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Digital Doubles Halve the Grief: <em>Black Mirror</em> and <em>Severance</em> Are Kindred Spirits

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Paul Giamati in Black Mirror "Eulogy"
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Black Mirror

Digital Doubles Halve the Grief: Black Mirror and Severance Are Kindred Spirits

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Henry Cavill as Geralt and Joey Batey as Jaskier in The Witcher
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Fantasy

What Are the Best Bard/Barbarian Pairings in Fantasy?

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Pace Yourself

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Detail from artwork from Severance: "The Exalted Victory of Cold Harbor"
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Severance

Analyzing the Art of Severance

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Science Fiction

Beyond the Torment Nexus: How Does Science Fiction Help Us Prepare for the Future?

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Images from three dance sequences in SFF media: Tramell Tillman in Severance, Julia Garner in Apartment 7A, and Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina
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dance

Defiant Jazz and Disco Robots: Dance Scenes in SF/Horror

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Cover of Action Comics #1, depicting Superman lifting a green car
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Superman

Superman and the Question of Race

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Millie Bobby Brown as Michelle and the robot Cosmo in The Electric State
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The Electric State

What The Electric State Reveals About Marvel’s Creative Problem

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Harmony Cobel in Severance: "Sweet Vitriol"
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Severance

Severance and the Overlooked Women of STEM

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Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick in Severance "Hello Ms Cobel"
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Severance

Lumon DEI: Severance and the Opportunism of Corporate Diversity

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Tell Me a Differently Shaped Story: SFF That Plays With Form

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Caleb Landry Jones as Syd March in Antiviral
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Body Horror

Antiviral: Satire, Sickness, and Celebrity Culture 

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“We are all stardust and stories.”

Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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