One Race to Not Rule Them All‘Rings of Power’ Complicates Orcs — And That’s a Good Thing Orcs were canonically an irredeemably evil race. In Rings of Power, they’re a vilified race socially constructed as evil. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
The Shadows of PrejudiceFans Think ‘Lord of the Rings’ Prequel Is ‘Too Woke,’ but It Shows How Fantasy Fandom Gives Way to Bigotry The controversy around the ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel highlights the ways in which fantasy fiction is gatekept in the name of preserving the sanctity of lore. By Saumya Kalia
Game of Bores‘House of the Dragon’ Could Either Redeem or Repeat Fantasy Genre’s Girlboss Heroine Problem The series premier ruminates on the meaning of power as it relates to gender -- and offers hints of a promise that GoT failed to live up to. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
