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The Wizard Of Roz, Marleen S. Barr Jun 2021

The Wizard Of Roz, Marleen S. Barr

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In this humorous short story by Marleen S. Barr an emissary from the planet Roz and a dragon who lives in an invisible tree inside Trump Tower save America from the Big Lie.


Megxit Yields Trumpxit, Marleen S. Barr Jun 2020

Megxit Yields Trumpxit, Marleen S. Barr

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This short story is about how Meghan Markle becomes Queen of the United States, makes America Great Britain again--and replaces Trump.


Trump Asks A Feminist Extraterrestrial For A Favor, Marleen S. Barr Dec 2019

Trump Asks A Feminist Extraterrestrial For A Favor, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a feminist science fiction satire about impeachment.


'I Don't Want To See Him Impeached, I Want To See Him In Prison,' Said Nancy Pelosi: Three Ways To Give The Speaker What She Wants, Marleen S. Barr Sep 2019

'I Don't Want To See Him Impeached, I Want To See Him In Prison,' Said Nancy Pelosi: Three Ways To Give The Speaker What She Wants, Marleen S. Barr

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This is three humorous fictitious drabbles about Trump which are linked by a common theme.


'When You're A Star, They Let You Do It' To Trump: Or, President Vagina T. Fireball's Executive Order, Marleen S. Barr Aug 2019

'When You're A Star, They Let You Do It' To Trump: Or, President Vagina T. Fireball's Executive Order, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a humorous short story about how a star holds Trump accountable for his misogyny.


Trump Ships Out--Without Seeing The Ship, Marleen S. Barr Aug 2019

Trump Ships Out--Without Seeing The Ship, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a short story written in response to efforts to hide the U.S.S. John McCain from Trump when he visited Japan.


Rape At Bergdorf's, Marleen S. Barr Jul 2019

Rape At Bergdorf's, Marleen S. Barr

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This article provides a feminist analysis of E. Jean Carroll's description of being raped by Trump in Bergdorf Goodman's lingerie department.


Milk Duds, Marleen S. Barr Mar 2019

Milk Duds, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a satirical short story about Trump's immigration policy.


Honey, I Teleported The President Or When Trump Changed: The Feminist Science Fiction Justice League Quashes The Orange Outrage Pussy Grabber Fights Horror Fiction With Horror Fiction, Marleen S. Barr Feb 2019

Honey, I Teleported The President Or When Trump Changed: The Feminist Science Fiction Justice League Quashes The Orange Outrage Pussy Grabber Fights Horror Fiction With Horror Fiction, Marleen S. Barr

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The science fiction subgenre Marleen S. Barr defines as “Trumppunk” provides the best textual means to diffuse the prevarication which profusely emanates from what Stephen Colbert calls Trump’s “mouth hole.” With this point in mind, Barr wrote When Trump Changed: The Feminist Science Fiction Justice League Quashes The Orange Outrage Pussy Grabber, the first single-authored Trump-focused short story collection. Her intention was to fight Trump's misogynistic horror fiction with satirical feminist horror fiction.


My Unfair Trumpie Closely Encounters 'Julie Andrews', Marleen S. Barr Jan 2019

My Unfair Trumpie Closely Encounters 'Julie Andrews', Marleen S. Barr

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This is a humorous short story about Trump.


Forever? Or Ursula K. Le Guin Makes America Great Again By Repositioning Trump As The Dispossessed, Marleen S. Barr Dec 2018

Forever? Or Ursula K. Le Guin Makes America Great Again By Repositioning Trump As The Dispossessed, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a poem about Ursula K. Le Guin and Trump.


A Feminist Extraterrestrial Special Forces Commander Causes Trump To Become Gone With The Wind, Marleen S. Barr Jun 2018

A Feminist Extraterrestrial Special Forces Commander Causes Trump To Become Gone With The Wind, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a humorous short story about Trump.


Little Trumpie Runs Amok At Mar-A-Lago, Marleen S. Barr Jun 2018

Little Trumpie Runs Amok At Mar-A-Lago, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a short story that imagines that Trump becomes a child who wreaks havoc at Mar-a-Lago.


Tropes Trump Politics, Aaron Berkowitz Dec 2017

Tropes Trump Politics, Aaron Berkowitz

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This critical essay examines the use of tropes and themes in modern comic books and how they are used to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, actions and supporters. It begins with a detailed history of tropes used in comic books and how some of the first superhero comic book writers created these tropes in order to protest the social injustices of their times. It shifts to the first trope, the “compromised hero” where a hero is turned evil. It is used in “Secret Empire,” a book where Captain America turns evil and takes over the presidency. His rise to power …


First 100 Days: Two Trump Heads Are Better Than One?, Marleen S. Barr May 2017

First 100 Days: Two Trump Heads Are Better Than One?, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a satirical short story about Trump.


Into The Chappaqua Woods: Or A Spaceship From A Feminist Planet Lands On Trump's White House Lawn, Marleen S. Barr Mar 2017

Into The Chappaqua Woods: Or A Spaceship From A Feminist Planet Lands On Trump's White House Lawn, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a science fiction story about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.


Catering Hall Harbors Immigrant Families Through Underground Employment, Kimberly J. Avalos Dec 2016

Catering Hall Harbors Immigrant Families Through Underground Employment, Kimberly J. Avalos

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A catering hall in Queens serves as a hub of work for immigrant families and holds a collection of Latin American migration stories and insights into illegal immigration in the United States.

The stories of the catering hall workers—younger and older, longtime residents and new arrivals—reflect the different struggles of immigration across the different generations of immigrants who work there. Their stories also show the common bonds for the different generations and the longstanding dreams of America.

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Trump Dreams Of Jeannie, Marleen S. Barr Dec 2016

Trump Dreams Of Jeannie, Marleen S. Barr

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This is a short story by Marleen S. Barr which describes how Trump encounters a genie, appoints Genghis Khan and Jack the Ripper to his Cabinet, and ends up corked in a bottle.