Activist & Political · African American · Essays · Franchises & Series · Race · SF & Fantasy · SF/Fantasy · Societal Trends
If Deep Space 9 demonstrates how the casting of African American commanders in chief – and their election – may constitute or create a backlash disguised as “progress,” it has[…]
African · African American · Comics · Franchises & Series · SF/Fantasy
The media’s insistence on making more of the film than a big, enjoyably dumb action movie only highlights the drastic shift in representation in casting and marketing as a predatory[…]
Exploitation & Erotica · Reviews · SF/Fantasy
Blade Runner is a film seeping with representations of repressed sexuality. Every scene, sequence, and image is imbued with, commenting on, or directly a result of sexual frustration and need.[…]
Essays · SF/Fantasy · TV & Streaming
“By treating the style of the original series as integral to the show — and not as a kind of regrettable defect — we can get a better grasp on the Star Trek phenomenon itself.”
“This new millennium hero lives in a fortress of solitary and alienated hyper-masculinity.” Note: This article contains spoilers. I never thought I would see the day when I would write[…]
