Khalid Anas
Writer, researcher, and podcast host with a PhD in Media and Culture Studies; creator of the podcast Referential focused on pop culture, identity, and intersectional analysis.
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Jul 5, 2026
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way that that becomes applied to Marius, especially when it goes on to be contrasted with Monet, who is perfection.
Khalid AnasGUEST
I think there's also something really interesting about the fact that he was not initially a Black character and all of the stuff ended up being imposed on him in retrospect.
Khalid AnasGUEST
Because I do think that ends up creating a very interesting depiction of something we rarely see, like a Black Arab queerness that is in crisis.
Khalid AnasGUEST
And maybe that is because of my own positionality, I think, reading him as my own Black queer Arab person.
