The ”light female, dark male” trope is so entrenched in popular culture that it’s hard to ignore it. From cartoons and comics to books and movies, female animals, aliens, monsters and fantastical/mythical creatures tend to have lighter fur, feathers, skin or scale on their bodies than male animals, aliens, and mythical creatures. This is not … Continue reading Nnedi Okorafor wants us to destroy the ”light female, dark male” trope that has pervaded books and movies