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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleExclusive 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:...
View ArticleVideo 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
View ArticleMad 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleVideo 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...
View ArticleA 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....
View ArticleLara 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...
View ArticleComic 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...
View ArticleHugh 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...
View ArticleAgent 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...
View ArticleTen 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,...
View ArticleNetflix’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...
View Article7 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...
View ArticleA 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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