August 20, 2015

On Queer Deadpool and Bisexual Erasure in Comics

August 20, 2015

In my recent essay about the importance of a queer Hercules, I mentioned pushback against a queer Deadpool. My bisexual spider-sense was bisexually tingling. Last Friday night, Deadpool’s co-creator FabNic carefully explained that he never intended Deadpool to be queer-queer–his ...

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The Thursday Book Beat: Gondor Calls for Aid to Bring Minas Tirith Forth from Middle-earth

August 20, 2015

Amazon takes a hit from New York Times piece on its employees’ work conditions Is anyone really that surprised? The multimillion-dollar corporation has made a name for itself through tough negotiations with publishers, all in the name of “customer service.” Journalists at the ...

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“Feminist, Unruly, Cheerfully Monstrous”: Highlight on Dodie Bellamy

August 20, 2015

Mostly, Dodie Bellamy doesn’t care what you think of her writing. Or, that’s not quite right—she thinks that you should respect her writing for reasons that you’re maybe unused to respecting writing for. She wants you to question what is respectable in literature.

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The Wicked + The Divine: “Fucking Tara” and the Fame Monster

August 20, 2015

On Autonomy, Available Bodies and Asking For It Spoiler Warning: This essay contains spoilers for The Wicked + The Divine #13.

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Straight Outta Compton: What Is Reality?

August 20, 2015

“Silence is our enemy. Sound is our weapon.” – Janelle Monáe Going into Straight Outta Compton, I brought with me the soundtrack of my youth. I never possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of hip hop as a genre. It was all background noise. It was in the veins of those around me, and ...

August 20, 2015

On Queer Deadpool and Bisexual Erasure in Comics

The Thursday Book Beat: Gondor Calls for Aid to Bring Minas Tirith Forth from Middle-earth

“Feminist, Unruly, Cheerfully Monstrous”: Highlight on Dodie Bellamy

The Wicked + The Divine: “Fucking Tara” and the Fame Monster

Straight Outta Compton: What Is Reality?

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