I'm a recent graduate who earned my MA in Critical Studies from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. My focus since my undergraduate degree has been alternative and speculative futures, and I eagerly seek continued engagement with utopian premises within and outside of academia. My thesis explored the colonial impulse in science fiction, and how colonialism and colonial time have clouded future utopian visions. I want to continue unpacking how media influences our thoughts and hopes, in big ways and small, and how vital speculative works are in helping us to sketch a blueprint of the world we want. As Robin Kelley wrote, "Without new visions we don't know what to build, only what to knock down." As speculative futures become increasingly more potent in the popular subconscious, we must engage critically with works trying to impart the necessary lessons and shared desires, especially those that ask us to look past our fears and let our hope mobilize us into action.