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02/14/2019

Of White Blaise and Black Hermione: The Highs and Lows of my Harry Potter Journey

The Critical Companion

How the Harry Potter fandom’s refusal to accept Blaise Zabini as Black left a Black fan feeling like she wasn’t welcome, and how Black Hermione turned it all around.

12/13/2018

Beyond the Kokiri Forest: A Father and Daughter’s Zelda Adventure

The Critical Companion

Delia talks about her father and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the origins of her nerdiness.

10/22/2020

Imagining the Decolonization of Science Fiction

The Critical Companion

Nicole defines her view of Afrofuturism and imagines what science fiction could do if it wanted to be bold.

06/21/2018

Worldbuilding and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Critical Companion

Bayana explores how Marvel built a world for the screen in a way that encompasses so many movies and television shows.

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.

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?