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You learned a little bit about the inner-workings of Pretty Dude creator Chance Calloway in his #RepresentYourStory article; now he’s back in a full-length interview! Pretty Dudes has recently wrapped its two-part season finale as well as filming for its theme song music video, all of which is available on the series’ YouTube page. Calloway, who…

Leave it to Twitter to do some expert POC casting. Hollywood, if you want to make your next blockbusters a success, you’ve got to see what folks are coming up with online, because ideas such as having Oscar Isaac and Ruth Negga as a new Gomez and Morticia Addams are casting gold. Twitter user @biancaxunise…

Into the Badlands, Season 2 | Episode 3, “Red Sun, Silver Moon” | Aired Apr. 2, 2017 Into the Badlands is a show that just keeps getting better and better each episode. As Daniel Wu said in his recent interview with Nerds of Color, he wanted to bring Hong Kong-style martial arts to America, and I dare…

Riverdale Season 1 | Episode 8 | “The Outsiders” | Aired March 30, 2017 AAAAAUUUUGGGHHH!!!! Yes, this is how I feel right now about Riverdale, and all of that got bottled up and compacted into this particular episode. Yes, Polly had her baby shower, she’s moved in with the Blossoms, Archie and Betty found out that…

#RepresentYourStory is back! Our latest entry into the #RepresentYourStory series is Chance Calloway, the creator the web series Pretty Dudes. In case this is your first foray into the world of Pretty Dudes, here’s the jist. Four good-looking, yet shallow guys (Xavier Avila, Tae Song, Kyle Rezzarday, Yoshi Sudarso) try to help their other good-looking friend (Bryan Michael…

Dear Hollywood: When we, the viewing public, say we want more diversity in our films, this set of photos is exactly what we mean. This December 2016 Vogue photoshoot features Oscar-nominated Dev Patel and model Imaan Hammam are giving you a full sweeping international romance in just a few stills. Check it: I happened to see the…

Originally published on Mediaversity Title: As You Are (2017) Director: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte ???? Writers: Madison Harrison ???? and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte ???? Reviewed by Mimi ???? Quality: 4/5 The film received rave reviews at Sundance, as well as a Special Jury Award, and has seemingly launched the career of its 23-year-old director. There’s much to laud…

Originally published on Mediaversity Title: Get Out (2017) Director: Jordan Peele ???? Writer: Jordan Peele ???? Reviewed by Li ???? Quality: 5/5 Get Out lives up to the enormous hype. A plethora of traditional film reviews can speak to the nuances of the writing, directing, genre-bending, and historical and social contexts, so I’ll just leave…

‘This wouldn’t have happened if they had country and western night.’ Richard Wortham, White Sox pitcher It was a muggy summer night in South Side, Chicago in 1979. In and around Comiskey Park, home to the long-struggling White Sox baseball team, the scene was one of total chaos. Thousands of working- and middle-class young men, predominately…

The need for transgender books is great, and the need is only growing, especially as children become more aware of themselves, their bodies and how they identify with gender. Jazz Jennings, a transgender teen girl who was the subject of TLC’s I Am Jazz documentary series, summed up why books on transgender characters and narratives are important. “Having…