Trigger Warning: Please note that this article discusses a rape that occurs within one of the films.
Handling Hate and Bigotry the Hufflepuff Way
Over the past couple of weeks since the U.S. election, I’ve been seeing some people urging unity with those who have supported a certain political candidate. As a Hufflepuff it might seem hypocritical of me to say that we should ignore those people and to fight this change of power. It is not. The Hufflepuff…
Thursday Book Beat: South Asian KidLit, Handmaiden’s Tale Adaptation and Pantsuit Nation Book Controversy
Hi book lovers! The countdown to the holidays is here! I’ve finally lifted my head from my textbooks, finished my exams and am now working as much as I can to pay for all the gifts I’m buying (because Christmas is a capitalist holiday in the Western world). I’m headed up to my godmother’s cottage…
Interview: Sequentials, a New “Comics” Journal
As part of Comics Academe, one of the things I want to do is to promote what’s happening in academia and comics studies–especially when what’s happening is something that is innovative, or challenges what academic “scholarship” can be. When I first heard about Sequentials, a new comics “journal” being put out by the incredible English…