Resurrecting Legends: Is the Star Wars Reboot Gendered?
In telling the story of the group of Rebels who secured the plans to the Empire’s dreaded Death Star, Rogue
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Excellence in Diversity and Storytelling in NBC’s Timeless
When NBC announced one of its new shows for the 2016-17 broadcast season would be the sci-fi time-travel series Timeless,
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Story Group Members Talk Creating Star Wars and Roles at Lucasfilm
Star Wars Celebration Europe took advantage of the face time to highlight the diverse team working on the franchise with
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Building Character: Writing The Heart of the River
by Priya Chhaya “In every story that you read / A heroine or hero fills a need.” At the end
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1001 Knights Kickstarts Diversity
There a lot of Kickstarters that we get asked to share at FANgirl, and we try to limit those to
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Interconnectivity, Diversity, and Missed Opportunities: The Identity of Finn’s Opponent
During the First Order’s attack on Maz Kanata’s castle on Takodana in the second act of The Force Awakens, deserter
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Star Wars, Lupita Nyong’o and Marvel
Guest post by Danika McClure Lupita Nyong’o has had an insurmountable amount of success over the past two years, achieving
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Gwendoline Christie Talks Captain Phasma and Diversity
[tweet_embed id=645735408983146496] Gwendoline Christie may have run from red carpet questions about The Force Awakens at yesterday’s Emmys, but she
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Wizard World: The Chicago Recap
I heard someone refer to the Wizard World comic conventions as “signature-based shows”, meaning they’re mainly a show to go
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Alyssa Rosenberg: Reporter, Feminist, Science Fiction Fan
by Priya Chhaya There was a time a few years ago where I lived to get my pop culture commentary
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