A new study that analyzed hundreds of TV episodes from 2017 and 2018 found thatâwow, crazyâthe people who make TV shows are still pretty bad at depicting the lives of immigrants, and this oversight is especially bad when it comes to depicting Asian immigrants onscreen.
When the 44th season of Saturday Night Live premieres on September 29, with Adam Driver and Kanye West as host and musical guest, respectively, there will be a few new voices in the mix. Ego Nwodim has joined the cast as a featured player, and four new comediansâAlan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel, and BowenâŠ
At Monday nightâs 70th Annual Emmy Awards, diversity was a punchline. After an involved opening skit and musical number that referenced the diversity of the nominees, Regina King won best actress in the limited series category, ending a streak of white people winning, albeit briefly. Critical darlings like AtlantaâŠ
In its 102 year history, British Vogue has not had a single black woman on its September issue cover. This gloriously gut-wrenching record will be broken in September because the new editor-in-chief of the magazine Edward Enninful, has chosen Rihanna for the honor of gracing the cover of their September issueâ whichâŠ
The Trump administration wants colleges to adopt a so-called race-blind (read: racist) approach to college admissions, effectively revoking an Obama administration policy that encouraged schools to consider race in the admissions process as a means of creating more diverse campuses.
People who make movies donât always have the greatest esteem for people who critique them. And why would theyâwe suck! But it was still cool to hear that Brie Larson understands the struggles lowly, popcorn-covered film critics face, specifically those who are underrepresented in an industry that is startlingly whiteâŠ
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have announced that theyâre adopting inclusion riders under their production company Pearl Street Films.
The trailer for Here and Now, Alan Ballâs latest offering on HBO, is like a bizarre advertisement for liberal white Americaâs best intentions. Meant to be a show that examines the reality of being an American in the âhere and nowââa multicultural Benetton ad come to life, less melting pot and more chopped saladâtheâŠ
It seems like there are so many magazine covers to go around that publications shouldnât have an issue with finding space for women of color, but according to Fashionistaâs yearly report, a lot of them went to Nicole Kidman.
GLAADâs latest TV study found that LGBTQ characters will have a record high visibility this season, but that the majority of those characters are white and male.
Even as black creators and showrunners become more visible on TV, reports continue to confirm how much nearly every aspect of show production is still alarmingly white, including the writers rooms.
New stats on diversity in romance publishing make it clear that, while there are many voices working to make the genre a more inclusive place, thereâs still a ways to go.
According to The Fashion Spotâs annual diversity report, this past New York fashion week was reportedly the most diverse season in recent history. In the Spring 2018 New York shows 63.1% of castings were white and 36.9% were nonwhite. And for the first time in New York fashion week history every runway included atâŠ
As we coast into another fashion month, the luster of glamour feels duller than usual, and itâs not just thanks to the past year and change of handwringing reports and think pieces about the State of the Future of Fashion Week.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Lilith Fair, Glamour Magazine interviewed Sarah McLachlan and the other women (and men) who got the festival on its feet for an oral history, full of background tidbits, reflections on how far things have come, and how far there is to go when it comes to womenâs representation inâŠ
The Academy has announced that theyâve invited a whopping 774 new members this year, which is a record-breaking number for the institution.
The Oscars So White tragedy of 2016 made Halle Berry feel like her historic best actress win âmeant nothing,â according to Berry.
When it comes to diversity in theater, women and minorities are unsurprisingly underrepresented in the industry.
Season 11 of X-Files is set to premiere in 2018, following a not particularly memorable Season 10 revival of the old series. Showrunner Chris Carter reassembled his writersâ room to fill the ten-episode order, building on Season 10's six episodes. This year, he added some new people, with one thing in common.
Lisa Joy created the HBO hit Westworld, an entrancing series that has inspired a thousand Jezebel inquiries into how close we are to real-life robot sex. In a recent roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Joy expounded on the importance of creating opportunities for people with out a safety net.
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