latest ARTICLES by lauren
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Editorials, Features, MediaWhat RANIA’s New Black American Member Means for K-Pop
Black people in Korea?!?! Yes, it’s true folks, despite the fact that BNP has been on team Blasian for a…
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Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsCould a New Nancy Drew Show Finally Mean Melanin?
Recently the internet has been buzzing with the sudden news that executive producers Joan Rater and Tony Phelan (Grey’s Anatomy) will…
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Anime, Media, Review, TV ShowsMakura no Danshi: The Anime That Takes Self-Insert Fantasies To A Whole New Creepy Level
At first glance, the anime Makura no Danshi, translated literally as “pillow boys,” seems harmless enough. After all, those who’ve…
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Editorials, FeaturesStaff Beef: Courage the Cowardly Dog, the Gold in Cartoon Network’s “Golden Age”
Being the respective Nightwing and Blackbat of the DMV area, it’s to be expected that Taj Williams and I might…
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Editorials, FeaturesAn Open Letter to Red Tornado: DON’T EVEN SAY NOTHIN’ TO ME, BOYYYYY
Dear Red Tornado, Listen, man. Back in May I really tried to give this Supergirl show some credit because cape TV…
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Editorials, FeaturesOne Year Later: Remembering Darrien Hunt
Last year on September 10 a Black man named Darrien Hunt was shot and killed by the police for supposedly…
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Editorials, FeaturesOtome Gaming 101: When Non-Digital Romance is Not Enough
I don’t think anyone ever means to start playing otome dating games so much as life circumstances happen (read: soul-crushing…
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Media, Movies, ReviewDreamWorks’ ‘Home’ Review
Here is the kind of Blerd I am: given the opportunity to sit on an airplane traveling between US coasts…
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Anime, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsThe FLCL Remake You Weren’t Ready For
Whether you call it FLCL, Fooly Cooly, Furi Kuri, or That One Weird Ass Show with the Vespa Adult Swim…
