DISCUSSIONS FROM THE OTHERHOOD

Join us to talk about your favorite shows, films and literary serieses and when they should have stopped. So which TV shows, movie series or literary properties didnâ??t know when to say when? Did we need the Star Wars prequels? The last two Matrix movies? â??The Wheel of Timeâ?? Series? (So long the last three had to be completed posthumously!) Do we need another Bourne book/movie? Join us to...

Join us tonight as we play "MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT" Since SF is so full of dystopias,and Fantasy is so full or dragons and demons, if you had to, which one could you survive in? (Could you happily be hooked up to the Matrix? Would you survive the Hunger Games? Could you sorm Mount Doom? Could you party like itâ??s 1984?) We'll bring you the world. Bring us your plan for survival!

Join us on Discussions from the Otherhood as we debate in light of the rape charges with respect to Parker and Celestin co-writers of the upcoming film Birth of a Nation whether the project (as goodd as it migjt be should be supported by the community. With the backdrop of MelGibson, Roman Polanski, Mark Walberg and Woody Allen how should we proceed?

Join us to listen in and discuss Hollywood's depiction of magic as it relates to anglos in comparison with how it is treated when associated with people of African descent and other people pf color.

It's near midnight. Your frineds came over at 6pm to watch a game and to hang out. You've been playing hst/hostess all evening and now you're tired, bored and ready to go to bed but none of these people act like they're even thinking about leaving. So you head to HULU, Netflix or some other media and go to your old standby. So which is it; Dr. Who? Space 1999, Mission Impossible, Battlestar Galact...

Join OTHER SCI Fi's Discussions from the Otherhood as we tackle the issue of diversity and inclusion in Sci Fi/Fantasy TV and other media here and abroad.

Join the Board and Staff of OTHER SCI FI Magazine as we discuss shows that we have spent too many hours watching to quit... no matter how bad they've gotten or how much we hate them.

Join the board and Staff of OTHER SCI FI as we discuss female power, gender roles and stereotypes as depiscted in the film adaptation of DC Comics' Suicide Squad.

Join the Board and Staff of Other Sci Fi Magazine as we discuss the Xander Complex. Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Xander Harris the ultimate depiction of the Everyman Hero or is he the poster boy for White Male Privilege? Join in the discussion and see if you can help us decide.

Join the Board and Staff of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss who it is that determines how our gender and ethnic roles are shown on the big and small screen.

Join the Board and Staff of OTHER SCI FI as we discuss how long it takes to determine whether a show you've just started watching is worth the time you plan to put into it. Do your favorite shows pass the 15 minute test?

Join the Board and Staff of OTHER SCI Fi as we discuss whether racism and discrimination affect our ability to create and enjoy science fiction, fantasy and horror?

Join the Board and Staff of Other Sci Fi Magazine as we discuss the absolute worst and least satisfying endings to a show's season or series finale. Be prepared to discus how your worst picks beat out ours!

Join the Board and Staff of OTHER SCI Fi Magazine as we discuss ways in which the record-breaking, Tony award winning musical Hamilton has turned the issue of ethnicity and historical commentary on its head. Can this format be adapted to Sci Fi and other forms of speculative fiction?

Join the Staff and Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine as we discus the type of sponsorship we see on media directed toward people of color. The general concept in advertising is that it reinforces stereotypes that people are comfortable with. Do we see ourselves the way the advertisers do? Do the types of ads supporting programming have any effect on whether or not we watch the show? These a...

Join the Staff of Other Sci Fi as we discuss our time at the State of Black Science Fiction Con, a reflection of the experience--what surprised us, what disappointed us, what we feel this experience says about the direction/future of SF/Horror for POC

Comig Live from the State of Black Science Fiction Con ("SOBSFCO") Join OTHER SCI FI Magazine as we discuss horror and how it is written, discussed and visualized in the black commuity and who and what really scares us.

The Board and Staff of OTHER SCI FI Magazie discuss how hollywood views our world's major cities and its peoples.

Join the board and staff of OTHER SCI FI as we discuss the plethora of new shows that rise from old TV and Hollywood sources and whether the new batches offer any more diversity than their predecessors. Also how does Hollywood portray diversity in our major cities?

Join the staff and editorial staff of OTHER SCI- FI Magazine as we discuss whether diversity played a part in bringing more poeple under the Marvel tent.

From Black Panther, to Kato to John Stewart/the Green Lantern, with the growing number of individuals of color in mainstream comics either headlining or featured, who do you believe really deserves their own feature film and why?!

Join the board and staff of OTHER SCI FI to discuss diversity in light of the current crop of superhero films and TV shows. Who measures up? Who does not?

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the disturbing practice in Hollywood of Yellowface - using anglos to play Asian characters in make-up to appear Asian or supplanting Asian characters altogether. Why is this still going on?

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the ins and out of speculative fiction, horror, science fiction and fantasy as experienced through the filter of creators and consumers of color.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to again discuss the phenomenon of whitewashing in the context of Scarlett Johansen accepting the role of Major Kusanagi, a Japanese woman, in the long-awaited live action film for the anime classic Ghost in the Shell. Who is responsible for the whitewash? Should the studio stop making these incongruous role offers or should the actors have the eth...