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Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine
by Kelly Sue DeConnick
A nasty sci-fi dystopian patriarchy ruled by Fathers sends Non Compliant women to a prison planet for regular beatings and indoctrination. In an effort to boost engagement with the circus part of the old bread and circuses gag, they decide a sports team of Non Compliant prisoner women to play the regular professional team would be just dandy, thanks. Though this decision was reached after a player's on-fiel death boosted engagement, so maybe not so good for our players.
Our feisty team includes an athlete, a baker, an engineer and a few others still being sketched in. Character-wise this is a bit of a slow burn and we only truly get to properly know one of the characters, though presumably the rest have secrets and mysteries and plot-relevant back-stories to be unfolded in further volumes.
Still, it's a good set-up, riffing on the kind of exploitation movie I was always only ever familiar with through posters and video covers. It's nasty and violent and defiant and totally woke in a way that dares you to pass a remark.
Our feisty team includes an athlete, a baker, an engineer and a few others still being sketched in. Character-wise this is a bit of a slow burn and we only truly get to properly know one of the characters, though presumably the rest have secrets and mysteries and plot-relevant back-stories to be unfolded in further volumes.
Still, it's a good set-up, riffing on the kind of exploitation movie I was always only ever familiar with through posters and video covers. It's nasty and violent and defiant and totally woke in a way that dares you to pass a remark.