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Looking For Leia Debuts at Dragon Con

Looking For Leia Debuts at Dragon Con

Friday afternoon, Dragon Con attendees became the first viewers to see three episodes of Looking For Leia. The brainchild of director Annalise Ophelian, the docu-series explores the contributions and experiences of women and non-binary fans of the Star Wars universe. These fans are often relegated […]

NERDS OF PREY EXCLUSIVE: Getting Some (Pain)Killer Insight from Black Lightning’s Jordan Calloway!

NERDS OF PREY EXCLUSIVE: Getting Some (Pain)Killer Insight from Black Lightning’s Jordan Calloway!

With Jordan Calloway being upped to a series regular, we are delighted to dive more into Painkiller’s backstory on Black Lightning season 2. Nerds of Prey was on hand to get the scoop from Jordan himself about Khalil/Painkiller’s evolving relationship with Tobias Whale, his love […]

How Marginalized Cosplayers Are Finding Their Safe Spaces

How Marginalized Cosplayers Are Finding Their Safe Spaces

As a marginalized lover of pop culture, you tend to navigate fandom a little differently than the status quo. When the landscape is still largely cisgender, straight, white, and male, you end up having to cling to characters who don’t quite look like you or […]

A Fashionably Late Recap of FlameCon 2018!

A Fashionably Late Recap of FlameCon 2018!

August has come and gone, but it’s never too late to look back on the queerest comics convention in the U.S. — FlameCon. Hosted in New York City every August, this fully-volunteer run convention gives you panels, cosplay contests, and an Artist’s Alley that will […]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Power of the Marginalized Fandom

Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Power of the Marginalized Fandom

Hello, my name is Shannon and I was an active part of the humble, but loud Mindy Project fandom. Our ratings were always a source of stress (some might admit to stress barfs akin to Mindy Lahiri herself) and our expectancy of guaranteed renewal was […]