From Mickey Rooney's Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's to Marty McFly inventing Rock'n'roll to Scarlett Johansson's suddenly white Major Kusanagi, media has been painting the town white for far too long. While some things get better, there are still a bunch of white folks saving everyone who isn't them and sometimes pretending to be people who don't belong to them. Let's talk about repainting some fences in something other than a white wash and discuss cultural appropriation.

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Here are a few links to check out:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/19/21142702/video-game-voice-actors-diversity-uncharted-wargroove-gears-of-war

Recommendations and Mentioned Properties:

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Overwatch

Parasite

All you need is kill manga

Ghost in the shell

Descender 

Unraveled 

*Disclaimer/Trigger Warning* Around minute 57 through about 1 hour minute 13 the gang talks about sexual violence. We take this topic very seriously but do think it is necessary to talk about during a talk about consent. 

On this episode Jordan and Leah are joined by guest Glynn to talk about the portrayal of romance and consent in nerd culture. This is a topic we all care about but know that nerd culture does not always handle romance and consent in the best way. 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Hey guys sorry for the late release this was 100% my fault - Jordan

On this episode we are joined by special guest Ryan and Karleen from InstantThreePlay to talk about gaming and the different perspectives that exist in gaming. It's a fun romp with some amazing guest, enjoy!

You can check out Ryan and Karleen at Twitch.tv/instantthreeplay

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Here are a few links to check out:

https://cs.wellesley.edu/~hcilab/publication/gender-games.pdf

This week we talk about female armor and costuming in video games and other media. We cover the over sexualization of female characters and define what is meant by the "male gaze"

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Here are a few links to check out:

https://www.filminquiry.com/film-theory-basics-laura-mulvey-male-gaze-theory/

https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-does-the-male-gaze-mean-and-what-about-a-female-gaze-52486

Sorry guys there was a minor tech issue, the episode is now fully there! Thanks for letting us know there was a problem. 

This week to break up all of the heavy topics we take time to talk about media that too us stands out. 

This media includes: She-Ra, Steven Universe, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Marvel Rising, Avatar the last air bender, D&D, Beastars, Horizon zero dawn and many many more. 

There is so much diverse media out there, it is our jobs to support and celebrate the media that gets it.

If you have any questions you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Representation in media is a topic that is constantly talked about these days. Some people say that things are fine, groups are equally represented in the media. Others think they are under-representation or the representation that they do receive in media is negative. So what does it mean to be represented? What does good representation look like? Where are we today when it comes to representation. All of these topics and more will be covered on today's Side Characters. 

Sources/articles to check out:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmwq3x/why-diversity-on-screen-is-important-black-panther

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/yougov-survey-film-diversity-1202719655/

https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/long-way-go-minorities-and-media

https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/mediarace/portrayal.htm

https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/mediarace/mass.htm

https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2018-2019.pdf

If you have any questions you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Have you ever been told you weren't a real fan of something because you didn't fit another person's qualifications. Have you ever had to prove to someone that you like something? This week on Side Characters we are talking about gate keeping in nerd culture. What does it mean to gate keep, and what can we do when someone is gate keeping?

A few handy links:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/08/the-gatekeepers-of-video-game-culture/?fbclid=IwAR0JD1fe3mjHFu5u5EAt6k_094ULXZkwVfwJ_qrH3Yb6qoHaMFu_zhWenOI

https://www.d10again.com/posts/2019/5/5/decolonizing-the-dungeon-gatekeeping

http://www.guidetoallyship.com/

If you have any questions you can email us @: [email protected]

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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Welcome to the side characters podcast. This podcast will be focused on talking about diversity in Nerd Culture. On this first episode we take the time to introduce ourselves and introduce the topics of diversity, nerds, culture and then nerd culture. We will be releasing episodes every two weeks, and further cover topics including but not limited to, gaming, gate keeping, and representation.

 If you want to shoot us an e-mail with questions, comments, stories, experiences, or suggestions you can hit us up at:

[email protected]

You can find Jordan on : https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

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