What ‘Greyboy’ Can Teach Us About the Complexity of the Black Experience
Cole Brown’s recent book, “Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World,” does not mince words about how messy the Black…
The MUST List: Summer 2020’s Hottest TO Do List
1 MINUTE READ From shows to watch and songs to hear. To artistry, shopping and things to explore, know, and…
Period Love- Rites of Passage & The Magic of Femininity.
Your period is nature; beautiful, inspiring, natural. Reading this book will help uncover how periods have been kept in the dark, and by the end, you will find yourself closer to feeling The Moon In You.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE “WHITE FRAGILITY” — WITH AUTHOR ROBIN DIANGELO
Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.”The book is arguably one of today’s most essential primers on racism and its foundation of white supremacy.
Into the Spider-Verse 2 Promises More Hidden Diversity
“Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse’s” hidden diversity lives both on- and offscreen. When a production has a diverse cast and crew,…
Preserving Cultural Narratives with Multimedia
Kara Walker is among one of the most prolific and complex American artists of her generation. She has gained national…
Black Power in Comic Books and the Importance of Nuance
Black Panther is not the first black character printed on paper, but he certainly has a lively journey, full of ruling Wakanda, saving the Marvel multiverse and early writer’s problematic beginnings. In this article, we analyze the history of black and African American people in comic books and address the importance of nuance in storytelling.
Asian Erasure in Japanese Manga-to-Film Adaptations
Alright, it’s time to confess something I feel is a little embarrassing. If young adults today remember living near a…
SERIES – PART 3 OF 3: Persepolis Boldly Illustrates the Middle Eastern Experience Before and After Iranian Revolution
Persepolis is a autobiographical graphic novel written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian-French cartoonist. It tells the tale of Marji, a young girl living in Tehran just before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This accounts her life before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution, where she lives through threats to her wellbeing and xenophobia.
SERIES – PART 2 OF 3: Monstress is an Epic Fantasy Combining Race Relations and the Power of Friendship Between Women
Monstress is an epic fantasy graphic novel written by Marjorie Liu telling the tale of Maika Halfwolf, a teenage girl sharing a psychic link to a power monster who occasionally emerges from the stub of her severed left arm. Inspired by early 20th century Asia, Monstress is set in a matriarchal world split into factions, where war for power and greed set the stage for our heroine to avenge her fallen mother.