Ellen Oh's Blog, page 83
May 28, 2016
nobilityreveals:
the-future-now:
Did you know a major...









Did you know a major environmental disaster occurred last week?Oil company Royal Dutch Shell has begun the massive task of cleaning up nearly 90,000 gallons of crude oil that leaked from a company oil derrick roughly 90 miles off the state’s coast, the Associated Press reported Friday. The poorest residents of coastal communities and Native Americans were likely to feel the brunt of this.
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Open Letter to Justin Chanda and S&S BFYR,
May 26, 2016
superheroesincolor:
Inside the Seriously Exhilarating Black...



Inside the Seriously Exhilarating Black Comic Book Scene“Ta-nehisi Coates’ Black Panther is the tip of the iceberg. With the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia this weekend, and Amalgam Comics opening in Frankford, the scene around comic creators of color is in full swing.“
“Black creators have been doing what they do for decades now,” Bill Campbell, publisher of Rosarium Publishing in Washington D.C. tells me “I think they’ve become more visib...
markishajubilee:
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officialspanishinquisition:
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if this nigga from a PG movie can understand it why cant yall
I still don’t understand what this is trying to tell though.
Is it “white people calling black people cute is not OK” or something like that?
Honestlyyes that is exactly it
white people are not allowed to call black people cute
we hate that shit
nicola-blank:
no shit
May 23, 2016
weneeddiversebooks:
“Every kid deserves to be the hero of their...
“Every kid deserves to be the hero of their own story.”
WNDB is so proud to present this video of Young Adult authors talking about why they write and who they write for.
May 21, 2016
thisiseverydayracism:
micdotcom:
CBS reportedly passed on...





CBS reportedly passed on Nancy Drew because it was“too female”So much for a modern, non-white take on Nancy Drew. The update was set to starIranian-Spanish actress Sarah Shahi, but CBSpassed because, despite testing well, it"skewed too female.” The network was deciding between Drew and Doubt — and went with the latter, which at least gives this a silver lining.
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK