BONUS - I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter (2020)

Our bonus episode this time is on “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” by Isabel Fall. Deep in the Year in the Shell, it seemed like a good time to revisit this incredible short story that looks at the intersection between state-sanctioned violence, bodies, specialized machines, and gender.

You can find Isabel Fall’s story archived on this NeoCities site, and the episode of the Clarkesworld podcast where it was read aloud thanks to the Internet Archive here. The article about the aftermath of the Twitter meltdown from Emily St. James of VOX is here.

Content warnings for this episode: frank discussions of bodies, military reconditioning, gender and gender dysphoria, war, sex and sexuality, allusions to gendered and sexually violence, social media brigading/dogpiling, and mental health issues.

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