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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 →

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Nyota Uhura: One More Black Female Character Fandom Wants To Be Strong and Single Forever

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Zeenah

I need White Feminism (which exists to benefit whiteness and white womanhood) to stop telling me that Black female characters are better off when they’re single. I need White Feminists ™ in fandom to stop pretending that they’re protecting or promoting … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman Earth One Is Far From Wondrous

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Zeenah

Content warnings: This post contains descriptions and images of sexual assault/harassment from the comic that may be triggering or upsetting to readers. With every reading of Wonder Woman: Earth One, I hate it a little bit more. Grant Morrison has … Continue reading →

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Maggie Stiefvater’s Got An Issue With the Star Wars’ fandom’s focus on Poe & Finn

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Zeenah

Obviously, this post has spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And some of them might be above the cut. Earlier yesterday, The Raven Cycle author Maggie Stiefvater took to tumblr (in a response to a message sent from one … Continue reading →

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[Rant] When People on Pedestals Fall Off: MCU Cast Edition

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Zeenah

This post contains mentions of sexism-as-humor and uncensored gendered slurs.   I’m pretty sure that everyone that cares about the Avengers or hates sexism has heard about what happened with Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner when doing press for Age … Continue reading →

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Her Universe and the DC’s Super Hero Girls Initiative

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Zeenah

Today, I woke up to two interesting things going on in comics. Both things revolved around women and girls in comics. I have thoughts on both but I’m a wee bit grumpy about them weirdly enough (thankfully, some commentary from … Continue reading →

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[Film Review] Fast & Furious 7

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Zeenah

While short, this review does contain spoilers for Fast & Furious 7 both in the text and in the video accompanying it. If you haven’t seen it yet, this isn’t the review for you. I loved the original premise for the … Continue reading →

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