Tag Archives: misogynoir

[Video] My Comic Book Girlfriend HasTo Be a Redhead: Misogynoiristic Reactions to Racebending Iris West and Mary-Jane Watson

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Abstract Recent adaptations of popular comic book series have taken the step of diversifying their original storylines by racebending (Gaston and Reid 2012) key characters – for example Iris West (played by Candice Patton) on DC Comics and The CW’s … Continue reading →

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[Image Post] “Strong Black Women”

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

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 →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: The Smartest Girl in the World Has To Be A Mary Sue

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

On the first day of Black History Month, a random writer on Archive of Our Own gave to me… two separate stories that framed Shuri – T’challa’s brilliant baby sister in Black Panther –  as a character that couldn’t possibly … Continue reading →

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“Who’s Super Selfish Here?”: Oliver and Felicity, WestAllen Wedding Crashers

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

References: Stills from DC Legends of Tomorrow S03E08 come from Screencapped.net, the transcripts from the episode come from the Springfield! Springfield! website which has transcripts for tons of films and TV episodes and the gifs embedded in the piece (as … Continue reading →

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Valkyrie isn’t ‘Male-Coded’ And You’re Kinda Racist

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

Every time a nerdy piece of media dares to center a Black woman in some way, White Feminists in fandom show up to show how much they don’t care about Black women. You can go through my archives for the … Continue reading →

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Whose Luke Cage Reviews Matter To Me

Posted on October 1, 2016 by

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 →

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Grayson #20 and WOC as the “Wrong Choice” Love Interests

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

Note: You may disagree with this reading. You may think that’s not a valid reading. That’s fine, but as experiencing misogynoir in a comic that I adore and having clear proof that women of color (especially Black women) will always … Continue reading →

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#FlashbackFriday – Preference and Race in the Dating World

Posted on December 4, 2015 by

Originally written in 2013 on Tumblr.   I hate the word preference. Or at least, I hate the concept of that most people have of it in terms of dating. I hate that not only has society made it okay … Continue reading →

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Things About Fandom That Stand Out to Me

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

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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