Examining Homosexual Representation in Dune: Part Two In my previous Dune article, I questioned whether Baron Harkonnen needs to be gay, as the novel portrayal is deeply rooted in Frank Herbert’s homophobia. Subsequently, previous cinematic versions hav ...
Musings on Race in X-Men '97 #x-men97 #X-men #popculture #race #gender X-Men has always had a race problem. Since the conception of the comics, the allegories of mutants and race have been discussed, with fans calling the treatment of mutants an alle ...
The Use of Music in The Curse The Curse music The music in The Curse is uniquely transcendental in its sound because of its repeated and inspired use of Alice Coltrane's spiritual album Kirtan: Turiya Sings. However, the use of Coltrane in relation t ...
Multiverse of Blackness: Examining Black Futurity and Queer Time MCU queer time black theory blackness Kang Loki Black Futurity The end of Marvel’s third phase brought the end of Thanos, the decade-long big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Howe ...
Examining Animality In Jordan Peele's Work Jordan Peele Black horror animality In Jordan Peele's directorial works (Get Out, Us, and Nope), animals are featured heavily as metaphorical imagery usually linked to the Black/oppressed body. In Ge ...
Does Baron Harkonnen Have To Be Gay? Examining Homosexual Representation in Dune Dune homosexuality representation Baron Harkonnen Denis Villeneuve Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is diabolically evil and gay, two traits notoriously linked in media. A product of ...
From the Bodega to Showtime: How Desus & Mero Promote An Everyman Image But For A Price Desus & Mero premium blackness Showtime Desus and Mero are two fast-talking, goofy, bodega boys from the Bronx who have turned a YouTube series into a successf ...
