How about judging utopias by how they party? Utopia scholar and Bristol Utopian Book Collective member Dr Kirsten Harris made this suggestion in our discussion of N. K. Jemisin’s ‘The Ones Who Stay And Fight’, written in response to Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas’. I think it’s an excellent idea. As a way into a utopia it’s potentially much more insightful and fun than talking educational systems and politics.
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