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Agent Carter and the Lack of Diversity

Agent Carter has kind of been a contentious topic these last few months. The show debuted in January to 6.9M viewers, and fell to 4M by the end of the eight-long-episode S1. Just this week rumors...

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The Ridiculous Beauty Routines for Women in Survival & Post-Apocalypse Settings

It’s tough being a woman in a dystopian/stranded/post apocalypse/action horror setting. You live in constant fight or flight mode, you’re usually stressed about dwindling resources like food and water,...

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The Disney Live-Action Mulan Fan-Casting Debacle of 2015

Ok maybe not a full blown debacle (honestly that was just click bait), but the announcement that Disney is making a live-action film of Mulan has certainly caused a lot of hubbub and fan-casting wars...

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A Masterpost: Eleanor and Park, Racism, and Other Problematic Aspects of the...

So I did it. I finally read Eleanor and Park, a young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell that focuses on the love story between a white, overweight, poor, domestically abused girl and a biracial...

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Exclusive Interview: Loren Anthony Discusses “Ridiculous Six”

Ube Empress:Very, very good interview on the offensive portrayal of Native Americans in Sandler’s “Ridiculous Six”, as well as a discussion about stereotypes and satire. Originally posted on COLOR:...

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Video Game Review: Papo & Yo

Created by Minority Media, Papo & Yo is a Playstation Network title about Quico, an Afro-Brazilian boy who escapes into a fantastical puzzle-based version of his favela to cope with having an...

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Black Mask, Yellow Peril: Anti-Asianism in Netflix’s Otherwise Brilliant...

Originally posted on thenerdsofcolor: by Takeo Rivera So let’s get one thing out of the way: it’s probably safe to say that Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil is the finest piece of television ever made...

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Mad Max: Fury Road & the Radical Notion of Gender Equality

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Thanks to MRAs calling for a boycott of the film, Mad Max: Fury Road has been getting quite a boost in media attention. Decrying it as the “vehicle for which they will force a lecture...

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An Exploration of Orientalism & Asian Cultural Appropriation as Found in...

*EDIT 06/14/15: Somehow the popularity of this post grew exponentially while I was away on vacation, making this post by far the most visited one on this tiny blog. And with that traffic came several...

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Video Game Recommendation: Child of Light

Summary: Aurora is an Austrian princess who falls into a death-like slumber and awakens in the fantastical land of Lemuria. Lemuria has been taken over by Umbra, the queen of darkness. Armed with a...

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A Look at #OscarsSoWhite from an Asian Perspective

In which I wrote a guest post for Shuffle Online about #OscarsSoWhite Shuffle Online A lot of great conversation has been generated around April Reign’s #OscarsSoWhite hashtag these past few weeks....

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Lara Croft and the Reimagining of a Strong Female Character

Hey guys, I’ve accepted a contributor position at Shuffle Online, which is why you’ll be seeing some of my writing reblogged from there. Enjoy! This article: a short exploration of the old versus new...

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Comic Con Survival Guide: Runner’s Mode

Shuffle Online Attending a comic con is a lot like running a marathon: you’re on your feet for hours, surrounded by throngs of people — some who might not smell all that geat — and after a while you...

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine & The X-Men Women Who Deserve Their Own Films

In a recent interview with Cigar Aficionado (wait I’m sorry, that’s a thing?), Hugh Jackman laid out his career trajectory from now until the rest of eternity, in which he basically plans on playing...

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Agent Carter and the Lack of Diversity

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Ten TV Asian or Pacific Islander Characters to Tune in For

Shuffle Online So, it’s the tail end of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Earlier this month there was the Twitter hashtag movement #whitewashedOUT, started by comedian Margaret Cho,...

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Netflix’s Altered Carbon and Asian Consciousness in White Bodies

thenerdsofcolor A few weeks ago it was announced that Netflix is adapting Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 sci-fi novel Altered Carbon, and that the main character, Takeshi Kovacs, will be played by Joel...

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7 Superheroines Who Deserve Their Own Series

Shuffle Online Warner Bros. recently announced that Harley Quinn (and possibly the Birds of Prey) would be getting her own film. We have the “Wonder Woman” film coming out next year and “Captain...

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A List of My Works That Are Hosted Elsewhere

Here are links to articles I’ve written for other websites: Bitch Flicks Bowed, Bent, and Broken: Examining the Women of Color on ‘Game of Thrones’ Women Write About Comics Race and Romance in...

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