Torture Cinema Poll: March Madness!
We truly do HATE to disappoint you, but this has literally nothing to do with college basketball. We just felt like torturing you. HOW DO YOU LIKE US NOW?! Just kidding. Sort of. Really, it’s just time to pick our next Torture Cinema of 2017! We have a wide variety of total crap for you to choose from. So choose wisely!!
The 2017 “Inclusion” Theme Begins: Announcements, Details, and Guest/Author Calls
2017 has arrived. It’s a thing. It’s happening. And it’s not the year many of us hoped for. When we first set out to create a theme for 2017, we didn’t know that it would become something more than a broad gesture about what we believe is crucial to the continued significance of science fiction and fantasy. As the months following the U.S. election rolled by, it became clear that our call for “Inclusion” would be a manifesto. It would be one of the ways we each would contribute to making this world a better place not just for ourselves, but also for everyone. “Inclusion” isn’t just about diversity. It’s about hearing people for who they are and recognizing the power of their voices. It’s about sharing those voices as far as this little podcast can so that as many of us as possible are heard in the cacophony of terror and rage filling the airwaves in these opening weeks of 2017. It’s about emptying the jar of silence so that this room we call the sf/f community is alive with infinite diversity in infinite combinations (to quote the Vulcan philosophy). Our mission is resistance through Inclusion. This podcast may not be a Congressman or an ambassador to the U.N. or a prime minister, but we are a voice within a community. We’re going to use that voice to make sf/f a better place. With that in mind, we’re officially opening up our annual “Call for Contributors.” The following is a description of what we’re looking for, what we’re planning to do, and how you can be involved:
2017 Awards Season (Hugos, etc.): All the Eligible Things from a Year of Skiffy and Fanty!
Last year, we were honored to have many incredible authors, bloggers, and others, either on the show or posting guest blog posts on our page and we love being able to share their work with you. Many of our guests and our members are eligible for awards so we hope you’ll take a minute to go over this list, just to make sure you don’t miss anything when you do your nominations (eta: the Hugo nominations aren’t due until March so you have plenty of time to get reading)!
New Digs: Transcripts of Podcast Episodes!
In an effort to make our podcast more accessible, Jen has kindly offered to transcribe some of our episodes for those who cannot listen to podcasts or prefer the written format. The following episodes have officially been transcribed: 2017: Episode 313: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Anticipating 2017 2016: Episode 301: An Interview w/ David D. Levine (on Arabella of Mars) Shoot the WISB #48: Rogue One (The Olympics Trailer) Shoot the WISB #49: Babylon 5 (Season 2; Disc 3) Shoot the WISB #50: Ghostbusters (2016) Shoot the WISB #51: Suicide Squad (2016) More episodes will be transcribed in the future. We’ll announce those transcriptions on this blog and on our Twitter account. In the meantime, enjoy the episodes we already have on offer!
Torture Cinema Poll: The first of 2017!
Well, we haven’t done as much Torture in the last year, because we were too busy watching good movies! Isn’t that awful of us? But frankly, we need something to metaphorically shred into tiny pieces. So help pick what we’re going to torture ourselves with!
Torture Cinema Poll: October Doubleheader (VOTE!)
It’s that time of year again. Halloween is upon us, and that means we need to get ready for our Halloween special. But we also haven’t recorded an episode of Torture Cinema in a while, so that means we’re going to do two in October to make things extra fun. There are two polls: one for early October and one for Halloween. So, vote away! (Note: the Halloween Special poll will remain open until Monday 10/10!)
