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Yesterday, a friend from childhood reached out to me, asking if I would speak at a Solidarity Rally for Black Lives that she helped organize. I am a multiracial queer black woman who fights against injustice whenever I am given the chance, however, my first reaction was to say no. Not only because of the pandemic that has been controlling our lives for months, but because I truly have not been...

I discovered my love for film production in my sophomore year of high school. Two years later, as I was beginning to think about college, I discovered a scholarship opportunity through a film festival called “Girls Impact the World”. The requirements were simple. Make a short video that addresses critical issues that impact women and girls. From a young age, I felt strongly about my power as...

Shakespeare’s play with perhaps the most modern relevance is probably not one you read in high school.  While Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet stand out as the most widely taught Shakespeare plays, there isn’t a play in his canon that shakes me more than Measure for Measure.  Measure for Measure is generally regarded as a “problem play”—a term coined to describe Shakespeare’s...

This is not what I planned to be doing. At fifty years old, I have a meaningful career where I feel like I make a difference in my community. I have raised three children to young adulthood. I am happy to spend my hours walking on the beach, watching rom-coms, shopping at the mall, eating ice cream at our local stand, or cuddling with my cats. In other words, I’m a pretty normal American...

Submissions for the first edition of Survivors to Superheroes’ literary journal opened January 23rd! In honor of this exciting new development, we interviewed Georgina Liucci, the director of our literary journal.  Laura: Hi Georgina! Georgina: Hello! L: I guess just to start out, tell me a little bit about yourself—who you are and how you got involved in the organization? G: I’m a...