The upside of last night’s season finale? Thunder’s new motorcycle. The downside? It’s time to talk hard truths about the unacceptable double standard that’s happening in Black Lightning’s storytelling.
May we all be the sex-positive gay older sister that Anissa Pierce reminds us to be, telling the little sisters in our lives to masturbate whenever they feel the need.
As much as I love Black Lightning, and in particular as much as I love their willingness to ground the supernatural within the – admittedly sometimes ugly – realities of black life…
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