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08/09/2018

How ’12 Monkeys’ Changed How Time Travel Should Be Viewed

The Critical Companion

There are lots of shows about time travel, but read how 12 Monkeys changed the game.

02/04/2021

Black History Month and the Magic of Cultural Retention

The Critical Companion

DJ reflects on how Black cultural retention is its own form of magic and how it can be used in our every day to shape and mold our futures.

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.

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?

08/08/2019

How Fantasy Became a Bridge Between Sisters

The Critical Companion

Syntrell writes about how fantasy books gave her a way to connect with her sister.

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.

09/19/2020

My Minister Been Black: An Analysis of Hermione Granger

The Critical Companion

Kai examines how Hermione’s Blackness puts the onus on her as a Black woman to save the Wizarding World.

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.