6.5: Teaching Hopepunk Fiction with Dr Tanis MacDonald (opens in new tab)

Listen to 6.5: Teaching Hopepunk Fiction with Dr Tanis MacDonald from Solarpunk Presents. On this episode of the podcast, Ariel chats with Dr Tanis MacDonald about her upcoming course in winter 2025 on hopepunk. What exactly is so punk about this kind of hope? Can hopepunk even be said to be a genre in its own right, or is it an aesthetic or lens that we can use to think through just why the characters are deciding to have hope in bleak situations? Tune in for recommendations of hopepunk nove...