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February 13th, come celebrate Black History Month with us for an all-star performance of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made.
Along with the performance will be a panel discussion on the state of women and girls of color in Hollywood and media led Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
...One of our brilliant panelists will be Courtney Parker, a writer who wrote and worked for seven years with TV’s #1 franchise, Law & Order. While at Wolf Films, Parker also wrote the novella series for Wolf Film’s newest Chicago based franchise, Chicago Fire.
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A cool illustration of how we must eliminate unconscious Gender Bias in Advertising @GDIGM research presentation by @MEH3113 illustrated by @annedrawn for @NYWICI Mary Ellen Holden
✨ Don't miss out on our next event! ✨
February 13th, come celebrate Black History Month with us for an all-star performance of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made. Along with a panel discussion on the state of women and girls of color in Hollywood and media led Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Meet the actors!
...Joni Bonvill
After a long and successful career in marketing and human resources in the Silicon Valley, Joni stepped out on faith to pursue the entertainment industry and she now has several film, TV, voiceover and commercial credits. Currently recurring on Amazon’s hit series Bosch, upcoming projects include the Netflix film Come Sunday and TV shows Shameless and 9-1-1.
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Longtime Warner Bros TV PR executive Tammy Golihew has joined Amazon Studios as Director of Publicity. #SHESGOTDRIVE
“The role of the publisher has never been so exciting. I am excited to continue to grow our artists’ careers and our business internationally, and to embrace the changing media landscape and all the opportunities it creates for our writers.”
✨ Don't miss out on our next event! ✨
February 13th, come celebrate Black History Month with us for an all-star performance of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made.
The performance will feature award-winning actors, Mr. Obba Babatunde (Bold & Beautiful, Dreamgirls), Ms. Cheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha, Dreamgirls), and Ms. Fredericka Meek (General Hospital) along with a panel discussion on the state of women and girls of color in Hollywood and media led Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the ...Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Meet the actors!
Recently, Obba won the Daytime Emmy Award for his outstanding performance in the Daytime Drama Series The Bold and The Beautiful as well as the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the PVIFF and the coveted NAACP “Trailblazer Award.” Obba just completed filming four primetime series: NETFLIX’S acclaimed series Dear White People, SHOWTIME’S powerful series, I’m Dying Up Here, Detroiters on Comedy Central and CBS’ Madam Secretary.
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Big cover reveal! Introducing Kazoo magazine #08, The Magnificent Mistakes Issue (March 2018, 64 pages, no ads)
Our daughters learn from a very early age that t...hey need to be perfect to be worthy, and that lesson is as harmful as it is hard to shake. (It’s why studies show that adolescent girls stop speaking up in class, why women don’t apply for jobs they’re qualified for, why fashion magazines run the same stories on getting bikini bodies every single year.) Kazoo #08, The Magnificent Mistakes issue, is the antidote to this perfectionism, and it’s all about how mistakes make us stronger. Some highlights:
•Read an original short story about a girl who lost her cat by 5x Pulitzer Prize nominee Joyce Carol Oates
•Get advice from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on why you should never let the fear of making a mistake silence you
•Lead the world's best skateboarder Lizzie Armanto through a skate-park-themed maze
•Bake ridiculously adorable and tiny cookies with legendary baker and 5x James Beard Award winner Dorie Greenspan (who once burned down her parents' kitchen!)
•Design and build DIY toys—a pom-pom catapult, a balloon-powered car and a marble rollercoaster—with top engineers, including NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Laurie Grindle, Toyota's Jackie Birdsall and roller coaster engineer Anya Tyler of Skyline Attractions, LLC.
•Learn about geodes and then grow your own rock-candy versions with Harvard geologist Raquel Alonso-Perez, Ph.D.
•Read about chef Julia Child, who once flubbed her flip on live TV, in a comic by NYT bestseller Lucy Knisley
•Make your own Wabi-Sabi-inspired rock towers and discover the beauty of imperfections with award-winning author (and Zen priest) Ruth Ozeki
•Memorize a funny joke by comedian Aparna Nancherla, star of Comedy Central's new show, Corporate
•Doodle a labyrinth to help you find calm with labyrinth researcher Donna Zucker, R.N., Ph.D., Professor of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
•Learn about the scientific method and how mistakes move science forward (by doing your own experiment) with Amy Vollmer, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology at Swarthmore College
•Do a color-by-dot and discover the magic of making mistakes in art with artist Saya Woolfalk, whose work has been shown at MOMA's PS1 and The Brooklyn Museum, and elsewhere.
•Plus, we've got a TON of fun activities, including a secret code, puzzles, a search-and-find, a tear-out poster and lots more. This issue is 64 pages (meaning, it's days-worth of fun, not just a few minutes). And, as always, it's 100% ad-free!
ABOUT KAZOO MAGAZINE:
Kazoo is a quarterly print magazine "for girls who aren't afraid to make some noise," ages 5-10. Our mission is to celebrate girls for being smart, strong, fierce, and, above all, true to themselves. Hailed by Vogue as "the magazine for little girls who want to grow up to be president" Kazoo is published independently in Brooklyn, NY, and was named a finalist for a 2017 National Magazine Award for General Excellence and a winner of a 2018 Parents' Choice Gold Award.
ABOUT THE EDITOR:
Erin Bried was named one of the "20 Most Influential Moms of 2017" by Family Circle. Prior to launching Kazoo, Bried was a long-time Condé Nast editor. In addition, Bried has also written three books, including How to Sew a Button (Ballantine), How to Build a Fire (Ballantine) and How to Rock Your Baby (Hyperion). She’s appeared on The Today Show, Fox & Friends, The Katie Couric Show, Better TV and National Public Radio, including Weekend Edition. She lives in Brooklyn with her better half and two young daughters.
**Every story in Kazoo is either developed or inspired by top women in their fields. Our goal is to give our young readers a more well-rounded sense of the world and the possibilities within it. See our list of notable experts and contributors, here: Kazoo's Experts (http://www.kazoomagazine.com/our-experts/)
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✨ Don't miss out on our next event! ✨
February 13th, come celebrate Black History Month with us for an all-star performance of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made.
Along with the performance will be a panel discussion on the state of women and girls of color in Hollywood and media led Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
...Meet the actors!
Kinnik Sky
Kinnik is a veteran of stage, television and film. The Columbia, SC native now resides in Los Angeles by way of Atlanta GA where she spent 13 years. Kinnik’s time in Atlanta was spent working professionally in musical theatre and she later went on to finish as a Top 13 Finalist on the mega hit show American Idol. Soon after, Kinnik relocated to Los Angeles and won the Dreamgirls competition sponsored by the Ahmanson Theatre and Blackweekly.com and toured Italy. She’s done countless stage plays over the last 20 years. Her major theatre credits include: Dreamgirls, For Colored Girls and Madea’s Class Reunion.
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Held each year just ahead of the Academy Awards, the Black Women in Hollywood event has become one of the most anticipated Oscar weekend happenings, serving as an uplifting gathering highlighting the phenomenal work of dynamic Black women in the industry. The elegant affair sees Hollywood's biggest names come together to honor these game-changers, who continue to elevate the culture through their art form.
This year's event will honor four extraordinary young Black women in f...ilm and television whose fearless approach to navigating Hollywood has inspired those around them and taken the concept of representation to new heights: Emmy Award-winning writer/actress Lena Waithe; actress/award-winning playwright Danai Gurira; actress/activist Tessa Thompson and comedienne/award-winning actress Tiffany Haddish.
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Episodes Featuring International Girls and Storylines
Book Worming (Episode 4813) – 2/10/18
Elmo’s friend Zuzu is visiting Sesame Street from South Africa. After reading all about her home in the Book Nook, Elmo and Alan throw Zuzu a welcome party with South African food, music, and traditional clothing. At the party, Zuzu says she read up on Sesame Street, too.
Chinese New Year (Episode 4814) – 2/17/18
It’s Chinese New Year on Sesame Street! To learn how some people celebrate the holiday in China and around the world, Nina helps Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and Grover build their own dragon costume.
Chamki Visits Sesame Street (Episode 4815) – 2/24/18
Big Bird is getting ready for a visit from Chamki, his pen pal from India. Grover, Elmo, Rosita, and Cookie Monster build a giant bird feeder to help her feel comfortable on Sesame Street. When she gets there, the gang finds out that – even though she and Big Bird have a lot in common – she’s not a bird at all!
Street Food (Episode 4816) – 3/3/18
Lily, a four-year-old tiger cub from China, joins Chamki, Zuzu, and all their new friends for an international food festival on Sesame Street. The group learns about traditional dishes from Japan, South Africa, India, and China. Rudy is reluctant to try the unfamiliar foods, but he’s pleasantly surprised when Elmo, Abby, and Chris encourage him to taste a few.
Created by two women from California, Nida Chowdhry, 30, a first-generation Pakistani American and Yumna Khan, 24, a first generation Indian American – the six-episode “dramedy” tackles all things taboo in Muslim South Asian culture including the stigma of mental illness, racism, and the pressure to get married (to a South Asian). The show explores how immigrant families must often reckon dueling identities as well as how cultural and generational gaps between parents and children can impact family dynamics.
Sexual harassment is about power. To combat it, we need more women in leadership – and that means more men stepping up to #MentorHer
leanin.org/mentorher
"For those outside the gaming world, the term "video games" does not suggest social change. Violence and sexism, yes; diversity and gender equality, no. This, after all, is the entertainment platform that introduced Grand Theft Auto and Lollipop Chainsaw, among countless other brutal and/or female-unfriendly games, to pop culture.
But a new generation of independent developers are looking to promote a more enlightened worldview, as is the non-profit Games for Change, an organization founded in 2004 to provide funding, resources and training for designers building games "that help people to learn, improve their communities and contribute to make the world a better place."
