by Aiesha Little | Jul 8, 2020 | Fandom, Personal Stories, Sexism
SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little discusses jazz, gatekeeping and staying true to yourself in any fandom. I was a teenager when I started to like jazz. In high school, my marching band director played John Coltrane and Miles Davis in his office, the notes wafting in and out...
by Aiesha Little | Jul 1, 2020 | Comics, Fandom
Xu V. Chau serves as the model for the lead character in MeSseD, a comic book about a Filipino sewer worker named Lilliput, who unclogs sewer lines while fighting monsters. We’re sharing the post Chau wrote about Asian representation in entertainment for the...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 29, 2020 | Books, Fandom
SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little recently spoke with author/artist Sarah A. Macklin about her upcoming sword & soul novel, The Royal Heretic, which drops on July 2. They discussed her future plans, her favorite authors and following your dreams. Little: Tell us about...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 26, 2020 | #FearlessFridays
Every Friday in June, we’re honoring Pride Month by featuring a member of the LGBTQ community. Next up: actress/producer Ellen Page! Page, who has starred in films including Juno, Whip It and Inception, came out during a speech at a Human Rights Campaign event to...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 24, 2020 | Books, Fandom
If she had lived, science fiction writer extraordinaire Octavia Butler would have celebrated her 73rd birthday this past Monday. In 2016, SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little wrote about Butler’s impact on her life on the 10th anniversary of her death. Octavia Butler...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 22, 2020 | Fandom
Despite the fact that we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, playwright Ashley Lauren Rogers is finding ways to stay busy. SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little caught up with her as she prepared for a virtual version of her stage combat/wrestling show SCOWL: Self...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 19, 2020 | #FearlessFridays
Every Friday in June, we’re honoring Pride Month by featuring a member of the LGBTQ community. Next up: queer artist/activist Patrisse Cullors! A Fulbright Scholarship recipient, Cullors received a degree in religion and philosophy from the University of California,...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 17, 2020 | Fandom, Games
In summer 2018, 12 Cincinnati artists and writers got together to play Dungeons & Dragons, which culminated in Ral Buldhar, an art exhibition on collaborative gaming. SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little wrote the following essay as she wrestled with oppressive narratives...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 15, 2020 | Books
SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little recently talked to Leanna Renee Hieber, actress, playwright and author of thirteen Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy novels for adults and teens for Tor and Kensington Books. A four-time Prism Award winner and Daphne du Maurier Award finalist,...
by Aiesha Little | Jun 12, 2020 | #FearlessFridays
Every Friday in June, we’re honoring Pride Month by featuring a member of the LGBTQ community. Next up: animator/director/producer Rebecca Sugar! Creator of the wildly popular Cartoon Network show Steven Universe, Sugar came out as bisexual during San Diego Comic-Con...
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