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A Conversation with ‘His House’ Screenwriters Felicity Evans & Toby Venables – Part 1

Earlier this month, we had the fortune of interviewing Felicity Evans and Toby Venables, screenwriters of Netflix’s new horror film His House, which is set for release on October 30. The shared tidbit...

Chai & Cocktails Guest Spotlight: America Young

With an impressive resume of voiceover work that includes Archie Comics’ Betty Cooper, Howleen Wolf and Toralei Stripe on Monster High, Barbie herself in the Barbie franchise, and most recently as Bat...

Interview with Andrea Stewart on “The Bone Shard Daughter”

On September 8, the Asian-inspired epic fantasy The Bone Shard Daughter was released into the world. I sat down with the author, Andrea Stewart, to discuss her debut, diversity in the fantasy genre, a...

Jumbies of the West Indies

The world of Caribbean folklore is filled with tales of creatures that lurk in the shadows, waiting to wreak havoc and make mischief. These creatures are known as jumbies and they manifest in all shap...

Chai & Cocktails Guest Spotlight: Suzie McGrath

Voice talent Suzie McGrath is a multiracial British actor known for her role as Tam Ryvora in Star Wars Resistance. She also starred as Kimberly in Kobe Bryant’s hit children’s podcast, Th...

Animation Goes BOOM… In a Good Way

The pandemic brought the entertainment industry to a screeching halt back in March. But there was one part of the industry that remained largely untouched: animation. That’s right, cartoons have final...

Chai & Cocktails Highlights: Voice Talent & Diversity

The Brown Geek team at Avaaz recently held our inaugural Chai and Cocktails panel and sat down with voice talents Suzie McGrath, America Young and Christopher Sean to talk about diversity in the voice...

The Erasure of Apu and Other Changes in Animation Representation

The world of animation has always been a colorful and imaginative industry. Yet it still faces several challenges when it comes to racial inclusion, especially behind the scenes. Recently, however, th...

Interview with K.S. Villoso on ‘The Ikessar Falcon’

K.S. Villoso is the author of the acclaimed Chronicles of the Bitch Queen fantasy series, which began with The Wolf of Oren-Yaro and continues with a sequel this fall. I sat down with her to discuss t...

Robert Rodriguez and Latin Representation

Things on the big screen might seem to be diverse now. Or at least, getting more so. But it wasn’t always like that. It may be hard to imagine, but just 20 or so years ago, seeing Brown (much less, La...

India’s First Graphic Novel ‘River of Stories’ Makes a Comeback

India’s pioneering graphic novel River of Stories is all set to be reprinted. Creator Orijit Sen made the revelation in an interview with Eye on Design magazine. Published in 1994, River of Stories wa...

Animation Still Needs More People of Color Behind The Scenes

The animation industry has definitely made strides in the last few years when it comes to diversity and inclusion. TV shows and films like Coco, She Ra and the Princesses of Power, The Bravest Knight,...

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