Political reality finally inserted itself into the blissfully insulated world of San Diego Comic-Con. The Close the Camps shirt during her season 5 panel. Sen. Cory Booker AOC comics were for sale. Yet, searching the sprawling convention floor, youd be hard-pressed to find imagery more politically relevantor subversivethan the nine-foot-high poster for Nnedi Okorafor. A
Read MoreShareTweetPinterest I had a discussion with a friend about how excited I was for my daughter to see the upcoming Little Mermaid movie. I told her I that was I was so proud that my daughter might be able to see herself in Ariel, a beautiful Black princess. My friend didn’t understand the big deal.
Read MoreOne gift to rule them all.Image: New Line/Saul Zaentz/Wing Nut/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock What will you give your loved ones, precious? Everyone knows at least one Lord of the Rings fan, nay, fiend. They’ve smashed through J. R. R. Tolkien’s books and appendices. They’ve sat through the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s original trilogy, turned up for The
Read MoreThe Lorax by Dr Seuss has been millions of children’s first introduction to environmentalism, its ominous warning incorporated into countless activist campaigns. Most adults probably assume the species the book describes meeting its doom came entirely from Seuss’ imagination. Almost 50 years after the book was written, however, clues to its origins have been found, leading to
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Read MoreSome people like to read books in cafes, or on the tube while commuting to work. Others like to read them in the quietest place they can find, somewhere that allows them to fully immerse themselves in the words without having the magic diluted by noise. Show Full Text If you’re one of those people
Read MoreEmma Watson in character as Hermione Granger Image: warner brothers Whether you loved Harry Potter and the Cursed Child or wanted to stab it with a basilisk fang, it’s obvious right off the bat the tale is not really J.K. Rowling’s. It says so right on the cover. Playwright Jack Thorne was the man primarily
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