Conference Review: Facing Race 2020
Co-Founder Vanay Smith reviews the Facing Race digital conference, for the good, the bad, and the best!
Read moreCo-Founder Vanay Smith reviews the Facing Race digital conference, for the good, the bad, and the best!
Read moreReview of Indie Comic Is’nana the Were-Spider: Showtime!
Read moreA Love Letter from Black Teachers During Distance Learning Look… we get it. We really, truly get it. You are not a teacher. You didn’t sign up for this. What the world is throwing at you right now is insane. You have to raise your kids during a pandemic already, and now you have to help teach them, too. That’s
Read moreEditor’s Note: Blerd Galaxy’s “Putting in the Work ” is a new column that highlights injustice in our community and lays out the pertinent details (the facts) before giving you ways to activate–to put in the work yourself. This moment we are in is not going to improve our society unless we all step in and put in that work.
Read moreI am crying as I write this. Not sobbing, but the slow, searing flow of tears that burn as they fall. I don’t have the strength to sob, and honestly, the burn is helping. It means that I can still feel something. This is not about me, though. This is about Chadwick Boseman. This is about the collective Black joy
Read moreA sneak peak inside of an SDCC panel deep on the intellectual and spiritual side of black art: Afro-Futurism.
Read moreRecap of SDCC Wednesday Preview Night programming for Comic-Con@Home.
Read moreI know. You are probably thinking, “What does education have to do Black nerd culture?” Education is not usually deemed a very Black space. That, my friend, is the issue. Academia has historically been a site of harm to the Black soul. This is not news to anybody Black, not even those of us who did well in that system
Read moreFor many of us in the nerd-world, July is our holiday season, and the third Saturday of July is Christmas. We prepare all year for this. We shop, create lists, and adorn ourselves with elaborate decorations. This is OUR time! San Diego Comic-Con: the Nerd Mecca. We lost our space. Now, what do we do when an evil virus
Read moreMeet Jonita Davis: Creator of TheBlackCape.com and Board Member of Blerd Galaxy!
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