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Black Women in Fantasy Saved Me Where Academia Failed

What I needed was a lifeline—a project that would make this whole thing feel worthwhile. Monica Lynne led me to that answer.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Jun 16, 2022

Arts & Culture | Columns | Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous

Cover Photo: Promotional photograph via Universal Pictures

What ‘Fast & Furious’ Can Teach Us About Women Who Reclaim Their Power

Letty Ortiz reflects back the best of our hero’s characteristics with fewer of the hang-ups.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Apr 07, 2022

Arts & Culture | Columns | Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous

Cover Photo: Promotional still via Marvel Studios

Zendaya is Not Your Mama’s Mary Jane

The Black leading ladies of superhero media haven’t always gotten the best deals. But like much of the comic book–inspired world, one change could shape the mythos for decades to come.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Dec 16, 2021

Arts & Culture | Columns | Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous

Cover Photo: Promotional photo via DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. Television

Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Unraveling the Myth of the Black Supermom

Nora and Iris West-Allen's fraught relationship proves that even we daughters often expect superheroics from our very human Black mothers.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Nov 04, 2021

Arts & Culture | Columns | Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous

Lois Before Clark: In Defense of the Superhero Girlfriend

Superman whomst? Lois Lane outsold.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Sep 23, 2021

Columns | Arts & Culture | Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous

Cover Photo: This is a photograph of one of the author's bullet journal pages. It's a calendar drawn out in dark blue marker, with flowers around the edges and a section for goals, to do's, gratitude, and notes

Bullet Journaling to Save a Life

After being diagnosed with bipolar II, I resolved that a soft-cover turquoise journal and a set of brush pens would guide me back to myself.

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Aug 09, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Writing Life

Cover Photo: on the left: a photograph of Dr. Eve. L Ewing seated in a chair, smiling and wearing a dark green and rose sweater; on the right: a Marvel comics illustration of Riri Williams (Ironheart) in flight; both images are set against a dark starry background

How Eve L. Ewing Makes Her Stories Fly

“I’m passionate about advocating for young people to engage with literature, with art-making, with storytelling, because those are opportunities I had at a very young age.”

Ravynn K. Stringfield

May 19, 2021

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews