Terrell Page is a self-proclaimed “Blerd” from Magnolia, Arkansas. When he’s not pointing out the psychological (and sometimes literary) depth of children’s cartoons, he’s usually listening to music or playing Super Smash Bros: Ultimate. Terrell is an English education major.

“When I came to UA Fayetteville, I saw that some of the campus community was interested in understanding Black culture (as evinced by the fact that an amazing panel discussion about Black hair was held on campus during Black History Month). So, when UA started having diversity meetings and #BlackAtUARK after George Floyd was murdered, I thought, “since I have a platform in the Honors College, what is a facet of Black culture that I can introduce UA to that they haven’t already heard of before?” I also thought back to how, even as a child, the lack of Black representation in the media I watched—which happened to be cartoons, not movies or live-action shows—made me not recognize my nerdiness and my Blackness as synonymous. Keeping all that in mind, I decided to put together a way to help my audience vicariously live through my intersectional memory of being a nerdy Black child: this presentation.”