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Exclusive Interview: Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn (“Lovers in Their Right Mind”)

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Lovers in Their Right Mind is a film looking to change the conversation about interracial and interfaith relationships. Much of the interracial conversation revolves around the black-white dynamic, even though there are tons of other types of interracial, intercultural, and interfaith relationships out there. Lovers in Their Right Mind, written by journalist-author Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and screenwriter Barrington Smith-Seetachitt,…

#YourBigBreak: NHMC TV Writers Program & the WIF Black List Episodic Lab

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You might have heard me speak on the latest Black Girl Nerds podcast about the horrific Sleepy Hollow ending (which resulted in the much controversial death of Abbie Mills). I said in the podcast that the entire trajectory of Sleepy Hollow and its fan interaction is a masterclass in what not to do when creating a show, and…

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“Sleepy Hollow” Post-Mortem: The Death of Abbie and the Painful Erasure of Black Women

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“Sleepy Hollow” Post-Mortem: The Death of Abbie and the Painful Erasure of Black Women JUST ADD COLOR’s Ghost in the Shell/Dr. Strange Roundtable Featuring Keith Chow and Claire Lanay

Mr. Robot & the Highly Sensitive: Elliot’s Complicated HSP Life

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Elliot Anderson is a fidgety, nervous, highly intelligent, strange, closed-off individual, yet he’s also the hero in the fight against debilitating capitalism. I’ve written for Entertainment Weekly how Mr. Robot‘s Elliot  (Rami Malek) is the Superman of the post-post-modern age, but in that article, I wrote about his superheroism from a costume history point of view….

#BeyondLabels: Fashion Blogger Freddie Harrel On Rediscovering Her Self-Worth

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Like a lot of sites focusing on diversity in the media, JUST ADD COLOR highlights a lot of stories about being defined by labels, particularly bad ones. So much in or society is dominated by how others see us and how each of us are portrayed in the media. That can do a lot of…

“Incredible Girl” Provides Space for Alternate Relationships

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Ready to learn about more than just the two-person relationship dynamic? If you’ve raised your hands, consider me right there along with you, because in the spirit of being well-rounded, I’m highly fascinated to see the new pilot, Incredible Girl. The webisode is created by Celia Aurora de Blas and Teresa Jusino (whose written work you…

#DifferenceMakers: 4 New Racial/Gender Representation Initiatives

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The #OscarsSoWhite controversy has shaken up Hollywood in one of the best ways possible. While there’s something that can be said for the lack of focus on other forms of representation in Hollywood (the media has been mostly focusing on the outward racial aspects and not other aspects of representation such as characters with physical or mental…

#DifferenceMakers: Madeline Stuart and Rixey Manor’s Bridal Photo Shoot

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Some photos from a bridal photo shoot have made the rounds, and they’ve got everyone talking. The photos, taken by Sarah Houston, feature Madeline Stuart, a model with Down syndrome, showcasing several wedding dresses in and around Virginia’s Rixey Manor, a popular wedding spot. Rixey Manor’s owner, Isadora Martin-Dye, commissioned the shoot and told Huffington Post UK,…

#DifferenceMakers: The Banned Lane Byrant #ThisBody Ad

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Women have enough trouble as it is, but we also face intense scrutiny with beauty and size standards. Even though there’s many different sizes of women and many different standards of beauty, women and girls have to contend with what’s always presented to them as the norm—being tall and thin (but somehow still buxom and…

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