I keep contemplating making a tumblr post on the theme of "that's not what 'coded' means!!"—but alas, I think this may be as unrecoverable as getting people to say "free rein" instead of "free reign."

Decimate!

I appreciate your comment since it had not occurred to me from the wording that the article could have meant "coded" in that very much looser sense of "gives me similar vibes to" (in which case it's still incorrect usage since the queer themes in Steven Universe were intentionally as textual as the network would let them!) and I extend great sympathies on linguistic drift that is stupid.