hopepunk
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope English -punk English hopepunk From hope + -punk. Coined by Alexandra Rowland in 2017 as opposite to grimdark.
- derived from *tōhopōnder✻
Definitions
A genre of speculative fiction with an emphasis on optimism, compassion, or non-violence.
- Hopepunk holds particular resonance to the youth of today because it touches upon how their lives "are precariously close to dystopic visions but who need to tell and hear stories of triumph in adversity, not defeat by cruelty", he added.
- Doctor Who has always been hopepunk in spirit – it’s essentially a series about a non-violent crimefighter, after all – but its most recent series was its most hopepunk yet.
- From Afrofuturism to hopepunk, many continue to draw on Butler's vision of a future where Blackness and Black people not only persist, but help bring worlds into being.
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