The Unstable Sexuality of Joji By Amanda Hudgins • November 19th, 2018 He’s got a dangerous sort of attraction, a wild romanticism that calls out for attention in ways that the standard Asian male stereotype isn’t necessarily ready to handle.
The Kentucky State Fair By Amanda Hudgins • November 5th, 2018 I’m one of those rural queers you never hear about. You haven’t heard of me, only of the places I’ve been.
Analyzing the Historical Context of The Last of Us Part II’s Violence By Hussain Almahr • October 18th, 2018 Colonialism haunts the post-apocalypse.
The Uncomfortable Thoughtlessness of Spider-Man By David Shimomura • October 2nd, 2018 Spider-Man works hard to portray Peter as a guy good, but it fails to find nuance in incarcerated populations, foreigners and the ecosystem of New York itself.
here’s 2300 words on twilight and new moon By Amanda Hudgins • August 27th, 2018 Twilight at its core, is barely functional as a romance, but deeply fascinating as a tragedy where two distinct cultures interact and implode around each other.
Procreation of the Wicked By Astrid Budgor • August 10th, 2018 “They rip him apart as he grins, nerve-endings aflame with the liquor of pain, finally accepting an eternity of obliterative bliss.”
Another Look Hood Cyberpunk By Yussef Cole • August 7th, 2018 Cyberpunk stories don’t generally want, or need, to change society. It seems, rather, that they’re perfectly content partying in the rubble.
Feature The Origins of Assassin’s Creed By Yussef Cole • June 26th, 2018 Yussef Cole explores the complex relationship between Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Egypt and blackness.
Exploits Feature Art vs. Artist By Khee Hoon Chan • June 1st, 2018 There comes a point where death is too good for the artist.
This Mortal Coyle Bea Santello By Deirdre Coyle • March 6th, 2018 My favorite of Bea’s qualities is that she’s tired.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Myth-making and Historical Accuracy By Reid McCarter • March 2nd, 2018 “Making Henry believable is a process of selection – of sorting out what’s important to Deliverance’s designers and what isn’t. It reflects, in its own small way, their priorities.”
