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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: The Problem With Preferences

Posted on June 1, 2019 by

Outside of the fandoms for Japanese media (anime and manga primarily) or the powerhouse Korean pop music Real Person Fiction (RPF) fandoms, most fandom spaces overwhelmingly focus on the love and sex lives of white people.  Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Keep Calm and Wait Your Turn

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

At every level of fandom, women of color are told to “be patient” and to “wait your turn” when we talk about the way that it stings to constantly see white female characters – like Wonder Woman, Rey, Black Widow, and Supergirl – held up as universal representation for all women.  Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like – Misogynoir: Black Fans on the Defensive

Posted on May 19, 2019 by

The goal of rewriting Black fans critical of fandom is to drown them under the weight of misogynoir – the harassment, the shunning, the threats, and the outright unkindness – until all they can do is leave.

But let’s get one thing straight: no one is making me go anywhere before I’m good and ready. Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Silly Ship Wars

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

At the end of the day, Black women aren’t allowed to partake in the squee-ful space of fandom. We’re not seen as “real fans”. Our desire for Black characters to be treated well and to be loved is a direct threat to what fandom truly loves the most: whiteness. Continue reading →

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“A discipline overrun with whiteness”: #FSN2019 and Making a Statement – A Guest Post

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

As previously noted, these conversations have been around for far longer than us, and to assume that we are the first to voice this discomfort, this anger, this complaint (per Sara Ahmed) is to be complicit in this erasure and our own eventual erasure. Continue reading →

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Fleeting Frustrations #6: “At Least Kylo Never Lied To Rey”

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

So fucking what Finn initially held back from telling Rey that he was a Stormtrooper that defected in The Force Awakens –

At least he’s not an entitled, mind-rapey douche that keeps gaslighting her, who tortured her, and who keeps trying to kill her.

You know… like Kylo is. Continue reading →

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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Only 33 Words in a Trailer

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

Yesterday, the Captain Marvel teaser trailer broke the internet. Today, I saw a tweet about said trailer from Shakesville.com’s Melissa McEwan from the night before that reminded me that when it comes to feminism and fandom, people of color are … Continue reading →

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I’ve got… complicated feelings about the newest incarnation of the Doctor

Posted on July 16, 2017 by

The news that Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker has been cast as the Doctor’s thirteenth regeneration  is great, but I have to point out that it’s also primarily a step forward for WHITE women as women of color don’t get chosen to head … Continue reading →

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White Feminism Strikes Again: American Gods Edition

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

I can’t imagine watching a show like American Gods where Shadow Moon (played by Ricky Whittle) is onscreen and fantastic only to then writing an honest to god article about how his undead wife Laura was the actual star of … Continue reading →

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Nyota Uhura: One More Black Female Character Fandom Wants To Be Strong and Single Forever

Posted on August 4, 2016 by

I need White Feminism (which exists to benefit whiteness and white womanhood) to stop telling me that Black female characters are better off when they’re single. I need White Feminists ™ in fandom to stop pretending that they’re protecting or promoting … Continue reading →

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