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Women are sometimes afraid to attach themselves to feminism because they are afraid of what that could mean for them. The whole conversation is changing. It’s not feminism of the past, it’s what is happening now. It’s how we are treating each other and what we are acknowledging as something or not. Just because you don’t acknowledge something doesn’t mean it’s not happening. We have not broken through the glass ceiling in a lot of places. Changes are not easy to bring about and it takes people bravely going into it and fighting for it. Collaborating is really the key. So often in the places where women have been able to rise, that has opened up the door for other women to come through. 
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“In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there no how. I can’t seem to get over that line.’ That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s. And let me tell you something. The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here’s to all the writers, the awesome people… People who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman. To be black.”

Viola Davis’ acceptance speech for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 67th Emmy Award Show

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Spectrum (Monica Rambeau)  //  Marvel Comics  

“One of the most powerful people walking around the Marvel universe is Monica Rambeau, a dark-skinned woman of color that’s been in the game for years. Recently she has become more of a household name, with her leading the latest incarnation of Mighty Avengers. 

Those in the know, know she doesn’t take any shit. Monica Rambeau is somewhere between the Rihanna and the Jean Grae of Marvel. She strokes no egos, calls you on your shit, and is written with the sharpest of wit/ sarcasm (and not in the sassy Black friend way, ever). She has been a leader of The Avengers, has one of the most powerful abilities around, and has been rocking her hair natural for years (more on that later).

 Monica is one of the best to ever do for women of color in comics when it comes to representation. So let’s get more acquainted with Monica Rambeau…”

“When it comes to powerful women of color in Marvel, nah fuck that comics in general, y’all goin’ start giving my girl Monica Rambeau the respect she deserves”  - Omar Holmon

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NETFLIX AND MARVEL’S FIVE-SHOW PLAN

Daredevil has already launched on Netflix with the first season getting a lot of critical acclaim. A second series is currently filming but there’s plenty more in the pipeline from the Marvel-Netflix team-up. 

We prepare for the arrival of Marvel’s Defenders on Netflix – a sequence of limited series that will lead into a ‘team event’.  So who are they and what shows will they get?

Matt Murdock is a man who was blinded as a young boy but gifted with extraordinary senses. After his father was murdered by mobsters, Murdock dedicated his life to fight injustice in New York City as a lawyer by day, and by night as a vigilante known as Daredevil. (2015)

Jessica Jones is the superheroine formely known as Jewel. Jess also did a brief stint as Knightress, and has also gone by Power Woman. (Her powers, are strength, durability and flight — which she gained when the car that her family was in crashed into a military convoy carrying radioactive chemicals.) She’s an ex-superhero turned private investigator. She can be reckless, she can be stubborn, she can be a mess. (2015)

Luke Cage, wrongly convicted and unjustly imprisoned, was altered in a failed prison experiment that granted him bulletproof skin and superhuman strength. With his street smarts, and unending determination to do right, he fights for the common man! (2016)

The latest in a long line of warriors who wielded his power against the wicked, Danny Rand is the Immortal Iron Fist. Protector of the mystical city of K'un Lun, he channels a soul of a dragon making his fists like unto iron. The power of the Iron Fist allows Rand to concentrate his chi in his fist, giving him super strength and focus – though its use leaves him physically and mentally drained for a time. He’s a highly skilled martial artist, and possesses the ability of telepathy and mind fusion. (2016)

  • THE DEFENDERS will be the last show to appear on Netflix once the other characters have been introduced. This is a team-up of Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones.