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08/23/2018

Doctor Who’s Narratives on Race Have Improved — But Have a Long Way to Go

The Critical Companion

Doctor Who has increased both its racial representation and conversations on racism in recent years, but the show still has a lot of work to do when addressing in-universe racism.

02/04/2021

Black History Month and the Magic of Cultural Retention

The Critical Companion

DJ reflects on how Black cultural retention is its own form of magic and how it can be used in our every day to shape and mold our futures.

04/16/2020

My Heaven is a Republic

The Critical Companion

Jessie Blount shares her two “spiritual texts” and how they’ve shaped her worldview.

02/25/2020

What ‘Harry Potter’ Doesn’t Teach Us About Allyship & Activism

The Critical Companion

How does Harry Potter’s Order of the Phoenix show the failures of the series to show a truly progressive and anti-supremacist narrative? What can we learn from these inadequacies of the story to be better allies in the real world?

12/12/2019

How do the Character Descriptions in ‘Harry Potter’ Hold Up 20 Years Later?

The Critical Companion

Talia discusses the Harry Potter series falls subject to body shaming.

11/14/2019

Revisiting Harry Potter’s Final Battle: Where Did All the Kreatures Go?

The Critical Companion

Talia looks back at the final battle of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and searches for the magical creatures and the important role they should have played.