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Vowel is the co-host of the podcast Métis in Space, an "Indigenous, feminist, sci-fi podcast" with Molly Swain. Métis in Space advertises itself with the tag line: "What happens when two Métis women, who happen to be sci-fi nerds, drink wine and deconstruct the science fiction genre from a decolonial
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most directly comments, through her non-fiction work, on the politicization of
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