Authors: Madhushalini G.R
Abstract: This paper explores how contemporary science fiction engages with the intertwined discourses of gender, agency, and sustainability through an intersectional feminist lens. By examining The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin, 2015), Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie, 2013), and The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell, 1996), the study interrogates how these narratives envision gendered futures that reimagine the ethics of care, interdependence, and environmental consciousness. Drawing upon feminist theory and sustainability studies, the paper argues that these texts destabilize conventional hierarchies of power and knowledge by foregrounding relational modes of survival and governance. The analysis situates these works within the larger discourse of ecofeminism and posthuman ethics, tracing how feminist imaginations of agency and care articulate alternative models of social and planetary coexistence. Ultimately, the paper contends that feminist speculative fiction provides an epistemic and moral framework for sustainable societies, making visible the intersections of gender, ecology, and systemic transformation.
