For decades extremist groups – especially the far right – have used gaming and game-adjacent platforms to try to radicalise gamers.
- Senior Lecturer, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
Recently, the cast of The Rings of Power announced a statement of solidarity against the relentless racist abuse against actors of colour on the show.
Sensitivity readers are increasingly employed before a book is published, if the author is writing about cultures outside their lived experience. But what exactly do sensitivity readers do?
Extremists have a long and successful history of spreading their ideas through fiction.
More than 60 million copies have been sold of James Herriot’s tales of life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales. What is the key to their continued appeal?
The Lord of the Rings paperback edition could be said to have sparked the commercial fantasy genre as we know it.
The medieval symbols at the US Capitol riots says more about modern racism rather than true medieval history. We must be vigilant about this symbolism.
The Oscars have become the focus point for a huge cultural conversation about Hollywood, race, gender, inclusiveness and diversity. Should Australians care? Well, yes.
Oscars nominations and winners this year offered an unparalleled level of racial diversity. In the headline categories, Lupita Nyong’o won for Best Supporting Actress, Alfonso Cuarón was the first Mexican…
Young actress Quvenzhané Wallis was one of many women subjected to derogatory misogynist “jokes” during this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. Those directed at her were particularly vicious. When the satirical…
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