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The Magic Negro in Sci-Fi – YouTube
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrtfMZY4KYs[/embed] In 2013 Dr. Shawn Smolen-Morton presents “The Magic Negro in Science Fiction Film: District 9 and the Alien Uncle Tom” during a Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium. It articulates a lot of what is disturbing to me about the Finn character in Star Wars, the Force Awakens. Gender-wise, the Rey character is just as…
Star Wars, The Force Awakens: A Review From Someone Who Isn’t a Stupid Herdbeast
(Spoiler alert!) I went to see the new Star Wars the day it opened. I’d hear a lot of hype from both the so-called left and right about how feminist and multicultural the movie was. Some were praising it. Some were condemning it. I wanted to see it for myself. Here is my impression of…
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