Entertainment
Sweeter the Juice: Why Black Women’s Representation in Entertainment Still Isn’t Enough
September 8, 2021
Sweeter the Juice: Why Black Women’s Representation in Entertainment Still Isn’t Enough
I wish I could say that in the 15 years since “H2O” was released, the state of representation for Black…
What Does It Mean for a Black Man to be Captain America?
May 27, 2021
What Does It Mean for a Black Man to be Captain America?
How can someone represent a country that has never represented their people?
Choose Me, Love Me, and Other Facets of Pick Me Culture
April 19, 2021
Choose Me, Love Me, and Other Facets of Pick Me Culture
If your art only has value by demoralizing or demeaning others (specifically other women), I recommend keeping it in the…
“The Passport to the Future”: My Quarantine Reading List
April 17, 2021
“The Passport to the Future”: My Quarantine Reading List
Quarantine has left a lot of us unmotivated, and I know for me this feeling can be soul-crushing. One thing…
The Curious (and Problematic) Case of Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman 1984”
January 27, 2021
The Curious (and Problematic) Case of Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman 1984”
Sometimes, it might be better for the dead to just stay dead in comics.
2020: The Year of LGBTQ+ Representation in Cartoons
January 21, 2021
2020: The Year of LGBTQ+ Representation in Cartoons
If you’ve found yourself either wanting a light-hearted dose of LGBTQ+ rep mixed in with that sweet, sweet, nostalgia of…
Joshi: a Love Letter to Japanese Women’s Wrestling and Its Stars
January 8, 2021
Joshi: a Love Letter to Japanese Women’s Wrestling and Its Stars
America has always had a glass ceiling for women in professional wrestling, a glass ceiling that Japanese women wrestlers have…
What It’s Like to Watch “Happiest Season” as a Queer, Black Woman
December 8, 2020
What It’s Like to Watch “Happiest Season” as a Queer, Black Woman
For all the praise “Happiest Season” has earned for queer representation, however, the film is also a frustrating reminder that…
Welcome to the Neighborhood: What Marvel’s WandaVision Reminds Us About Sitcoms, American Suburbia, and the Treatment of Wanda Maximoff
November 30, 2020
Welcome to the Neighborhood: What Marvel’s WandaVision Reminds Us About Sitcoms, American Suburbia, and the Treatment of Wanda Maximoff
Though it bears the familiar Marvel Studios logo, "WandaVision" is a sci-fi show all the same. Anything that looks or…
The Misogyny of ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’: On Superficial Social Commentary and Women as Fantasies Not People
November 18, 2020
The Misogyny of ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’: On Superficial Social Commentary and Women as Fantasies Not People
The film and its characters are self-aware about the misogyny in the “manic pixie dream girl” trope due to the…