The Dark Fantastic - (Postmillennial Pop) by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

The Dark Fantastic is a groundbreaking exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction, revealing the diversity crisis as not only a lack of representation but also a lack of imagination.

Through an engaging and provocative analysis of four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century, this book uncovers how these characters mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world.

But rather than simply decrying the problem, The Dark Fantastic offers a solution - through fanfiction and other modes of counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own lives.

As the author powerfully asserts, "we dark girls deserve more, because we are more." Don't miss out on this essential read for anyone interested in diversity and representation in media.