The Subversive Boyhood of Steven Universe

Help me make more videos The Cartoon Network series Steven Universe is an adventure show about a boy with super powers derived from an interstellar gemstone in his belly. But in many ways its also a comingofage story about a young man growing up and trying to find his place in the world. In this episode we discussing how Stevens empathic superpowers function as a subversion of traditional boy hero tropes.