This week’s guest, Warren Hedges, teaches a course at the Southern Oregon University on how speculative genres such as science fiction and fantasy help us imagine more inclusive cultures, societies, and worlds. He shared some thoughts on Facebook about Jacob Chansley, the so-called “Q Shaman” who participated in the January 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capital and the ways his dress and tattoos reflected long-standing nationalist and racist themes in High Fantasy. Across this conversation, Hedges traces out some of the links, including the connection between fantasy and representations of national character, the ways these ideas about race shape modern gaming, what it means for white supremacists to “play Indian,” the Greek and Roman iconography of the U.S. Capital and how it means different things for the North and the South, the way Birth of a Nation and The Clansman built on Sir Walter Scott’s fantasies regarding Scottish history, and the ways contemporary fantasy writers of color are expanding the genre’s relationship to mythology and nostalgia, among other topics. This far-reaching discussion explores the relationship between genre fiction and far-right politics, helping to make sense of some of the images associated with the January 6 insurrection.A full transcript of this conversation will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Right Wing Politics and Iconography: Q-Shaman Jacob Chansley Right wing appropriates Viking cultureCharlottesville shieldTea Party MovementQAnonA Second American RevolutionRight Wing cosplayersFlags of the InsurrectionThe High Fantasy TraditionJ.R.R. Tolkien -- translation of BeowulfWorm Tongue in Lord of the RingsReDiscovery of BeowulfBrothers GrimmJohann Gottfried von HerderHigh FantasyGame of ThronesOrcs, Klingons as African-AmericanFurther Reading on FantasyBrian Atteberry, Stories About Stories Michael Saler, As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual RealityHenry on the need to rethink genreGames and GamingRoots of Dungeons and Dragons Assassin's Creed: ValhallaSkyrim – Warren’s Videos on Racial Coding and Gender Coding in SkyrimStranger ThingsRewriting the Fantasy GenreSylvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red WolfGrace L. Dillon, Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science FictionAdrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha, Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories fromSocial Justice MovementsGrimdarkWakandaScottish Nationalism and the Klu Klux KlanD.W. Griffith, Birth of A Nation and crossburningThomas Dixon, The ClansmanMartin Luther King on white supremacySir Walter Scott and nationalismMark Twain -- Sir Walter Scott caused Civil War Native American Imagery“Playing Indian”Grace L. Dillon, Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science FictionLydia Maria ChildBoston Tea Party -- Indian imageryThe Iconography of the American CapitalTrump’s 1776 Commission and the New York Time’s 1619 seriesGreek and Roman Imagery in CapitalGeorge Washington as Roman HeroGreek RevivalWilliam Faulkner on the pastLincoln and PericlesCity Beautiful movementThomas Jefferson’s changing views on slavery’Benjamin Franklin discusses the “lovely white”Hamilton and Diverse AmericaOregon as haven for white peopleSvetlana Boym on NostalgiaSuperhero MythologyDonald Trump as Captain America The Punisher and Blue Lives MatterShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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