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Tag Archives: Queer representation
Stitch Takes Notes #1 – Kohnen Pages 19, 25-26
Stitch Takes Notes is an ongoing and flat out random feature now up on my website wherein I share the non-urban fantasy notes I take for various academic/academic-adjacent books I’m reading. I’m a huge fan of Screening the Closet: Queer Representation, … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Stitch Takes Notes
Tagged fan studies, fandom racism, Queer representation, whiteness
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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Beige Blank Slates
Some of fandom’s favorite characters are “blank slates”.
Beige blank slates, that is. Continue reading
Sacrifice, Heroics, and Dead Characters of Color
This post contains spoilers for Orange is the New Black season 4, Wynonna Earp season 3, Elementary season 6, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5, and a bunch of other stuff that’s been off the air or out of theaters for … Continue reading
Posted in TV Recaps/Reviews
Tagged fandom, fandom racism, Queer representation, race and representation, representation, Wynonna Earp
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A Quick Quibble: Supposedly “Straightwashing” Okoye in Black Panther
In a (now deleted) tweet thread from April of this year, writer and artist Kate Leth went in on superhero media for the lack of queer representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The thread was fine and absolutely valid … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rants
Tagged aneka, ayo, Black Panther, marvel cinematic universe, Queer representation
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Headcanons only go so far when it comes to representation
In my head, my version of Harvey Dent will always be associated with three things: his Blackness (he’s biracial), his bisexuality (he was totally in love with Bruce Wayne), and how he deals with/manages his mental health issues (which are … Continue reading
Queer Coded Villains Aren’t That Awesome
I woke up on MLK Day swearing that I’d dreamt up a tumblr post where someone quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in order to defend Hux, Kylo Ren, and the First Order. When I went through my archives, not only … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Rants
Tagged armitage hux, kylo ren, Queer representation, queer theory, Star Wars, star wars: the last jedi
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Stop Using the Harry Potter series’ Original Publication Dates as an Excuse for Rowling’s Diversity Fails
Every time I talk about J. K. Rowling’s current and continuing diversity fails, someone always has to show up to remind me how she “couldn’t write diversely because it was 1997”. Without fail, people are more invested in protecting Rowling … Continue reading