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What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Migratory Slash Fandom’s Focus

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Zeenah

Note: The section on RPF and whtiewashing deals pretty plainly with real person fan fiction – where a real celebrity is treated like a character in fan works – but from the POV of “stop whitewashing them” rather than a … Continue reading →

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Dear Comic Fans, Guess What: You’re Still Not Handling Racebending and Diverse Casting Very Well!

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Zeenah

We did this in 2015. And in 2016. Now it’s 2017 and I’ve got at least four different posts on racebending under my belt because nerds still don’t know how to behave. This is an ongoing project looking at the … Continue reading →

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“What if a white guy played Black Panther?”: The Fake Concern of Fake Geek Guys

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Zeenah

Whenever I talk about racebending as a concept when it comes to comics and comics-related properties, smartasses always show up to say something snarky like “what if Black Panther or some other Black hero were a white guy”. They crowd … Continue reading →

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Dear Comic Fans: It’s been a year since my first post & y’all are still racist as heck when it comes to racebending

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Zeenah

Back in August 2015 I wrote “Dear Comic Fans: We Get it. You’re racist and racebending scares you,” as a direct response to the racist backlash towards Keiynan Lonsdale being cast as Wally West on the Flash television show. Well, it’s … Continue reading →

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Dear Comic Fans: We Get it. You’re racist and racebending scares you.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Zeenah

Why are comic book fans so darn mad when a comic book character gets the racebending treatment?

For the most part, comic book fans are so very predictable when it comes to race.

Nothing pisses comic fans off more than a historically white character being racebent and therefore turned into a character of color or when a character of color takes over a legacy title (Like Superman, Spider-Man, or Ms. Marvel). Continue reading →

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