#representation

#representation

I am so grateful that Disney continues to allow us to see ourselves through these Disney princesses," said Auli'i Cravalho, the voice of Moana. "And so, I hope you find the princess that resonates the most with you.

As a young Taiwanese girl living in the Inland Empire, former singer and import model-turned-writer Kaila Yu said she often felt uncomfortable in her skin, growing up around Eurocentric beauty standards. I felt like my features weren't desirable, Yu said of her childhood. I felt very insecure about all of that. The now 46-year-old L.A.-based author explores themes of sexuality and race in her debut memoir, Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty, out everywhere books are sold.

Among the gatekeepers of prestige and influence, diversity became part of the branding. Hollywood is committed to better representation. Major corporations issued statements on equity, integrating social values into their public image. Top universities centered their messaging on celebrating difference and acceptance. Together, these shifts created the sense that access had not only improved but had become embedded in the country's most powerful places.

In 2020, during the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter, the murder of George Floyd and a surge of Confederate statue removals, discussions about monuments became frequent in teacher David Felsen's New York City high school history class. The discussions struck up a series of questions-like who was the first Black American to have a monument in NYC, the total number of Black monuments in the city, or how many Black women have statues dedicated to them.

The demands here are clear: Put some Lulu on this butt. One of the big lies about rap music in the 90s and the 2000s is that only one or two female rappers could be successful at any given time.

Over the weekend, a private, family-friendly Drag Queen Storytime event at Holywood Arches Library, part of the EastSide Arts Festival, became the subject of targeted misinformation and online abuse.

The rebellious, radical Superman was dangerous. He could inspire. And so he had to be coopted.

Owning being trans has become a source of pride for Alex Consani, who feels empowered to embrace her identity and recognizes the strength in being different.

Caldwell stated, 'I thought, 'my career is over,' I was more worried about my husband than I was worried about myself.' Her fears were misplaced as she found support instead of rejection.

Matthew Carlsen expressed excitement for the opportunity to showcase under-represented groups in queer history through his portrayal of a female impersonator in The Gilded Age.

Growing up, I spent my summers devouring Children of the Sun and Great Kings and Queens of Africa. While my classmates were learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, I was curled up with books that introduced me to Mansa Musa, Queen Nzinga, and Kwame Nkrumah. Back then, it sometimes seemed I was just doing double the homework, but now I know my parents were planting in me imagination, belief in myself, racial pride, and truly resilient roots.

The tapestry unwraps the painted wooden skin of the chair into a digital texture made tangible through weave. The chair, a Shaker chair by Atelier Van Lieshout, becomes a canvas where this digital texture is traced back onto wood by the human hand.

You inspire fear in those that are afraid of being their true selves. I think that's the threat, your joy, and your radical bravery in living your life in joy.

When I first heard that I was going to play a trans woman in Squid Game, I thought it was a very good challenge for me as an actor to take up. But at the same time, I questioned myself. Would it be acceptable for me as a cisgender actor to play a trans woman character? So I had my worries. I had my concerns.

"Denim is a blank canvas and I can do whatever I want with it. It's my job to just take my canvas, that is a pair of jeans, and apply trends to it."

The second season of Netflix's The Sandman, launching July 3, faces the challenge of addressing Neil Gaiman's controversies while staying faithful to its source material.

It was pretty clear through the production of the first version of the film that [studio leaders] were constantly sanding down these moments in the film that alluded to Elio's sexuality of being queer.

"Specifically with Black girls, young Black girls, I really want them to tune in. This is something very important for them... I wish I had something like this when I was younger."

Glastonbury has faced criticism for its perceived whiteness, particularly noted by Lenny Henry, who remarked on the absence of Black audience members despite Black artists performing.

The fruit of your labor isn't just what you achieve; it's what you plant for others to harvest.

"In Korea, there are really not many transgender [people] who have come out and are actors, and there [are] just a couple of gay [actors] who have come out publicly, so it was physically difficult to find a transgender actor who could really play the role. It was, realistically speaking, nearly impossible."

Are representation and resemblance their own mandate of heaven? Or, as Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot puts it, what would happen if, just a few steps down the line of inheritance, there were a guy who loved being a little bitch in bed?

As anti-trans legislation and rhetoric continue to escalate across the U.S.-from sweeping state-level bans on gender-affirming care to renewed efforts to bar trans people from public life, nonbinary elite runner Nikki Hiltz and ACLU's LGBTQ+ rights lawyer Chase Strangio find themselves at the intersection of justice and representation.

Rosie Jones' new series "Pushers" aims to depict the struggles of being a disabled, working-class person in today's society, emphasizing the reality behind humor.

The visceral experience of live theatre, portrayed in Sucker Punch, was deeply impactful, making the audience feel as though they could step into the characters' roles.

According to Pride, episode one will be a sports-themed challenge, with queer, non-binary WNBA basketball star Layshia Clarendon serving as a guest judge.