A.W. has been blogging about animation for almost ten years. Someone told her having your own site looks a bit more professional then just using blogspot. So, this is where she will be updating old and dusty posts, and adding new stuff.
Publications:
“ParaNorman’s Mitch: The First Family-Friendly Gay Animated Character“published in AWN: Animation World Magazine. May 15th, 2013.
“Zootopia’s Judy Hopps: A Unique Female Protagonist in a World of Animated Men” published in AWN, June 8th, 2016.
“10 Star Trek Facts You Probably Didn’t Know” video script Trek Culture, April 30th, 2020.
Articles Cited In Other Publications:
“Cartoon Closet Part 2: They Totally Exist (but not officially)” cited in the New York Times article: Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics, by Dave Itzkoff. February 19th 2013.
“Fact Check: Only 13 Female Protagonists” cited in French artist Mirion Malle’s comic:l’imporance de la representation dans les medias. July 21st, 2014.
“Male Duo: Jumba and Pleakley (part the second)” cited in Avery Delany’s YouTube video: Queer Coding in Disney. September 24th, 2017.
“Double Coded and Gay Coded Characters” cited in the aplus article: The Erasure Of LGBTQ Characters In Children’s Media Goes Beyond Bert And Ernie, by Jill O’Rourke. October 11th, 2018.
“Double Coded and Gay Coded Characters” cited in the book: Perspectives on Play: Learning for Life, 3rd Edition, by Avril Block, Pam Jarvis, and Yinka Olusoga. December 6th, 2018.
