Trope Discussions:
POC as Origin StoryThe Marginalised Swan Song
Privileged Actors Playing Minorities
Marginalised People Cannot be Confined to Niches
Romance: Persistence is Not a Virtue
White Knights, Easy Moral High Ground & Hollow Heroes
In Defence of Reboots
Terry Goodkind, Cover Art, Criticism and Purpose. And Being a Dick
The Heathers and Hollow Minority Characters
Which Characters Matter
Magically Mundane
Stop Celebrating Crumbs
Confederate: The Show We Don't Need
LGBTQ Marketing Ploys: Teasing & Exploitation
Yes, Cuba Gooding Jr did Assault Sarah Paulson
The Selfish Redemption
Themes Urban Fantasy Needs to Explore
Friday Discussion: Isolated Tokens: Being the Only One"
LGBT Portrayals: Blink-and-You-Miss-It
The Perils of the Fast Lane Dystopia
Voya Magazine's Biphobia and Continued Digging
Bizarre Decisions and Implausible Situations
Consent in Romance: Love at First Woo-Woo
Magic Plot Glue - a Lazy Author's Best Friend
The Horror of LGBTQ Inclusion: #GiveElsaAGirlfriend and #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend
Rape By Deception
LGBTQ Characters - Happiness is a Death Sentence
Marginalised Characters: Banished to the Plot Box
Prejudice Free Worlds
Quiet Portrayals of Minorities
Trigger Warnings
American Exceptionalism in Speculative Fiction
Mystery Shows: Madlibs as Plot
Meg Rosoff: Challenging Diversity in Children's Books
Making Sense of the Dimes and Nickles in Urban Fantasy
Tragic Love Interests: Tortured Pasts and Abusive True Loves
Paranormal Romance: Yet More Engorged, Throbbing and Fainting, Oh my!
Portraying Prejudice Well - Avoiding the Perils and Pitfalls
General Gary Stu: Righteously Commanding His Lessers
Where is the Penis
Hugo Awards 2016
The Hugo Awards and Various Repellent Puppies
Deadline's Bizarre Idea that Racial Inclusion is Going Too Far
Manpain
The Use of Atrocities in Urban Fantasy
What's Wrong with Bill Maher's Condemnation of Speculative Fiction
Super damsels - Strong Women in Peril
Virginal or Gently Used Heroines
The Potential of Urban Fantasy
Roles Only Cis, Straight, White Men Can Get Away With
Supernatural Love: Mighty Men and Fragile Ladies
Consent in Romance: Being Able to Leave
LGBT Tokens: Marketing Ploys, Hints and Broken Promises
POC as Other: The Foreigner, The Savage, The Non-Human
East-Asian Tropes in Urban Fantasy: Yakuza and Kitsune for everyone!
Mental Illness and the Non-Neuro-Typical in Urban Fantasy
Pilot Diversity and Minority Decay
Effortless Beauty: I know You Didn't Eat That Pizza
Raiding Non-Western Cultures for Exotic Monsters
The Problem With the Societal Default
The Art of Inserting a Token
In Fiction, No-one Is Forced by Circumstance
Urban Fantasy: Good Girls, Bad Girls and the Problems With Both
All Aboard the Redemption Train
Dystopians: The Leadership of Cis, Straight, White, Able-Bodied Men
Abusive Tropes are not Romantic
Top 65 Kick Ass Female Fantasy Characters - Looks Awfully White
Rachel Skartsen and the Mosaic Church
Boycotting Orson Scott Card's Bigotry - Skip Ender's Game
The Gay Comic Relief
Depictions of Nudity
The Possibility of Achieving Inclusive Conventions
Straightwashing GBLT Characters
Death of Marginalised Characters
Werewolves, They Just Can't Help It
Pet Peeves in Urban Fantasy
International Woman's Day
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Where The Exceptional Woman Falls Short
Marginalised Characters Do Not Define The Story
The Portrayal of Addiction in Urban Fantasy
A Weapon is Not a Strong Female Character
More Romance Tropes We'd Like to See Buried
Steampunk and the Nostalgic Blinkers of Victorian London
What Will You Do In A Dystopian?
GBLT Characters on our shows: What do you expect us to Watch?
Black is More Than for Mourning
There's Always an Excuse for Prejudice, Erasure and Tropes
Portraying Bigotry
Invisible Inclusion: Google the Minorities
Reverse Oppression, a Fad that Needs to End
Women in Science Fiction
There Can Only Be One Strong Female Character
People of Colour as Extras do not Equal Inclusion
Disney Princesses: New Drawings, New Problems
Vampires: The Duty of Conformity
Absent Mothers in Urban Fantasy
The Problem with Female Werewolves
Female Vampires: Children, Villains or Servants
Magically Diverse, Humanly Erased
The International Day Againt Homophobia and Transphobia isn't a Marketing Tool
When it Comes to Fantasy, TV and Film loses to Books
The Evolution of Snow White
Appropriation in Urban Fantasy Should Not be a Plot Point
Escapism When the Real World has too Many Minorities
Chekhov's Junkshop
Existence is not Entitlement, Erasure is not Acceptable
The Friday Discussion: The Mary Sue
Paranormal Romance: Engorged, throbbing and fainting, Oh my!
Traumatised Youth in Urban Fantasy
Paranormal Cinderellas
Mixed Raced Characters in Urban Fantasy don't Necessarily Constitute Inclusion
Vampires and Impossible, Timeless Beauty standards
Abuse as True Love in Paranormal Romance
Urban Fantasy's Guide to an Authentic British Vampire
Paranormal Steampunk and Dystopian Erasure - the Unpleasant Implications
Spunky Agency: Fake Empowerment and not-so-strong Female Protagonists
Self-Publishing: Sometimes the only Gate that's Open
The Problem with Fandom in Urban Fantasy
GBLT Hollow Characters: Lesbian Shark, Gay Uncle, Gay Maris
Romance Writers, Ink: Showing their Homophobic Arses
The Importance of Critquing Urban Fantasy
Series Discussions
The 100
Race on The 100
Race on the 100 #2
Alphas
Alphas: The Problem with Dr. Rosen (Alphas)
American Gods
American Gods: The Good, The Bad and the Awesome
American Horror Story
The Problems with LGBT Characters on American Horror Story: Freak Show
American Horror Story and Gratuitous Rape
American Horror Story and the Evils of the Sexual Woman
Ableism and Adelaide in American Horror Story
The Problem With Queenie on American Horror Story
Anita Blake Series
GBLT Characters in the Anita Blake Series
Women in the Anita Blake Series
Anita Blake Faux Champion of Sexual Agency
Argeneau Series
Homophobia in Lynsay Sands's Argeneau series
Black Dagger Brotherhood
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: Treatment of Women
GBLT people and themes in the Black Dagger Brotherhood
Blood Hunter's Series
Gender and the Problem with Marie Treanor’s Blood Hunters Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Billy the Vampire Slayer: A New Gay Male Vampire Slayer
Cassandra Palmer World
Responding to Author Comments on our Review of Masks by Karen Chance
Continuum
Continuum and the Ruined Setting
Da Vinci's Demons
Da Vinci's Demons and the Horror of "Gratuitous" Bisexuality
Defiance
The Women of Defiance
The Problematic Portrayal of Race on Defiance
Doctor Who
It's The 13th Doctor and We're Still Waiting
Doctor Who & the Importance of Bill
Dracula
GBLT Characters in Dracula: Playing Trope Bingo
Dresden Files
Dresden Files: Who Isn't a Sex Object?
Emerald City
and Gender the Good the Bad and the Mediocre
Falling Skies
Race on the Falling Skies
Race on Fallings Skies Part 2: White Heroes, POC Sabotage
Women on Falling Skies
Fear The Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead: Excuses for the Death of Black People
Does Fear The Walking Dead Have A Race Problem?
Fringe
Fringe and Astrid as a Disposable Mammy
From Dusk Till Dawn
Women in From Dusk Till Dawn
Game of Thrones
Rape on Game of Thrones
Motherhood in the Game of Thrones
The Disabled Can Play the Game of Thrones
The Complexities of Tyrion
Grimm
Grimm Women and Power
Adalind and the Rape No-one Talks About
Grimm: Oh Hell No
Handmaid's Tale
Handmaid's Tale and Race
Handmaid's tale and Complicity in Oppression
Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove: So Many Problems
Women in Hemlock Grove
The Hollows Series
The Problem With Trent and Rachel's Love Story in Kim Harrison's The Hollows
The House of Night Series
The Awful Misogyny of the House of Night Series
The Awful Racism of the House of Night Series
The Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen: The Good Kind of Poor Person
The Hunger Games Makes The Top Ten Challenged Books in 2011
A Sadly White-Washed Hunger Games
iZombie
iZombie and Playing with Identities
Lost Girl
GBLT representations in Lost Girl and True Blood
Hollow Characters of Colour on Lost Girl
Lost Girl: not as Gay Friendly as it Seems.
The Last Ship
Race on The Last Ship: Tokens, Set Decoration and Cheerleaders
The Last Ship: White Male Saviour & his Fawning Masses
Lucifer
Requiem: Lucifer
Fox's Lucifer and Sexually Predatory Behaviour
The Magicians
The Magicians & Gender
Inexcusable Homophobia of The Magicians
Mercy Thompson Series
Gender and Relationships in the Mercy Thompson Series
Midnight Texas
MMidnight Texas - TV series & Book Series
The Mist
The Homophobia of the Mist
Requiem: The Mist
Once Upon a Time
Requiem: Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time and Empty Characters of Colour
The Treatment of Regina
The Originals
Requiem: The Originals
Klaus and His Vagina Collection
Race on Vampire Diaries and The Originals
LGBT Characters in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals
Orphan Black
Requiem: Orphan Black
Outlander
The Feminism of Outlander
Parasol Protectorate
GBLT Characters in the Parasol Protectorate
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful and the Avoidance of LGBT Characterisation
The Women of Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful and Race
Resurrection
The Women of Resurrection
Revolution
Revolution and Race
Revolution and Aggressive Masculinity
Song Of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin's Poor Excuse for LGBT Erasure in A Song of Ice and Fire
Shadowhunter Series
Asian Characters in Cassandra Clare's Shadow Hunters World
Cassandra Clare proves that all Inclusion isn't Good
Sleepy Hollow
The Intolerable Treatment of Abbie Mills
Sleepy Hollow, Vanishing Diversity and an Angry Fandom
Sleepy Hollow: The Problem with Katrina
Star Trek
Star Trek Into the Darkness and Khan
Supernatural
GBLT characters on Supernatural
Supernatural and the Very Overstocked Fridge
Teen Wolf
Tyler Posey and the Sterek Fandom
Teen Wolf: Bromance is easier than Inclusion
The Wasted Potential of the Women on Teen Wolf
Women in Teen Wolf
Requiem: Teen Wolf
True Blood
True Blood, Dubious Consent, Abuse and Relationships
GBLT representations in Lost Girl and True Blood
Lafayette and Jesus continue to depress me
Chelsea Lately, Nelson Ellis and a Whole Lot of Problems
The Vampire Diaries
‘The Vampire Diaries’: What People of Colour Do When They Aren’t Snack Food
Race on Vampire Diaries and The Originals
LGBT Characters in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals
The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln Leaving the Walking Dead
Physical Disability on the Walking Dead
The Problem of Female Leadership on the Walking Dead
Problematic Motherhood on the Walking Dead
The Race Problem on the Walking Dead
Race on the Walking Dead: Part 2
The Walking Dead and GBLT Erasure - Two Awful Choices
The Walking Dead: Michonne and Her Zombies
The Walking Dead: The Problem With Michonne
The Treatment of Carol on the Walking Dead
The Walking Dead Cliffhanger - who will die?
The Implications of Glenn's Death
The Walking Dead: Rick and his Fan Club
Warehouse 13
Race on Warehouse 13
Wayward Pines
Women in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines series
Women and Death in Fox's Wayward Pines
Z Nation
Requiem: Z Nation
Zoo
The Women of Zoo
Requiem: Zoo
Cover Snark:
Who is this WomanCovers That Do It Right
Sometimes the Cartoon Wins
Why Did You Change the Cover
The Eyes Have It
Heroines on their Knees
I See You Heroine, Shakin' That Ass
The Longer the Series, the Less Clothes Women Wear
Cover Snark: POC Erasure
Same Book, 2 Covers and So Many Problems
And 2 Seconds Later, She Fell Over
The Hip Thrust
Dinner's up! Come and Get The Belly Meat!
Is There a Chiropractor in the House?
Just Plain Awful
Facial Expressions
Beware Vampires, we have cleavage!
The Shoes!
She Must Be Freezing
Deformed Female Bodies and Photoshop Gone Wild
Weapons are a Girl's Best Friend
Lurking Danger, Crouching Heroine
Bring on the Mantitteh!
Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer
Leather - the good, the bad and the unnecessarily sexy
When we Wish we Could Judge the Book on its Cover
Disembodied Women
That's not in the Book!
The Sideways View: T&A for Everyone!
Who Needs Clothing to be a Badass?
Oh The Thigh Muscles!
Who is this sex object and what did you do with my heroine?
Other Commentary:
On Creating an Inclusive FandomThe Beauty and the Sadness of Geek Culture
#HaleNo Review Black Out Link Round Up
Kathleen Hale: Stalking and a Community Problem
Goodreads, Badly Behaving Authors and Silencing Criticism
Nathan Branford, Stop the Goodread Bullies and the "Abuse" of Negative Reviews
It's Not Bullying to Point Out Oppressive Language In a Book Review
Stop the GR Bullies: Defending the Indefensible
Stop the GR Bullies: Stalking, Tantrums and Bullying
The Difference Between a Negative and a Bad Review
Author Drama and Class Acts
How Book Blogging Changed Us
At What Point Are Fans Being Screwed?
Why the Recent Upsurge in Zombies?
Reviewers Behaving Badly: Selling Reviews, Guaranteeing Praise
Amazon Selling Fanfiction
The Problem With Paid Reviews and Self Pubs
Our Wish List for Ebooks
What We Wish from Authors in the Internet Age
A Letter from Urban Fantasy Parents to their Beloved Children
Written-By-Numbers Drinking Game: Madlib Mystery Shows
Written By The Numbers Drinking Game: CW Shows
Written By The Numbers Drinking Game: Dystopian
Written By the Numbers Drinking Game: Urban Fantasy
Written By the Numbers Drinking Game: Paranormal Romance
Written By the Numbers Drinking Game: Paranormal YA
This is Your Life: Original Cindy
This is Your Life: Merle Dixon
This is Your Life: Lord Akeldama
This is Your Life: Rebekah
This is Your Life: Oberon
Navigating Through Race- The Plight of Storytellers of Color
Writing Horror While Female
Submitting a book for Review
Are We Too Tough on Indie Authors?
50 Shades of Hypocrisy
Why Author Identity Matters
Face Off: We don't Forgive You
Face Off: I'm Team Evil
Face Off: Show's We'll Miss, Good Riddence and Please End!
Face Off: Cliched Episodes We See Again and Again
Face off: Tropes We Want to End
Face off: What Werewolf Legend Should Not Be Missed?
Face Off: Which Vampire Legend Should they Not Mess With
Face off: Have Sex Later!
Kristen Stewart vs Movie Goers
Which Books do you Want to See on TV
Face Off: No I Don't Believe it
Face Off: Werewolf vs Werewolf
Face Off: The Infernal Devices vs The Mortal Instruments
Face Off: The Men Sookie Broke
Face Off: A Tale of 2 Henrys
Face Off: Worst Friend in Urban Fantasy
Face Off: Most Blatant Token
Face Off: Best Bro Team
Face Off: Worst Idea Ever
Face Off: Twilight vs The Hunger Games
Face Off: Andrea vs Andrea - The Walking Dead Comics vs the TV Series
Face Off: Musty Vampire Edition
Face Off: Vampire Villains
Face Off: Grimm Vs Once Upon a Time
Face Off: Elena Vs Sookie, Battle of the Spunkies
Face Off: Katniss vs Tessa
Face Off: Supernatural Creatures
What is Urban Fantasy?
