Experiment with writing speculative fiction. Specifically, you will imagine
a future 20 to 50 years from now in which our ideas about sex, gender, and sexuality have
radically changed. (You can decide how these ideas have changed; they just need to be
different from today.) You will then create a slideshow about this future – and about your
future self. Finally, you will write a brief statement about how the course
material informed your slideshow. Your statement must engage at least 3 assigned texts(I will provide the three texts )
How to construct slideshows:
Slide 1: Setting the Scene= What is the date? Where are you? Describe
the area where you are living. What are the biggest changes that have occurred since 2024?
Slide 2: The Sex/Gender/Sexuality System= Your second slide should explain to your current
self how ideas about sex, gender, and sexuality have changed. Have people invented new
gender or sexual identities? Is there a totally different sex/gender/sexuality system?
Slide 3: The Politics of Reproduction= Your third slide should discuss the themes of
biological and/or social reproduction. How do humans reproduce in the future? Have new
scientific and technological developments changed the way people get pregnant and give
birth? Who do people live with, and how do they take care of each other?
Slide 4: Gender, Labor, & Racial Capitalism=. Your fourth slide should discuss the themes of
labor and capitalism. Does capitalism still exist in this future? If so, how have the changes in
ideas about sex, gender, and sexuality changed the way capitalism functions?
Slide 5: A Typical Day= . Your final slide should describe a typical day for your future self. how the
changes described on the previous slides shape your day-to-day life. You can talk about who
you live with and how you take care of one another.
Slide 6: statement
Brief statement instructions:
Write a 300-500 word statement on how the
course material informed your approach to the project and how you feel about the future you
have imagined. Explain how each text helped
you complete speculative fiction exercise.
Finally, how do you feel about the future you created? Is this a future you would like to see
come into being? Do you have fears or concerns about the world you imagined? How likely do
you think it is that we’ll see a future like the one you’ve described?
