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02/27/2020

The Importance of Creating Worlds for Young Black Readers

The Critical Companion

Abisola writes about Children of Blood and Bone and Daughters of Nri, and how they are important for young Black readers.

08/13/2020

Avatar: The Last Airbender Ships are Meant to Be Fun, Not Destructive

The Critical Companion

Whether you ship canon ships or non-canon ships, it should be a subculture of like fans, not a battlefield of in-fighting. Critical Companion Ebony explores.

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?

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.

11/12/2020

Representation vs Presentation: Writing Blackness into Dragon Age: Inquisition

The Critical Companion

When given the choice to play as your own race or a fantasy race, which would you choose? Janae’s answer may surprise you.

06/07/2018

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Illustrates Several Renditions of the Trolley Problem

The Critical Companion

Sacrifice isn’t new to epic superhero movies. The modus operandi of most heroes is to lay down their life for their friends.

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.