On January first, 1963, Astro Boy became the first Japanese Anime to reach American television. Since its initial debut here in the West, it has grown immensely popular, and it has spawned an interest in Anime all across America. Before long, multicultural sensations such as Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball Z, and Akira, started popping up in the… Read more →
Social Media Influencer, Kendall Jenner, Creates Uproar on Twitter for Accusations of Photoshop and Unhealthy Body Image Expectations
By Julia T. Social media has taken over our generation over the past few years, first starting with MySpace and Facebook, eventually leading to modern-day Instagram and Tiktok. Back in the day posts were simple, like an average day meal, blurry pictures with friends, or the hike you went on. Now, however, social media is a bit more complicated than… Read more →
Female Representation in Sports Video Games
By Alex P. Ever since I’ve hopped on the sticks and became an avid video game player I can remember playing sports video games. No matter how bad I was at the game or even how much I understood the sport, I always had a great time playing sports video games. I still remember my first ever sports game I… Read more →
The Diversification of Video Game Protagonists
By Noah H. Just like in television and film, the main character in video games is often the white, straight male. There are several video game franchises that have heroic characters that aren’t male or are of different ethnicity, but these sorts of characters are often secondary characters, and rarely see center stage compared to their counterparts. Over the past… Read more →
Disney’s LGBTQ+ Representation Needs A Little Work
By Sam K. The Walt Disney Company has found itself in an unenviable position. Pissing off both sides of the political spectrum. In an attempt to stay neutral on the controversial and discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban teachers in Florida from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students until after third grade, Bob Chapek, the current… Read more →
Accurate Transgender Representation in Media
By Grace H. Hollywood has a long history of problematic representation of transgender and queer people. This includes the phenomena of cis men being cast to play the part of trans women. In many early representations of trans people, their gender is played as a joke and something to gawk at. This kind of representation has serious impacts on the… Read more →
Has Marvel Studios Set a New Path for Women in Action Films?
By Paris A. The challenge of portraying women in film in an accurate light has been a battle fought by society for decades. Particularly in the action genre, women are sexualized, objectified and most often side characters. Within the action, superheroes have always been widely popular and widely targeted at men. I personally am a huge fan of Superhero comics… Read more →
The Sexualization of Abby Shapiro: When does Male Feminist Allyship Become Conditional?
By Clara F. Feminism has come very far especially in the past few decades, in regards to men identifying themselves with the movement. We see men walking alongside us toting signs and pussy hats at our women’s marches, we see men fitted in feminist-themed apparel on Instagram and Twitter. Feminism has become almost synonymous with Liberalism and the Democratic party,… Read more →
Be a Lady, They Said: How One Problematic Video Calls Out the Double Standards of Womanhood
By Reilly H. Camille Rainville, who writes about her “thoughts, sentiments, and scribbles on womanhood” posted an original poem, “Be a Lady, They Said,” to her blog, Writings of a Furious Woman, in 2017. It got a couple of hundred likes. Three years later, in 2020, the online publication Girls Girls Girls picked it up and got big names like… Read more →
Our Flag Means Death – Queer Representation in Media
By Dakota G. (spoiler warnings!) HBO Max’s new show “Our Flag Means Death” has quickly become their top show, airing first on March 3, 2022 (Tassi). The story follows the main character Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat who abandons his life of luxury to be a pirate in the early 18th century. This period romance comedy is loosely based on the… Read more →