Diversity
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Anybody Can Be a Hero
“Heroes never die!” – Mercy Released in May 2016 by Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch is a team-based first-person shooter (FPS) that has quickly taken centre-stage in…
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The Stuff What Don’t Get Spoke: Hawkeye and Disability Done Well
“You can get it all back.” Hawkeye (Vol. 4) written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by David Aja (Vol. 4), is arguably the best comic book…
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A Marvelous Ms. Marvel
When one stumbles upon an issue of a Ms. Marvel comic book, it’s not common to find a modestly attired brown teenage girl looking back…
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The Girl with a Sword.
I can’t remember when I first encountered her. Maybe I saw her on a kids’ cartoon. Maybe she was in one of the animated movies…
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Appall To Appeal: the Nature of Sexual Violence Against Women in Game of Thrones
Warnings: spoilers for Game of Thrones (up to mid season 4); discussions of sexual violence, rape. I cannot count the number of times a Game…
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Asian (Mis)Representation in Speculative Film Culture
The fact that I had such a difficult time coming up with a list of Asian (especially East Asian) characters in speculative works is a…
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Many Sides of the Same Genes: Examining Diversity in BBC’s Orphan Black
This review contains spoilers up to late season two . Needless to say, when I began watching a show whose core premise was “clones, clones everywhere,”…
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We Need Diverse Books: LGBTQ+ Representation
When I was a teenager, I’d borrow books from the library and then hide them in my closet. I couldn’t search the library shelves for…
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The Quest for Diversity in Speculative Fiction
Since its conception in May, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign has exploded online, renewing discussion about diversity in children’s and young adult literature with new force. What…
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