latest ARTICLES by lauren
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Audio, Editorials, Features, PodcastsMarginalia: The Second Season Finale of Alice Isn’t Dead, QPOC Romance, and the Choices We Make in Love
Warning: MAJOR spoilers for the podcast Alice Isn’t Dead. Seriously, if you aren’t caught up on this amazing series I…
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Editorials, FeaturesIs BlerDCon the Black Nerd Turn Up We’ve Always Dreamed Of?
I won’t call BlerDCon 2017 a family reunion. Growing up, when fellow Black friends spoke with fondness of their family…
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Editorials, Features, Media, Movies
When ‘The Foreigner’ Makes a Foreigner of You
“Are you also mad that there are no actual Vietnamese people in The Foreigner even though they used a Vietnamese…
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Media, Movies, ReviewSeoul Searching And The Anti-Blackness Of Asian Excellence
***Warning for mild spoilers*** If there is such a thing as love at first sight, I believe that it would…
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Carcosa Interviews, FeaturesMeet the Composer Behind Your Favorite Cartoons: Sebastian Evans
What makes our favorite animated series so great? While many nerds will tell you it’s the artistic style, the relatable…
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Editorials, Features, Video Games
Pokémon Go And Choosing The Blackest Joy
As you might expect, it begins with a selection of starters: today, do you choose fuming rage, crushing grief, or…
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Anime, Media, Movies, Review, TV ShowsWhy ‘The Boy and the Beast’ is the Number One Animated Film to See in 2016
Forget what you may have heard about what excellence in animation looks like for 2016, Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and…
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Anime, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsMainstream Misogyny: Why EVERYONE Needs to Watch Anime About Girls
[divider type=”thin”] Almost from the moment I became an anime fan back in elementary school I encountered The Conversation. In…
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Editorials, FeaturesProfiles in Black Cartooning: Barbara Brandon-Croft
In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists…
