“It’s so important to tell stories about marginalized people, but if we tell stories that reduce them always and only to the ways they’re marginalized, it just perpetuates the problem.”
The upside of last night’s season finale? Thunder’s new motorcycle. The downside? It’s time to talk hard truths about the unacceptable double standard that’s happening in Black Lightning’s storytelling.
It’s a family reunion in National City as Lena is forced to work with her brother, and Alex meets the beautiful and hilarious Kelly Olsen. Oh, also, LENA WEARS A…
Plus trailers for Killing Eve season two, Gentleman Jack, Anna Paquin’s Tell It to the Bees, Ellen Page’s My Days of Mercy, and a little chatter about The L Word.
Supergirl, Dreamer, and Alex try to protect the people of National City as a Children of Liberty Rally, an Elite ambush, and a peaceful protest collide.
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