Alicia Wallace

Alicia Wallace

How "The Queen's Gambit" Makes Jolene the Black Girl Savior

How

“You’re all a bunch of f**king c*cksuckers!” That’s how we’re introduced to Jolene, a Black girl living at Methuen Home where Beth—the main character—is taken after surviving the car crash that killed her mother. She doesn’t get nearly enough attention in The Queen’s Gambit, appearing only in the first two and last two episodes to […]