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Queen Melmendi  joins Lady H and Lady D to talk about what Black speculative fiction could look in praxis: Janelle Monae! We mention:

#Black Girls Are from the Future: Essays on Race, Digital Creativity and Pop Culture by Renina Jarmon

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Dr. Joan Morgan

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae

When God Lost Her Tongue: Historical Consciousness and the Black Feminist Imagination by Janell Hobson

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell

CaShawn Thompson – The mother of #BlackGirlMagic

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories by NK Jemisin

Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni

Far Sector by NK Jemisin and Jamal Campbell

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Nichelle Nichols

Electric Easy 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8644166/is-marie-buchanon-real-person-harriet-tubman-movie

Don't forget: #BlackgirlsarefromtheFuture

Darring, Asi'a, Hairston, Erin-Lee, and Miller, Nicolle. "I am: Black Spectacular ." Watch With You Podcast. November 6, 2022. Podcast, Mp3 audio, 01:00:28. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/I-am-Black-Spectacular-e1p4g8b