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I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Book By Maurene Goo Reviewed by Valerie Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 3 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 4 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 3.5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes Desi Lee is Korean-American and most of the plot is about her using the Korean Dramas she watches toContinue reading “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”

Somewhere Only We Know

Book By Maurene Goo Reviewed by Anonymous Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 2 Gender Representation: 4 Socioeconomic Representation: 3 Mental Health Representation: 4 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes The two main characters, Jack and Lucky, are Korean but are from LA. The story takes place in HongContinue reading “Somewhere Only We Know”

Pokemon Sword/Pokemon Shield

Video Game Game Freak E/7+ Reviewed by Jesse King If applicable, the main character customization allows for a diverse range of options in… Race Gender If applicable, there are side characters who are diverse in… Race Gender While, this is Pokemon, so let’s face it, they aren’t going to go deep into social and politicalContinue reading “Pokemon Sword/Pokemon Shield”

Spiritfarer

Video Game Thunder Lotus Games, Nicolas Guerin 12+ Reviewed by Jesse King If applicable, there are side characters who are diverse in… Ability Body size Gender Socioeconomic status Mental Health If applicable, the storyline feature challenges that deal with… Ability Gender Socioeconomic status Mental Health Spiritfarer has you take on the role a Stella, aContinue reading “Spiritfarer”

Apex legends

Video Game Respawn (EA) 16+ Reviewed by Anonymous If applicable, the main character customization allows for a diverse range of options in… Race Sexuality/Gender presentation Gender If applicable, there are side characters who are diverse in… Race Sexuality/Gender presentation Body size Gender Mental Health One of the characters is gay. Another character is agender. Sources:Continue reading “Apex legends”

Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery

Video Game Jam City and Portkey Games 12+ Reviewed by Valerie If applicable, the main character customization allows for a diverse range of options in… Race Sexuality/Gender presentation Gender If applicable, there are side characters who are diverse in… Race Sexuality/Gender presentation Ability Gender Mental Health If applicable, the storyline feature challenges that deal with…Continue reading “Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery”

The Vanishing Half

Book By Brit Bennett Reviewed by Anonymous Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 3 Body Size Representation: 3 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 5 Mental Health Representation: 4 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: No Brit Bennett delves into various aspects of race and how those aspects have far reaching impacts. She discusses manyContinue reading “The Vanishing Half”

South Park

TV Show TV MA By Matt Stone and Trey Parker Reviewed by Anonymous Racial Representation: 3 LGBTQ+ Representation: 2 Disability Representation: 3 Body Size Representation: 1 Gender Representation: 4 Socioeconomic Representation: 5 Mental Health Representation: 3 Religious Representation: 3 Own Voice: There are so many main characters but the most important are all white andContinue reading “South Park”

Community

TV Show TV 14 Created by Dan Harmon Reviewed by Anonymous Racial Representation: 4 LGBTQ+ Representation: 1 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 1 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 3 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 5 Own Voice: No **Contains Spoilers** Community is a show set in a Community College that centers around aContinue reading “Community”

More Happy Than Not

Book By Adam Silvera Reviewed by Valerie Racial Representation: 4 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 4 Body Size Representation: 1 Gender Representation: 3.5 Socioeconomic Representation: 5 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes CW: This book deals with suicide **Contains Spoilers** The main character Aaron Soto is a Latinx teenager living inContinue reading “More Happy Than Not”