How Fan Culture Is Leading To Inclusion In Comics, Gaming, And Pop Culture

 

“Definitely I’d like to see more female led movies, I’d like to see an X-Men movie done right with Storm casted properly, but…I mean, when you look at Black Panther... T-Challa’s cool in every other movie he’s in, but five minutes into his own movie he’s getting ragged on and what makes him such a great hero are all the women he surrounds himself with. So, just seeing more of that, I mean, how many movies did it take for Marvel to make before we got to Captain Marvel? I mean that’s just crazy…” --Local fangirl Kristen Pacheco on her vision for the future of superhero(ine) movies.

In our fandom 101 discussion we chat about Kristen’s experiences as a queer fangirl of color and changes in representation for marginalized identities in comics, gaming, movies and TV. She introduces me to Ms. America Chavez, A-Force, B*tch Planet, True Romance and other comic franchises that center women. Writer/comedian Chris Thompson joins and shares on comic book history + his tattoo (it's relevant!).

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Thursday, March 14, 2019