The Role of Speculative Fiction in Feminist Thought

Feminist speculative fiction isn’t about escape—it’s about disruption. From Lust in Paris to Us, Women, stories that center morally complex women dare to imagine worlds beyond sanitized feminism. These narratives reject redemption arcs and performative empowerment, embracing rage, desire, and contradiction. What if a woman didn’t heal, didn’t obey, didn’t explain? In feminist hands, speculative fiction becomes rebellion—alive, messy, and unapologetic.