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While at The Mary Sue, I published 8-12 articles a week. Below are some selected works and of those the articles underlined are among the ones I'm most proud of. I omitted booklists and update stories. Go here for all work. I can pull samples by type or style by request.
2024
2023
Hawai’i Fire Victims Evicted From Hotels To Make Room for Tourists
Game Dev Succinctly Answers What the Games Industry Owes Palestinians
Scandal Rocks Publishing as Debut Author Is Linked To Fake Goodreads Accounts That Review Bombed Peers
‘Priscilla’s Fantastic Closing Song Choice Gets Even Better With More Context
‘Napoleon’s Use of This Song Was So Disorienting—And Familiar
New Audience Finds ‘Minor Details’ Following International Book Festival Fallout
Fans’ Karlach Fever Only Feels Possible Because Most Don’t See Her Blackness
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Highlights Ongoing Struggles in Native American Communities
Part 1 & Part 2
The History Behind Mollie’s Wedding Attire in ‘Killers of The Flower Moon’
I’m Noticing A Disturbing Pattern Among ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Audiences
Understanding Labor History Remains Foundational To Understanding Zombies
A Very (Relatively) Brief History of Beyoncé’s Discography
Framing Keffals as the Face of Trans Resistance Has Allowed Her Racism To Stay Unchallenged
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Pushed the RPG Genre Forward but Fizzled Out on Black Hair
Activists Took Over Museum After Victims’ Bodies of the 1985 Philadelphia Bombing Found
Everyone Can Learn From How Consent is Handled in ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’
‘March on Washington’ Was a Moment in Labor History
The ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Relationship Mechanics Work Because the Creators Value Complexity
This ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Plot Is Unable To Shake Harmful Fantasy Tropes
Tiffany D. Jackson Reminds Us That Carlee Russell’s Story Is the Exception in Almost Every Way
Jamie Foxx Was Probably Not Being Antisemitic, but There’s Still So Much To Unpack
One $90 Million Dollar Cop City in Atlanta Apparently Isn’t Enough
Have the People Policing Janelle Monáe’s Body Actually Listened to Their Music?
Black Punk Is Definitely Having a Moment
No, Shameik Moore Cannot Be a Live-Action Miles Morales
Staff, Patrons Boycott History Museum for Hosting Hate Group That Organizes National Book Bans
‘Sanditon’s Georgiana is A Rare Character Whose Happy Ending Felt Satisfying
Ice Spice’s Managers Seem Committed to Positioning Her as Damage Control
‘Bridgerton’ Spinoff Repeats a Disappointing Pattern From the First Season
The Troubling Implications of a ‘Faithful’ Yet Inclusive Harry Potter Adaptation
Racism Against ‘The Power’ Star at Black-Focused MoMA Installation Is Part of an Exhausting Legacy
Hyper-Critical Policing of Chlöe’s Body Bleeds Into Sexist ‘Swarm’ Discourse
Why, As a Lover of Art History, I Am Obsessed With Janelle Monáe’s ‘EBONY’ Shoot
The Watering Down of AP African American History Is an Attack on Living Memory
Alice Walker’s Transphobic Defense of JK Rowling And Her Antisemitism Are Connected
The ‘Atomic Heart’ Controversy Should Prompt Deep Reflection of What Imperialism We Tolerate
Why This ’90s Memoir Still Feels So Relevant

What We Can Learn From the HasanAbi ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Backlash
James Baldwin’s 1985 Thoughts on Policing Shared Widely Following The Murder of Tyre Nichols
Not Funko Pop Whitewashing One of the Only Non-White Disney Princes
Now Is the Perfect Time To Correct the Abysmal Romani Representation in Comic Book Adaptions
The Significance Of S.A. Chakraborty’s Name Adjustment In Upcoming Book
Why It Matters That An Assistant Attorney to a Houston DA Is The Colorist ‘TikTok Chef


2022
Fox News Targets Gisele Fetterman With Gross Misogyny While Also Managing to Miss a Joke
New Ambassador for a Company Built on Genocide, Blood Diamonds Shows Limites of Representation Again
Marvel Trailer Reactions Raise the Same Issues of Indigenous Ersaures as Real-Wold Political Scandal
This Is What Bernie Sanders Misses When He Says Democrats Should Deprioritize Abortion Battle

It's Very Telling What Parts of Tucker Carlson's Ye Interview Were Not Aired

The Kind of Books Nazis Burned Is Super !@#$ing Relevant Right Now
Britain Was Not The First Country to Abolish Chattel Slavery No Matter How Many Times Royal Defenders Say It

Man Who Started CRT Panic Openly Transparent About His Plans Against LGBTQ+ Community
I Can't Stop Thinking About the Official White House Obama Portraits
Jordan Peele's 'Nope': It's Not Just Logan Paul. No One Is Absolved.
These Comments About What Made 'Ms. Marvel' Possible Show the Power of Real Solidarity

Constance Wu Doesn't Need to Apologize
Tim Burton's Racist Comments Loom Over Otherwise Great Casting For Netflix's 'Wednesday'
Dark Academia Should Exist Beyond Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History' & Racist Tropes
Stop Using Songs About Black Emancipation For Your White Feminism, Pro-Choice Videos
'Top Gun: Maverick' and Military Propaganda
Why Angel Maxine's viral TikTok, LGBTQ+ Anthem Is More Than Just Campy Fun
Bechdel-Wallace Test Creators Adds Hyper-Specific Amendment After 'Fire Island' Debacle
Thrilling Sapphic Love Story Set in 17th Century France Coming From Kickstarter Sibling Filmmaking Duo
Sharing Imagery of 'Take Me Out' Nude Scene Online Is a Complete Violation
Three 2022 Met Gala Fits Provided Important Overlook History in Guided Age Fashion
Anti-LGBTQ+ Library Censorship Shuts Down Romance Book Club & Sexual Assualt Awareness Event
Bitch Ends After 26 Years of Provocative, Vital Pop Culture Criticism With a Feminist Perspective Front & Center
Highlights on What You Missed on House Oversight Committee Hearing on Book Bans & Academic Censorship
Why You're Seeing the Same Handful of Books (and Authors) on BookTok
Thank You Ryka Aoki, for Writing My First Five-Star Read of 2022
Tee Franklin's Comics Show Disability Representation Can Just BE—No Tropey Villian Backstory Required
Confusion Around Lifeline's Accent Shows Gaming Still Falls Short of Meaningful Caribbean Representation
Puerto Ricans—Barred From Public Beaches, Priced out by Crypto Bros & 'Influencers'—Hold Beach Party Protest
'Beasts of Prey' Series Gets New Design for a Great Reason
BookTubers in Black History Month (Project): Jesse, Shey, & Ashley
Banned Book Sales Skyrocketing Isn't the Win People Think It Is
Why TikTok Users Are Flocking to the Trans Handy Ma'am for DIY Repairs
Another International SFF Writer Faces Payment Barrier, This Time From Amazon

While Removing Confederate Statue in Richmond, Excavators Discover Two Time Capsules

2021
SFF World Rocked by News That Military Contractor Raytheon Was DisCon/Hugo Awards Sponsor
I'd Love to See Halle Berry Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe —But Not as Storm
No, The Existence of Non-Binary Characters Doesn't Need to be 'Explained in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Most Recognizable Woman in Hollywood Is Also a Visual Reminder of American Imperialism

5 Ways to Fight Back Against School, Local Library Censorship
Everything is Bigger in Texas, Even The Amount of Books 'Under Review; by Texas Lawmakers
Translators Are Right, They Do Deserve More Credit Than They Get for Their Work
Museums Look to Only Fans as Instagram, Others Routinely Remove Artwork with Nudity
Sally Rooney Backs BDS, Halting Hebrew 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' Translation Efforts
Major Takeaways From 'An Indigenous People's History of the US' by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
12+ Nerdy Halloween Costume Ideas Already Designed to be Covid Safe
Prison Censorship Should Be a Bigger Discussion in Banned Book Week
Awkwafina May Have Forgotten Her "Blaccent," But We Didn't & She Was Finally Confronted on It

B.B. Alston's 'Amaris & the Night Brothers' Reminds Me Why I Fell in Love With Reading
Martin Luther King Jr. Made a Surprise Appearance in 'Fortnite' & We Have Mixed Feelings About It
How 'Free Guy' Subverted Tropes by Putting Friendship First
Twilight Saga Is Getting New(ish) Covers Almost 20 Years Later —From a Design Perspective, These Are Not Great
Romance Writers of America Continues to Celebrate Racist Conversion Stories

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