Tag Archives: black women

[Guest Post] Alison the Beloved (Part One)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Zeenah

The Black companions in the rebooted iteration of Doctor Who have it rough, especially the women. Think of Martha, who suffers Simm Master’s mockery and his enforced servitude of her family in Season 3’s Sound of Drums. Think of Bill, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged analysis, black women, Doctor Who, misogynoir | Leave a comment

[Guest Post] Searching for Black Mothers: Looking in the Margins of Black Panther and Into the Spider-Verse

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Zeenah

This awesome guest post comes courtesy of Samira Nadkarni! Images in the header are from ComingSoon.net (Spider-Verse) and KissThemGoodbye.net (Black Panther). Earlier this week, I read Zina’s post on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the character of Miles Morales, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged Black Panther, black women, MCU, Miles Morales, motherhood, race and representation, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2 Comments

What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Misogynoir – Introduction

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Zeenah

The most disrespected woman in America, is the black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America, is the black woman. – Malcolm X, from a speech he gave May 5, … Continue reading →

Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like | Tagged black women, fandom, misogynoir | 2 Comments

[Review] A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals #2) by Alyssa Cole

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Zeenah

I only recently bought Alyssa Cole’s A Duke By Default so I missed out on months of basking in this glorious and delightful novel (because my local library never got around to purchasing it on my request). But I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Alyssa Cole, black women, Highly Recommended Rating, Reluctant Royals, romance novels | 2 Comments

[Image Post] “Strong Black Women”

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Zeenah

Original Post: Nyota Uhura: One More Black Female Character Fandom Wants To Be Strong and Single Forever White Feminism (as an institution) thinks that championing Black women as too strong and too independent to ever “need” a man in their lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Fandom | Tagged black women, fandom, misogynoir | 6 Comments

#NowWeRise – Children of Blood and Bone Blog Tour (Moodboard + Blogging Bits)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Zeenah

You know, I think this might be the first time I’ve ever done a blog tour? When I got the email about possibly doing something for the release of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone in its release week, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Talk | Tagged black women, Book tour, Children of Blood and Bone, representation matters | 1 Comment

Black Girls Next Door: Four changes I’d like to make in Spider-Man: Homecoming

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Zeenah

I loved Spider-Man: Homecaming way more than I probably should love a film that takes a huge chunk of what (little) I liked about Brian Michael Bendis’ origin story for Afro-Latino Spider-Man Miles Morales and… gives it to (a … Continue reading →

Posted in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rants | Tagged black women, Giveaways, Spider-Man: Homecoming, zendaya | 1 Comment

[Book Review] All About Mia by Lisa Williamson

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Zeenah

Title: All About Mia Author: Lisa Williamson (Twitter) Rating: Recommended Genre: Contemporary, Black heroine, Diverse, Coming of Age, Young Adult, Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Release Date: September 12, 2017 Buy Links: AMAZON | BARNES AND NOBLE Note: Please message me if … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged All About Mia, black women, book review, Coming of age, Contemporary, Diverse fiction, Lisa Williamson, Young Adult | Comments Off

So Long and Good Riddance, Sleepy Hollow

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Zeenah

Back when Sleepy Hollow first started, it was basically everything I wanted in an TV show. This was a few months after I’d officially given up on Supernatural as a show so not only did I need a new Urban … Continue reading →

Posted in Stitch Watches... | Tagged black women, Fox, race and representation, sleepy hollow | 7 Comments

Women of Color in Marvel Live Action Properties: Claire Temple

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Zeenah

Women of Color in Marvel Live Action Properties is an essay series that will look closely at the portrayals of female characters of color by actresses of color in Marvel’s various franchises. I was inspired by the fact that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Women of Color in Marvel Live Action Properties | Tagged black women, Claire Temple, Daredevil, diversity, feminism, Luke Cage | 4 Comments

Whose Luke Cage Reviews Matter To Me

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Zeenah

I started watching Luke Cage yesterday morning and immediately I found myself bombarded with the thinkiest of thoughts. I have thoughts on respectability politics in the series, on Luke Cage’s old-fashioned everything, on Black womanhood, on the use of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marvel Comics, Rants | Tagged black women, Luke Cage, misogynoir | 1 Comment

Letters to the Author – Afton Locke

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Zeenah

Note that this Letter to the Author contains graphic descriptions of racism and racist violence (sexual and otherwise) as it relates to the reality of white supremacy in history and historical romances. Dear Afton Locke, I could write you about … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Talk, Letters to the Author | Tagged Afton Locke, Black history, black women, history, interracial relationships, Oyster Harbor, racism, white supremacist history | 4 Comments

Things About Fandom That Stand Out to Me

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Zeenah

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 →

Posted in Fandom | Tagged anti-black racism, black women, fandom, misogynoir, racism | 1 Comment