Recently, steampunk impressario and all round decent chap Professor Elemental was booed while on stage. It happened because of a comment he made regarding a British Member of Parliament who is in the current right wing government. He wrote about … Continue reading Politics in Steampunk
Writer and musician Anthony (Tony) Green lends his expertise to examine the possible place of Socialism within Steampunk. Take it away, Tony! The Steampunk Socialist is an invented persona that I intend to use as a multi-media creative vehicle during … Continue reading A Vision for Steampunk Socialism, Guest Post by Tony Green, AKA The Steampunk Socialist
Radio RetroFuture is a fabulous podcast hosted by anachropunk enthusiast, Bonsart Bokel. He invited me to join fellow bloggers and artists, Bess Goden and Stephanie Kato to talk about politics in Steampunk fiction. YouTube has told him that if he … Continue reading Phoebe Darqueling Stops by Radio RetroFuture to Talk about Politics in Fiction
I’ve considered not writing about politics on a website that is essentially dedicated to a hobby. However, I can’t help but feel that if you take Jeremy Corbyn’s outlook on life then place him in a top hat, long brown coat and hang a brass coloured Nerf gun on his shoulder he’s essentially a steampunk. Meanwhile, the Conservatives want us to go back to life at the end of the 19th century. Continue reading “Steampunks vs Victorians – an epic political battle”
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