The Queen’s Journal is where critical thought and backed points live. It is the home for Mariam’s academic pieces, which typically consist of issues of race, feminism, intersectionality, gender identity, sexuality, and other social issues.
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Misogynoir and Visual Culture
Seen on the surface, but rarely beyond it— an experience shared by Black women, globally, one that diminishes, is reductive, and subconsciously influences the thought processes of media-consuming, life-living individuals. Misogyny is an issue that has transcended centuries since Western colonialism— women being deemed as inferior, and treated as such. Misogyny, like racism, has…
The Evolution of The Black Sitcom from Blackface Minstrelsy to Black Stardom: How did we get here, and where are we going?
The definition of sitcom lies in the name; a sitcom is a “situational comedy”, which entails a radio or, and most popularly, television comedy series that consists of characters that carry over each episode, typically centred around a friend group, family, or workplace. The idea around sitcoms is that the word “situational” acts as…
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