"Evidence"

Title"Evidence"
Year for Search2015
AuthorsGumbs, Alexis Pauline
Secondary AuthorsImarisha, Walidah, and brown, adrienne maree(b. 1978)
Secondary TitleOctavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
Pagination33-41
Date Published2015
PublisherAK Press and the Institute for Anarchist Studies
Place PublishedOakland, CA
ISBN Number978-1-84935-209-3
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

The story looks back from a future eutopia to the dystopian past of the twenty-first century, known as the period “Before Silence Broke,” with the period “Breaking the Silence” seen as the beginning of the changes that brought about the eutopia. The eutopia which has eliminated capitalism, money, and private property is an open society where everyone is encouraged to develop in their own unique way with a twelve-year-old from the future writing to the author describing a little of the life.

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Author Note

African American female author and gay rights activist.

Full Text

2015 Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. “Evidence.” Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. Ed. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown (Oakland, CA: AK Press and the Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2015), 33-41. PSt

The story looks back from a future eutopia to the dystopian past of the twenty-first century, known as the period “Before Silence Broke,” with the period “Breaking the Silence” seen as the beginning of the changes that brought about the eutopia. The eutopia which has eliminated capitalism, money, and private property is an open society where everyone is encouraged to develop in their own unique way with a twelve-year-old from the future writing to the author describing a little of the life. African American female author and gay rights activist.