a few hundred dollars from a *brand new episode* of the Critical Friends podcast. That's right! For a few dollars more you get @ActuallyAisha and me talking about genre and boundaries. What donor can resist the temptation?* *Other prizes are available.

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons

2 years ago

Fund-Drive update: We've hit our next milestone - $11K - and unlocked "The Phonetics of Draconic Languages", by Leah Nodar. Is it an essay? A story? A warning? You decide. strangehorizons.com/fiction/phonet… We're under $2.5K away from our base goal. To get us there: kickstarter.com/projects/stran…