Tag Archives: Queer representation

Stitch Takes Notes #1 – Kohnen Pages 19, 25-26

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Zeenah

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 →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Beige Blank Slates

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Zeenah

Some of fandom’s favorite characters are “blank slates”.

Beige blank slates, that is. Continue reading →

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Sacrifice, Heroics, and Dead Characters of Color

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Zeenah

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 →

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A Quick Quibble: Supposedly “Straightwashing” Okoye in Black Panther

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Zeenah

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 →

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Headcanons only go so far when it comes to representation

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Zeenah

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 →

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Queer Coded Villains Aren’t That Awesome

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Zeenah

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 →

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Stop Using the Harry Potter series’ Original Publication Dates as an Excuse for Rowling’s Diversity Fails

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Zeenah

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 →

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