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Tag Archives: anti-black racism
What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Weaponized White Womanhood
With that much power already, it can’t be a surprise that many white women in fandom will do pretty much anything in order to keep the status quo level. Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged anti-black racism, John Boyega, kylo ren, Star Wars, white feminism
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Luke Cage – Looks Like A Cinnamon Roll…
Note: This piece largely revolves around sexual racism and the sexual objectification of Black male bodies. There are references to sexual assault, descriptions of objectified Black bodies, and a link to an article on the “Brute Caricature” that includes images … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom
Tagged anti-black racism, fandom racism, looks like a cinnamon roll, Luke Cage, sexual racism, shadow moon
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Totally Anecdotal: Stitch’s Brush With Racism in Education
I wanted to start my review of Jason Reynolds’ Miles Morales: A Spider-Man Novel with a slightly relevant anecdote on an experience I had as a teenager. As an adult that was once a Black kid in the US education … Continue reading
What It’s Like Being Fandom Critical While Black
If we adopted Scientologist terms in fandom I’d probably be deemed as a negative influence or suppressive person because of the way I talk about the things I’ve seen and experienced in fandom spaces. I’ve had my opinions invalidated, my … Continue reading
Urban Fantasy 101 – Allegory Overuse (ft. Laurell K Hamilton’s Anita Blake series and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series)
Content warnings: this installment of Urban Fantasy 101 contains very brief mentions historical acts of oppression (largely in vague terms), sexual assault and pedophilia in Laurel K Hamilton’s Anita Blake series, as well as more indepth references to anti-Black and anti-Native … Continue reading
Things About Fandom That Stand Out to Me
Originally written in April 2015 for the blog Womanist Glasses, I felt that a repost was timely and necessary as I prepare to talk about fandom and blackness in a couple of posts I’m set to post. I still believe … Continue reading
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