Demanding Our Stories Be Told: We Are Ready for Authentic Representations of Fat Folks’ Stories September 13, 2018 by Gillian Brown Leave a Comment I have always been an avid consumer of books, TV shows, movies, video games, and, more recently, webcomics and podcasts. I take great delight in engaging with communities of people who like the same media I do, and I spend a lot of my time thinking about the worlds created by the creators of those media. Now that I am an adult and an activist, my interest in my favourite … [Read more...]
Mudbound: Uncovering The Parts Of Ourselves We Sacrifice In Order To Survive December 14, 2017 by Cody Charles Leave a Comment Dee Rees’ tale of two southern families, one white (McAllan) and the other Black (Jackson), living on the same land is masterfully translated to film. At first, I wanted to describe the film as a tale of survival, but after some thought -- that’s not exactly true. This is the tale of a poor Black southern family trying to survive, and an average white family trying to build … [Read more...]
