In the second episode of Critical Friends, reviews editors Aisha Subramanian, Dan Hartland, and Maureen Kincaid Speller discuss the role of trust in criticism: how is it built and lost, and how can the reader decide whether a particular piece of criticism is worth paying attention to?
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Critical Friends: Episode 2

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Ariel Marken Jack&#39;s &#39;Sister, Silkie, Siren, Shark&#39; read by Emmie Christie.You can read the full text of the story, and more about Ariel Marken Jack <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/sister-silkie-siren-shark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here</a>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcoVuYjTSFczKBegFaot6?si=84c15695189c443e">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Content Warnings:<ul><li>Disregard for personal autonomy</li><li>Blood</li><li>Body transformation</li><li>Death/dying</li><li>Pregnancy</li><li>Rape/sexual assault</li></ul>

'Sister, Silkie, Siren, Shark' by Ariel Marken Jack read by Emmie Christie

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Critical Friends: Episode 2

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