Naomi Jacobs

Naomi S. S. Jacobs  (she/they) is an artist, poet, activist, Jewish historian, and writer of speculative fiction, including alternate history about power couple Alan Turing and Harvey Milk.
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Problematic Authors: Can We Separate the Art from the Artist?

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PART ONE: THE PROBLEM What do L. Frank Baum, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card, Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman. H. P. Lovecraft, J .K. Rowling, and J. R. R. Tolkien have in common? Each is a beloved author who has written foundational speculative works that continue to inspire today. In …

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La Jetée: A Classic, Mindblowing SF Experience

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Chris Marker’s 1962 film, La Jetée, clocks in at a mere twenty-eight minutes, but once seen, will stay with its viewers forever. In French, the phrase la jetée denotes “a pier,” and it is one man’s childhood memory of standing on a pier, watching planes take off, that forms the linchpin of this sf …

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Frank M. Robinson: A Must-Read SF Author

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FRANK ROBINSON AND HARVEY MILK For many years, I knew of Frank M. Robinson (1926-2014) as the highly gifted speechwriter of gay rights visionary, Harvey Milk. In tapes recorded by Harvey before his death by assassination in 1978, he spoke of Robinson as the one person who was most familiar …

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What Are Sensitivity Readers?

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Sensitivity Readers: What They Do and Why You Need Them Learn From My Mistakes It all began with my fascination with the Navajo Code Talkers. Their ability to rapidly send messages in a code they invented, using their native language, provided a huge advantage to U.S.Forces fighting in the Pacific …