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  • Y’all Don’t Deserve Black Women

    One thing is certain. Y’all don’t deserve black women. On Tuesday the Alabama Senate race took place. Roy Moore, a repugnant alleged serial child molester who believes that women should not have the right to vote, civil rights should be scrapped and slavery was lit, lost by a hair. Doug Jones, Moore’s opponent, was carried…

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  • A Guide to Fantasy and Science Fiction Made for Black People, by Black People

    Last week, Marvel unveiled a line of Black Panther character posters that snatched the souls out of every living melanated human being. Black Panther (1966) was the first black superhero in mainstream American comics, later followed by characters such as Luke Cage (1972) and Black Lightning (1977). Although Marvel’s comics feature myriad characters varying in…

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  • Why Is Society Intent on Erasing Black People in Fantasy and Sci-fi’s Imaginary Worlds?

    Over the weekend I binge-watched 3%, a dystopian sci-fi Netflix original set in Brazil. The plot was rife with quirks and unexpected turns, but the biggest surprise of all was that the diversity in the show reflected the diversity in Brazil. The cast featured myriad shades and races, absent the stereotypical casting, such as the…

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Ashley Lyles is a journalist. She graduated from New York University’s Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program. She also studied professional writing at Michigan State University.