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  • We Need More Black Female Comic Book Characters!

    Chaka Cumberbatch, in a piece at xoJane, takes issue with the lack of black female representation in the superhero genre: “Quick — off the top of your head, no Googling allowed — how many black female characters in comics, sci-fi or video games are you able to think of?” Cumberbatch is encouraging the powers that…

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  • I'm a Black Female Cosplayer, and Some People Hate It

    Chaka Cumberbatch recalls at xoJane how the simple act of dressing up like her favorite anime character brought out some of the Internet’s worst racism. I got a crash course in this when in 2010, I cosplayed Sailor Venus, my favorite character from my favorite anime, Sailor Moon … What kills me is that in…

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