Tag Archives: What Fandom Racism Looks Like

What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Misogynoir – Black Actresses Under Attack

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

Don’t forget to check out last month’s post and the introduction! U simple bitch. This is why comic book fans hate Hollywood. The criticism is not b/c U R an African actress but that ur 3 personas look too human … Continue reading →

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[Tweet Share] Threads from 2/23 – 2/25

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

I know there’s some overlap between the folks that support me on Patreon, folks who subscribe to my website, and the folks that follow me on Twitter, but tweets are hard to keep up with. So I’m playing curator for … Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Misogynoir – Black Women in the Way

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Don’t forget to check out last month’s post and the introduction! I may later eat my words because I haven’t seen more than season 1 of ToS or any of the movies but I hate that Uhura in the reboot … Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Misogynoir – Convenient Excuses

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

If you’re new here, start at the introduction! A 2011 article on pop culture website Oh No They Didn’t entitled “Fandom and its hatred of Black women characters” opens by asking readers “What do Martha Jones, Tara Thornton, Guinevere, and … Continue reading →

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#flashbackfriday: Black Panther Fandom Racism Bingo

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

Originally posted back in March 2018 after realizing that the MCU fandom never actually stopped its anti-black nonsense. Best way to play? Spend some time scrolling through the unfiltered Black Panther tags on AO3 with a drink in your hand … Continue reading →

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#FlashbackFriday – “Dear Budding Sleepy Hollow Fandom”

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

Originally published on my Tumblr September 17, 2013. Seriously, it’s been five years of me talking about misogynoir in fandom and with shipping and things have gotten way worse instead of better. (Also, lightly edited for clarity.) Dear Budding Sleepy Hollow … Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: #NotAllFans

Posted on November 7, 2018 by

Inspired by this tweet thread I wrote. Fandom really doesn’t like to acknowledge that it has multiple problems with race and racism. From members of fandom writing racist alternate universe stories where characters of color are dehumanized, tortured and killed … Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: White Prioritization

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

I think my pal Holly over at DiverseHighFantasy was one of (if not the) first people to use “white prioritization” in a fannish context in a piece on The Walking Dead fandom and the Rick/Michonne ship. So I’d like to … Continue reading →

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