Black People in Popular & Media Fandom

Originally, I started this Tumblr blog as a way to track African American and audiences of color's engagement with fandom. As many of you know, fandom studies remain a largely white audience centered phenomena. My interest was in the conversation taking shape around race and sexuality in fandoms. My project never launched, instead I focused on the idea of using Tumblr as a repository space for reaching communities that are traditionally not well represented in traditional archival spaces. While I am still interested in fan-fiction, popular culture, and communities of color, my energies are channeled into other areas right now I work as a Humanities Librarian at a Urban institution, and I am loving every minute of it!!!

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finally finished my 2nd #SixFanarts challenge. Can’t have too many Jason Todds.

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I wanna do this again, but with Dick this time

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I know it’s been a minute. To be frank… this is the first Bounce comic of 2020. Been skating these social media streets and I see trend happening. Hope y’all enjoy. . . . . . #webcomic #wacom #wacommsp13 #clipstudiopaint #politics #comic #chuckcollins #bouncethecomic https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YcBAiBL11/?igshid=1v8nsashdiqz3

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White feminists managed to make Nia Wilson’s death about themselves, attacked Black women who created safe spaces | AFROPUNK

By Nikki Fowler*/ GlitterMagRocks.com, AFROPUNK Contributor Nia Wilson was standing on a Bay Area Rapid Transit station platform in Oakland, California, Sunday night when she was stabbed to death in an apparently unprovoked attack. Wilson and her 26-year-old sister Lahtifa Wilson were transferring at the MacArthur BART station when John Cowell allegedly walked up and …

I had not heard about this case until now.

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He right, I agree.

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This is the latest installment in a month long campaign. 

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Femme Noire: Honor Black women with France-based singer Sandra Nkaké’s haunting new visuals | AFROPUNK

AFROPUNK Paris 2018 performer Sandra Nkaké denounces the violence women face, and celebrates her ancestors in her latest video ‘Femme Noire’. #InternationalWomensDay

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Black People in Popular & Media Fandom turned 2 today!

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Black Women Deserve WAY More Credit for Their Contributions to Feminism

Let's amplify their stories.

Worth the read.

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22 Black Romance Novelists Who Are Not Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins writes amazing historical romance, but there are black romance writers in every sub-genre. Start with these!

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This Month (And Every Month), Black Sci-Fi Writers Look To The Future

For years, black authors stood out in science fiction and fantasy because there were so few. Now, says Alaya Dawn Johnson, though there are still obstacles, black authors are making themselves heard.

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A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction

Support our Kickstarter campaign for POC Take Over FSI, edited by Nisi Shawl. by Nisi Shawl As I write this it’s February — Black History Month in the U.S. and Canada — for a few more days. As you read it, that official month is officially over. But just as black history didn’t just occur in