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Representation Without Transformation: Can Hollywood Stop Changing Cartoon Characters of Color?

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racial issues

Representation Without Transformation: Can Hollywood Stop Changing Cartoon Characters of Color?

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She-Ra

We’re Gonna Win in the End: The Subversive Queer Triumph of She-Ra

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Young Adult

Where Are Our Black Boys on Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Covers?

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Spider-Man Far From Home
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Spider-Man

The MCU’s Spidey Is a Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man that Looks Like His Neighborhood

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LGBTQ+ speculative fiction

How Do We Establish Speculative Fiction’s LGBTQ+ Canon?

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Books
speculative fiction

Problematic Classics: Four Questions to Ask When Beloved Books Haven’t Aged Well

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Movies & TV
movies

Miles Morales Is Not Peter Parker: Why New Characters Don’t Solve the Problem of Diverse Representation

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Black Panther

“Who are you?”: Black Panther and the Politics of Belonging

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Featured Essays
toys

“Women, Along With Different Aliens”: What the Upcoming Jurassic Park Funko Pop!s Tell Us About How Toys Translate Pop Culture

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Diversity in SFF

“Fun” Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum — Why Context Always Matters

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Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery Should Recommit to the Idea of “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations”

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Beauty and the Beast, Le Fou
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LGBTQ

I’m Tired of Hollywood’s “Wait and See” Attitude Towards On-Screen Queerness

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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