At a time when a new crop of queer rappers and producers are beginning to threaten hip-hop’s heteronormative, queerphobic status quo, Washington-based rapper Michete seems to stand apart. Her debut EP Cool Tricks discards the avant-garde, high-art signifiers of her peer’s music in favor of intentionally chintzy beats and rhymes that seethe with rage and […]
The Social Media Trials of Hercules: Queer Erasure and Bullying Culture at Marvel
Note: This article was written prior to Dan Slott’s apology, which can be found here. So much for anti-bullying variant cover month. To recap: Same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States on June 26th of this year, and while the ruling has extended privileges to same-sex couples that heterosexual couples have enjoyed for centuries, […]
Je Suis Airboy: Why Airboy’s Defenders Need to Listen and Reflect Instead
One of my chief struggles with comics fandom throughout adulthood has been the reflexive defensiveness of established pros and traditional fans against criticism and attempts at pushing progress. It’s not something I’m entirely unfamiliar with outside of comics, anyone with a punk adolescence should also be familiar with the phenomenon, ditto anyone with even a […]