Queer And Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives is a collection of interviews that author, artist, activist and podcaster Nia King has done with QTPOC artists (Nia notes in the book that QTPOC is pronounced “QT” like “cutie” and “‘POC’ as in Tupac.”) through her podcast, which you can find at her website. She had initially had the podcast interviews transcribed to make them…
22 Badass QTPOC Couples That Make Our Hearts Flutter
In the name of visibility and to honor queer and trans people of color relationships, we present this list of couples we know in real life and that make our hearts flutter on the TV and internetz. The idea for this post started in The Speakeasy Facebook group. Someone posted a link to a story about Brittney Griner proposing to Glory Johnson. In the comments section, we wondered if there were…
Also.Also.Also: Facebook’s Real Name Is Probably Gaylord Focker and Other Stories We Missed
Hello prized racehorses! I need to tell you something: I felt kinda weirdsad over the weekend so I reread Twilight and it went ok? If you ever feel weirdsad or whatever, Rachel has these words of encouragement for you. Here’s what we missed while I was finding a dry erase marker!
VIDEO + OPEN THREAD: Watch “Words With Girls” Now!
It’s finally here. Are you nervous? I’m nervous. I mean, this thing I made and am inis now on the internet and not the corner of the internet I usually inhabit even. Anyway, I’ll be here basically all day answering questions, chatting about the pilot, and hoping no one says anything too mean on YouTube. If you need to be prompted on things to say about the pilot, just ask, as I have lots of examples such as: “I found myself almost too distracted to watch because of how attractive everyone was” and also, “I’d love for this to go to series but who could possibly be on the writing staff when Brittani has a voice that is truly inimitable?” But those are just examples or whatever.
Comedy Crush: Everything Brittani Nichols Touches Turns to Hilarious
It’s been a while, but I’m still not out of nice things to say about Brittani Nichols. In case you’re new around here, Brittani is the writer-rapper-comedian who brought Words With Girls into your life (and TV). B’s production credentials include working on You Above All, The Lovely Rejects, Mimic, The Voice, and The Silent Thief, which I learned from her IMDb profile because she has one because she’s practically Hollywood royalty. She likes quesadillas and cider, hates hipsters, and is hilarious. Words With Girls premieres tomorrow on Color Creative TV.
How Racism, Not Shonda Rhimes, Created The Angry Black Woman
It’s not the first time New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley has come under fire for egregious fact-checking errors in major publications, but it’s certainly the most racist.
The Speakeasy Book Club Is Reading “Sister Outsider” And You Should Too!
The Speakeasy is starting a book club to read QTPOC-relevant books, and you’re all invited to join.
You Should Go: “Words With Girls” Premiere at Urbanworld Festival
If you are in or around New York, you can catch the Words With Girls “Pilot” before it’s available online. The show will be part of the Shorts Programming on Saturday, September 20th at noon as part of HBO and BET’s Urbanworld Film Festival. Tickets are available online now for the screening at the AMC Theater on 34th. Also, I’ll be there.
Comedy Crush: Silicon Valley’s Amy Aniobi
Amy Aniobi is a writer whose credits include Silicon Valley, The Michael J. Fox Show, Lisa and Amy, The Slutty Years, and Awkward Black Girl. She’s the bomb diggity and, I think, truly blessed now that she’s been referred to as such on the internet. She likes dancing and baking cookies.
How did you come up with the idea/unorthodox webseries style for Lisa and Amy?
I got the idea after a friend…
Drawn to Comics: Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s “This One Summer” is Evocative, Emotional
by rory midhani
Created by the unfairly talented cousin duo of Jillian (the illustrator) and Mariko (the writer) Tamaki, the same pair who brought us the wonderful graphic novel Skim, This One Summer shifts smoothly between feeling like a cool drink of strawberry lemonade on the beach, the uncomfortable feeling of sand in your shoes, holding hands with someone you love as you lay in the warm sun…
VIDEO: Watch The Official “Words With Girls” Trailer Now!
September 23rd, WORDS WITH GIRLS (written/created by me, Brittani Nichols) will premiere on ColorCreative.TV along with two other comedy pilots. Other places on the internet have called the show a “lesbian relationship comedy” so let’s go with that.
Pace, Micky, and Aspen are early 20-something, fast-talking, attitude having lesbians each with their own Hollywood dream but one crappy apartment.…
Badass Lesbian Latina Detective Renee Montoya is Coming to Your TV This Fall on “Gotham”
Detective Renee Montoya, along with the probably queer villain Harley Quinn, is one of the few characters created for Batman: The Animated Series that was popular and well-written enough to make the jump to the comics. Now she’s making another jump, this time back to TV, as she’ll be playing a prominent role in this fall’s new show Gotham, where she’ll be played by actress Victoria Cartegena.
Vic…
Black Advocates Address Stigma, Discrimination Around Breastfeeding and Black Motherhood
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This past week marked Black Breastfeeding Week, an initiative that began last year in response to the gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. Recent data from the CDC revealed that 59% of black mothers have breastfed, as opposed to 79% of Latina/Hispanic mothers, 75% of white mothers and 67% of Native American mothers.
Given that breastfeeding…
A Year Later, Still No Justice for Islan Nettles
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Almost exactly a year ago, Islan Nettles, a trans woman of color, was murdered in Harlem. She was attacked by a group of men who found out that she and her friends were transgender, and four days later she died in the hospital.
via NY Daily Post
The investigation into her brutal murder has been egregiously mishandled, a sadly predictable script when it comes to…
Lauryn Hill Breaks Down the Protests in Ferguson with “Black Rage”
Lauryn Hill made waves on the Internet this week when she released “Black Rage (Sketch),” a track written in the style of “My Favorite Things” that recounts various acts of violence and injustice against the Black community in America. The track finally puts to rest the empty calls for “peace” amidst ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri since the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
Hill …
