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05/21/2020

Nerd Love in the Time of Social Distancing

The Critical Companion

How can nerds date during a global pandemic? K. Alexandra offers some tips from her own experiences.

02/20/2020

Sineya, The First Slayer Reimagined — How ‘Buffy’ Failed Black Girl Magic

The Critical Companion

Crystal discusses Sineya in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and some of the issues with her storyline.

08/20/2020

The Invitation ‘Black is King’ Gives Us

The Critical Companion

DJ Wilson reflects on Beyoncé’s film ‘Black is King,’ and the invitation the project gives members of the African diaspora.

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.

05/09/2019

Have a Biscuit, Professor McGonagall

The Critical Companion

K. Alexandra writes about Minerva McGonagall, who inspires her in her own teaching.

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?

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.

09/27/2018

Magic or No, All Schools Have Limited Range

The Critical Companion

Patriarchal systems in magical schools (and in the real world) tend to cause problems. Porshèa explores the way these systems manifest in different fictional schools and discusses what should be done to change it.