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Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel landed their spaceship at 平特五不中 for a live show of their podcast M茅tis in Space. They are "unapologetically Indigenous, unabashedly female & unblinkingly nerdy". Their podcast aims to review a sci-fi movie or television episode featuring Indigenous people, tropes and themes from a decolonial perspective. They screened听an episode of a classic science fiction show gave听some insightful commentary on the Indigenous tropes that came up in the plot.
Molly Swain is M茅tis from Calgary, living in amiskwaciw芒skahikan and studying in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. She is a member of the Student Worker Action Group (SWAG), and tries to spread the joys of anarky wherever she goes. Her favourite science fiction is Star Trek: The Original Series, much to the chagrin of her family, who have resigned themselves to the fact that she's "a huge nerd." Follow her on Twitter @otipemsiw.听
Chelsea Vowel is M茅tis from the Plains Cree and Michif speaking community of Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta. Capable of transforming into a pigeon, but vaguely embarrassed to do so, she holds a BEd and an LLB and is developing Cree language curricula at the University of Alberta. Her favourite Science Fiction is all the movies yet to be adapted from Octavia Butler's work. Also, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Follow her on Twitter @apihtawikosisan and check out her blog.
