Conference Review: Facing Race 2020
Co-Founder Vanay Smith reviews the Facing Race digital conference, for the good, the bad, and the best!
Read moreFacing Race Recap: day 2!
A recap of day 3 of the Facing Race conference by WinC founder Regine Sawyer!
Read moreFacing Race Day 1 Recap
I didn’t realize that I was considered an activist until a few years ago. It was brought to my attention when I was invited to speak at the 2016 Facing Race National Conference over four years ago. The bi-annual conference brings together community organizers from across the country to discuss how to implement racial as well as gender equity and
Read more5 Films (and Shows) You Slept on, Way Before ‘Cuties’ Got Here
The current seems to be pulling away from the Netflix show Cuties written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré. It’s about a girl and her friends who want so badly to be “grown-up” that they pull examples of adulthood from social media. Well, it should come as a surprise that the girls end up mimicking provocative dance moves and behaviors, in
Read moreThat Time When The Blerd Galaxy Board was On a SDCC Panel
Remember that time when the Blerd Galaxy Board members were on an SDCC panel with Jules Rivera and Camilla Zhang? Well, we were interviewed by CNN reporter Chris Morrow after the panel. Our interview posted weeks later. We found it and now we are sharing it with you. Listen as Vanee, Marqueeda, Regine, and Jonita joined by Jules and Camilla,
Read moreBig $$$ News for Women in Comics Collective International
We are sending out a big CONGRATULATIONS to our mother company Women in Comics Collective International. They were among the recipients of the National Book Foundation’s Literary Arts Emergency Fund Grant Recipients. WinC joins other organizations such as the Third World Press Foundation, Kweli Journal, and so many others. Over 282 organizations were awarded a total of 3.5 million dollars.
Read moreComic Review: Is’nana The Were-Spider in Showtime
Review of Indie Comic Is’nana the Were-Spider: Showtime!
Read moreBlerd Galaxy Mini-Blerd Journalist Film Review: Phineas and Ferb Candace Against the Universe
By Kay, the 7th-grade Mini-Blerd Journalist! I just got the chance to watch the movie Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe. Everybody knows that Phineas and Ferb is a kid’s show on Disney Channel. It’s about two boys going on adventures throughout their summer break and annoying their big sister, Candace. The movie is only a little bit different.
Read moreDear Black Parents: We See You, We Hear You, We Are You
A Love Letter from Black Teachers During Distance Learning Look… we get it. We really, truly get it. You are not a teacher. You didn’t sign up for this. What the world is throwing at you right now is insane. You have to raise your kids during a pandemic already, and now you have to help teach them, too. That’s
Read morePutting In the Work: You Can Join the Fight For Justice for Breonna Taylor and BLM
Editor’s Note: Blerd Galaxy’s “Putting in the Work ” is a new column that highlights injustice in our community and lays out the pertinent details (the facts) before giving you ways to activate–to put in the work yourself. This moment we are in is not going to improve our society unless we all step in and put in that work.
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