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WOC Wednesday: Yara Shahidi

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Yara Shahidi is this week’s WOC Wednesday honoree! WHOO!

WOC Wednesday: Irene Bedard

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Irene Bedard rules still, but she certainly ruled the ’90s.

WOC Wednesday: Grace Lee Boggs

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Today, I’m honoring a very important person in the fight for racial and social equality, Grace Lee Boggs!

WOC Wednesday: Amandla Stenberg

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The Hunger Games and Sleepy Hollow star Amandla Stenberg is this week’s WOC Wednesday honoree because she laid down the gauntlet on those guilty of appropriating at the expense of the lives of black people.

WOC Wednesday: Constance Wu

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It would make sense to make Constance Wu my WOC Wednesday honoree, since I’ve mentioned plenty of times how I’ve seen many similarities between her portrayal of Jessica Huang and my mom. 

WOC Wednesday: Eva Mendes

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I will start the afternoon off on a happy note since the rest of the day will feature READING OUT THE WAZOO. The library is about to be open. But not before we check out Eva Mendes and her incredible style.

WOC Wednesday: Taraji P. Henson

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It’s #EmpireWednesday and we’re all gearing up for the 2 HOUR SEASON FINALE of one of the most explosive shows TV has seen in a long time.  I would be a bit remiss if I didn’t highlight one of the biggest stars of the show and the show’s leading lady, Taraji P. Henson, aka Cookie…

WOC Wednesday: Nichelle Nichols

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Nichelle Nichols is such an icon for many reasons. Her Star Trek character Lt. Nyota Uhura is, of course, one of the few POC characters in sci-fi, but Nichols has also inspired countless black women and men to join the NASA program or live out their acting dreams (most notably, Mae Jemison, who saw Uhura as…

WOC Wednesday: Gina Rodriguez

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This week, I’m honoring Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez! Rodriguez has stated before how she’s very adamant about picking roles that don’t exalt stereotypes of Latina women. She’s hoping that her work will be able to help change the game for Latinos who want to see themselves portrayed fairly in the media. As she said to…

WOC Wednesday: Ava DuVernay

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We all know Ava DuVernay should have been nominated for a directorial Oscar, but the Oscars sought fit to deny her what she’s owed. One anonymous voter even said that Selma didn’t have any art in it (paraphrasing).

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