African Futurist Nnedi Okorafor Tells an Immigrant Story in LaGuardia

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

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Why It Matters That the Little Mermaid Is Black

ShareTweetPinterest 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.

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Best gifts for Lord of the Rings fans that aren’t a gold ring

One 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

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The Species That Inspired Dr Seuss “The Lorax” Change The Story’s Meaning

The 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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