Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Intro: From the Top
Re-Definition: Nerd Isn't a Person, It's a Spectrum
It's Time We Stop Pretending That Simba Wasn't Garbage in "The Lion King"
Raising the Avatar: No One Woman of Color Should Have All Them Haters
You Can't Win When Escapism Won't Let You Escape
"Into the Spider-Verse" Got Three Moments Better Than the Best Moment of Your Favorite Comic Book Movie Not Named "Into the Spider-Verse"
I Hate It Here: "Food Wars" Would Be the Most Annoying Anime to Live In
Y'all Gotta Chill with the Slander and Let Batman Cook

What Happens to a New Fictional Black Character Deferred?
Two Dope Boys and a Comic Book: The Superhero Fade Heard Round the Multiverse
My Theory on How Black Folks' Black Card Actually Works
Top Five Dead or Alive: Tai Lung ("Kung Fu Panda")
"Green Lantern" Comics Have Low-Key Been Tackling Police Accountability for a Minute
The 2000s and 2010s Golden Era of TV Gave Us a Lot of Great Television and Made Me So Damn Tired
"Craig of the Creek": When We See Us
The Disney Two-Step
Y'all Mind if I Wyl Out over Black Love and POC Love Real Quick?

Whenever I Watch "Underworld", I Feel Like Kate Beckinsale Wants to Break Up with Me
An Open Letter to Gohan: You Gonna Stop Being Trash Anytime Soon or Nah?
The Want to Protect Taraji's "Proud Mary", Critiquing the Choir, and How We Judge Black Art
For Dark Girls Who Never Get Asked to Play Storm
How My Black Ass Would Survive Every Horror Movie
Jordan Peele Should Get His Flowers while He's Here
Top Five Dead or Alive: Red Hood in the DC Animated Universe
If My Black Ass Was Enrolled in the X-Men's School, Charles Xavier Would Have Been Fed Up

"Go On": An Evergreen Comedic Series That Helped Me Navigate Loss
The Sobering Reality of Actual Black Nerd Problems
Bury the Stringer Bell but Let Idris Live
An Open Letter to the Starks: Y'all Should've Taken Better Care of Your Direwolves
"Haikyuu!!" Roughly Translated Means "Ball Is Life"
I Read Mark Millar's "Jupiter's Legacy" and I Saw the Father I Am and the Father I Hope I Never Have to Be
"Hajime no Ippo" Is Just a Manga about Boxing but I'm Over Here Crying My Guts Out
Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Our Lord and Savior Aloy from "Horizon Zero Dawn'?

Two Dope Boys and Movin' Weight with Pusha T's "Daytona"
Killing Floor: Navigating Real-World Gun Violence as a Hardcore Gamer
"Hamilton" and the Case of Historical Fanfics
Graduating to the Grown Folks' Table: I Finally Learned How to Play Spades
Two Dope Boys and an- Oh My God, the Flash Got Fucked Up!
Black Nerd Crush Blues: Myra Monkhouse Deserved Way Better
The Push and Pull of Watching "Mad Men' while Black
"Mario Kart" Reveals Who You Truly Are
Top Five Dead or Alive: Monica Rambeau (Marvel Comics)
On Hope, Escapism, and Attrition Discussed Between Black Men