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What Grinds My Gears: Lack of representation in superheroes

What Grinds My Gears: Lack of representation in superheroes

Riley Villiers April 5, 2018
I work at a bookstore, and recently, I tried to make a display of superhero graphic novels that feature people of color. The Black Panther display had been up for a while, and I wanted to replace it with something that had a message equally as important and powerful.
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” is released to universal acclaim. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

INTERVIEW: Greta Gerwig discusses complexity, specificity in “Lady Bird”

Kaya Williams December 4, 2017

“Lady Bird,” writer-director Greta Gerwig’s widely beloved coming-of-age tale set in early-2000’s Sacramento, is a critics’ darling — one that just toppled 1999’s “Toy Story 2” with...

FRILOT: Wonder Woman: girl power with a side of sexualization

FRILOT: Wonder Woman: girl power with a side of sexualization

Madison Frilot September 4, 2017

Although I admit I’m a little late to the “Wonder Woman” craze, when I went to go see it, the movie theater was still packed — and when the credits rolled, the girl power chants that spread throughout...

The superhero epic “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” starring Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman, opens Friday in theaters nationwide. COURTESY WARNER BROS. PICTURES

REVIEW: “Batman v Superman” heroically disappoints

Alex Peña March 25, 2016

Director Zack Snyder is somewhat of a controversial figure among film fanatics. His highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes is “Dawn of the Dead” at 75 percent, while his lowest-rated movie is “Sucker...

FOX's new show "Gotham" revisits the Batman origin story, this time as told from the eyes of Gotham City Police Department Detective James Gordon, played by Ben McKenzie. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX TV

REVIEW: Batman begins again with strong characters on FOX’s ‘Gotham’

Felipe Belfort Marques September 26, 2014

Superheroes are kind of a big thing right now. They’ve already conquered the movie market and started making progress on video games, and recently, the capes have decided to come back to the small screen. While...

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