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mdlbear ([personal profile] mdlbear) wrote2012-02-24 08:45 pm
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Signal boost - The Underground Rail

Cat Faber wrote the song, and Lookingglass Folk sang it at Conflikt. But nobody seems to be doing it -- yet.

[personal profile] pocketnaomi thinks it's time somebody did. I'm boosting the signal. Check it out. Watch for more; we're working on it.

elf: Many Americans have all the virtues of civilized people (American virtues)

[personal profile] elf 2012-02-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
If you haven't seen it (and it only went up last week, so maybe not), Amanda Ching's short story, ILU-486 is devastating and perfect. Another blog says, "This story does what science fiction is supposed to do."

Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.