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People Claiming The Owl House & LGBTQ+ Characters Are Inappropriate for Kids’ Shows Are Just Homophobic

By Michele KirichanskayaSep 28th
The Cuties Backlash and Policing of Girlhood Are All Too Familiar

By Kimberly HenrySep 24th
One Week Later, Republicans’ Silence on Allegations of Forced Sterilizations by ICE Is Telling

By Kylie CheungSep 23rd
How Musical The Prom, The Owl House, and She-Ra Are Reinventing an Age-Old Heterosexual Tradition

By Michele KirichanskayaSep 4th
Why Captain Janeway Still Feels So Relevant 25 Years After Going Where No Woman Had Gone Before

By Madeleine ClarkSep 2nd
The Old Guard’s Queer Representation Should Be a Wake-up Call for Big Studios

By Amanda SteeleAug 31st
Defenses of 19-Year-Old Leftist Candidate’s Abusive History Co-Opt Restorative Justice to Dismiss Sexual Harm

By Kylie CheungAug 28th
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Failed Rebellion Against Its Own Queerness

By Stephanie RoehlerAug 25th
100 Years Later, the Racist Legacy and Violence of the 19th Amendment Persist

By Kylie CheungAug 24th
Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix

By Margaret EvansAug 21st
Why Sci-fi/Fantasy Has the Best Representation of Black Women in Entertainment

By Stephanie HollandAug 19th
How Twin Peaks’ Denise Bryson Was (and Wasn’t) Ahead of Her Time

By Lauren CoatesAug 17th
The Dubious Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe From a Non-U.S. Perspective

By Nisha WardAug 14th
At Least Avatar Fans Have a Solo Toph Graphic Novel on the Way!

By Danielle BroadwayAug 13th
INTERVIEW: Being Lolita Author Alisson Wood Challenges the Idea of Memoir as Catharsis

By Samantha PucAug 12th
Reopening Campuses Is a Civil Rights Issue and Universities Are Overwhelmingly on the Wrong Side

By Leigh BlochAug 12th
The Problem With the Trill Is the Problem With Star Trek

By Stephanie RoehlerAug 11th
16 Books and 1 Zine to Read After Bingeing Hulu’s The Great

By Alicia BanaszewskiAug 6th
Will The Owl House Finally Present Disney’s First Confirmed LGBTQ+ Protagonist?

By Michele KirichanskayaAug 5th
Why X-Men’s Storm Is the Rightful Ruler of Wakanda

By Danielle BroadwayJul 31st

People Claiming The Owl House & LGBTQ+ Characters Are Inappropriate for Kids’ Shows Are Just Homophobic

The Cuties Backlash and Policing of Girlhood Are All Too Familiar

One Week Later, Republicans’ Silence on Allegations of Forced Sterilizations by ICE Is Telling

How Musical The Prom, The Owl House, and She-Ra Are Reinventing an Age-Old Heterosexual Tradition

Why Captain Janeway Still Feels So Relevant 25 Years After Going Where No Woman Had Gone Before

The Old Guard’s Queer Representation Should Be a Wake-up Call for Big Studios

Defenses of 19-Year-Old Leftist Candidate’s Abusive History Co-Opt Restorative Justice to Dismiss Sexual Harm

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Failed Rebellion Against Its Own Queerness

100 Years Later, the Racist Legacy and Violence of the 19th Amendment Persist

Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix

Why Sci-fi/Fantasy Has the Best Representation of Black Women in Entertainment

How Twin Peaks’ Denise Bryson Was (and Wasn’t) Ahead of Her Time

The Dubious Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe From a Non-U.S. Perspective

At Least Avatar Fans Have a Solo Toph Graphic Novel on the Way!

INTERVIEW: Being Lolita Author Alisson Wood Challenges the Idea of Memoir as Catharsis

Reopening Campuses Is a Civil Rights Issue and Universities Are Overwhelmingly on the Wrong Side

The Problem With the Trill Is the Problem With Star Trek

16 Books and 1 Zine to Read After Bingeing Hulu’s The Great

Will The Owl House Finally Present Disney’s First Confirmed LGBTQ+ Protagonist?

Why X-Men’s Storm Is the Rightful Ruler of Wakanda