Tag Archives: representation matters

Quit Trying To Make”Forced Diversity” Happen (It’s Not A Thing)

Posted on August 30, 2016 by

Whenever authors talk about how much they hate “forced diversity” and how annoyed they are that readers and bloggers now expect writers to create that they call “unrealistic” worlds where people who are not the default (by being queer, POC … Continue reading →

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My kingdom for a Bond-of-Color

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

I’m not going to call myself a James Bond expert or anything so very trite, but I did spend most of last year (and a huge chunk of this year) both having intense opinions on the James Bond film franchise … Continue reading →

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On JK Rowling’s thing about after the fact diversity

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

My big issue with all of this “after the fact diversity” that we’re seeing around JR Rowling and the Harry Potter series is that she’s getting so much credit for doing basically nothing with regard to representation.

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Fantastic Beasts & Invisible Diversity in the Harry Potter Series

Posted on November 25, 2015 by

For a body of media that seems fixated on different avenues of oppression, the Harry Potter series is seriously lacking when it comes to actual diversity and oppression that doesn’t revolve around magical beings. Seriously, just about everything’s a metaphor … Continue reading →

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