Love Actually is a popular romantic Christmas film that I can’t honestly believe is meant to be taken as sincere. If this series is meant to talk about Christmas horror movies, then Love Actually is a horror film in disguise, in that we have elevated a film full of terrible men to the status of romcom…
A Look At #DumpStarWars, And How All Art is Political
For a group that claims to be against any form of censorship and loves to mock others for being “triggered” easily, white supremacists sure do love to call for boycotts of things that personally offend them. After Starbucks, Kellogg’s, and Hamilton, they’ve now turned their ire on Star Wars, having finally realized roughly forty years…
The WWAC Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide
This holiday season, we at WWAC are focusing on handmade/homemade gifts and gifts from indie companies, sellers, or even non-indies that support ethical labor practices. I asked some of our contributors to share their recommendations. Please share your own recommendations, charities, and other means to ethical gift-giving in the comments! – Ginnis
Iconic Scenes: “Now’s the Fucking Time”
Kill Bill volume one was release in 2003. The film, both volumes, is a love letter to samurai and western films and the relationship the two genres share. Tarantino also calls it a love letter to the colour blonde–to the Bride, Uma Thurman’s hair and the figure she casts in that Bruce Lee inspired yellow…
On Being In a Bad Relationship with The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead has gone from being the show I could wax poetic about for days to being the equivalent of that feeling you get when an estranged ex shows up unannounced and drunk to a holiday party and all you can think is, “Oh, it’s you.”
Four Awesome Mobile Games Starring Girls of Color
While many still consider mobile gaming as synonymous with Candy Crush and Angry Birds, the medium has really grown since then, accommodating games that used to only be possible on consoles and PC. Now mobile games are capable of delivering crisp graphics and complex stories while being relatively inexpensive. Especially exciting is that many of…
Cover Girl: Why Doesn’t Riri Williams Look 15?
This J. Scott Campbell Midtown Comics variant cover for Invincible Iron Man depicts 15 year old Riri Williams in the same outfit as she wore on the cover that introduced her to us. She has the same hairstyle, the same earrings. Instead of the ghost of Stark’s past in the background, there’s an industrial robotic…
NBC Canceled Mail Order Family and That’s a Good Thing
Well, that was fast: NBC will not be moving forward with Mail Order Family, a sitcom by three white creators about a widowed white man who buys a Filipina mail order bride to help raise his daughters. The show lasted about three days after it’s announcement before it was shelved amidst concerns that the premise…
Diversity in Comics: A First Look at Sun Dragon’s Song #1
Sun Dragon’s Song Vol. 1, No. 1 Joyce Chng (Writer) and Kim Miranda (Artist) Rosarium Publishing September 21, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced copy from the publisher.
Fox’s Gotham Isn’t Great With Women But I Like It Anyway
I’m used to getting raised eyebrows when I tell people that I enjoy Fox’s Gotham. As someone who often rails about the portrayal of women, why do I tune into a show that, on one hand, gives us complex women like Selina Kyle and Fish Mooney, but on the other hand, routinely batters and/or kills…
Roundtable Review: Fresh Romance, Vol. 1
Fresh Romance, Vol. 1 Various Rosy Press via Oni Press 2016
#RyanPotterforTimDrake: Do Diversity Campaigns Work?
Fancasting–the act of fans creating photosets of their dreamcast for mainstream media properties–has always been an integral part of fandom. For queer fans and fans of color, it’s often a way to imagine a world where their favorite films have a cast that’s not so overwhelmingly white, straight, and male. There are fancasts of Idris…