“Solarpunk is about ‘ingenuity, generativity, independence, and community’ — the last of which is of particular interest — and rightly sees ‘infrastructure as a form of resistance.’
Politically, the stories vary, but they always feature a progressive focus on race, gender, and equality of all kinds: many revolve around themes of difference, recognition, and acceptance. Non-normativity is often raised to the level of heroism by imagining a world that facilitates the accentuation of one’s abilities precisely because of their difference. In Solarpunk, there is a place for everyone (except perhaps the occasional douchy white dude whose fate it is, in today’s cultural spectrum, to stand for all the problems that the genre strives to overcome).”
—Rhys Williams. “Solarpunk: Against a Shitty Future.” LARB. March 10, 2018.
Probably as much of a summary of identity politics as it is of Solarpunk.
Also, if interested, there’s a reference guide to Solarpunk.
cafebedouin.org 
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