Interspectional
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBlack witches, fanfiction, diversity in period drama, Star Trek. All of these subjects and more will be discussed with actors, creators, journalists, cosplayers and fans on Interspectional.
Interspectional is a podcast focused on having introspective, intersectional discussions about speculative media. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/interspectional/support
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Episodes
Strike Talk Part 2: TV Writers
September 16, 2023 20:11 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBAs the WGA and SAG strikes continue, it can be easy to forget why they are on strike in the first place. Many people don't really understand the production process or how things are so bad that professional writers have been willing to stop working for nearly 5 months. In this episode, I speak with veteran TV writer and executive producer, Ricky Manning and staff writer and story editor, Brittany Northcross, about their perspectives on the strikes. They also pull back the veil a bit and talk...
Strike Talk with Cort and Amanda
July 19, 2023 05:31 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MBThe Writers Guild of America is on strike. The Screen Actors Guild is on strike. Hollywood has come to a screeching halt. And everyone is wondering who in the world is the AMPTP! In this episode, I talk to my friends, Cort, an entertainment journalists from Pure Fandom.com and co-host of the Geek Girl Soup podcast, and Amanda-Rae Prescott, an entertainment journal for the PBS affiliate, WGBH Boston, about this entire situation. We also discussion how the demands of SAG and WGA tie into histo...
Monster Romances with Kimberly Lemming and Neka Marie
July 11, 2023 05:06 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this episode, Kimberly, Neka and I talking about falling in love... with your alien next-door neighbor or the werewolf mechanic or the dragon shifter to tells you that you MUST go on a quest together. Monster Romances are nothing new, going all the way back to Beauty and the Beast, which as you know is "a tale as old as time", but there seems to be a recent surge in interest. In this conversation, we explore what is so compelling about these monster lovers, what does it say about our own ...
History of Fanfiction with Tara O'Shea
March 03, 2023 22:22 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThis episode is like of a retrospective of internet fanfiction starting for the early days of late 80's with UserNet to modern day social media and how that has influenced fannish behaviors. I talk to my friend Tara O'Shea who is like a fandom OG, bard and storyteller. She is a Award-winning editor, journalist, illustrator, and designer. She co-edited the Hugo Award-winning book "Chicks Love Time Lords", has been on the planning committee of conventions all over the country and currently wor...
My First Star Trek Convention: A Review of Farpoint Convention
February 27, 2023 18:51 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBFor my first convention review, I'm joined by journalist, Dean Rogers of pop culture news site, The Rogers Revue. Together, we discuss our collective and separate experiences at the convention as well as some general best practices for going to a convention. As a frequent comic con attendee myself, I was struck by the differences and similarities that I experienced in this convention space. Dean and I cover subjects from the current state of fandom to the emotional experience of celebrity in...
Tranquil Ashes: Cosplayer, Entrepreneur, and Founder of Black Mermaid Day
February 10, 2023 05:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBAnita aka Tranquil Ashes has crafted her own cosplay brand and business in nerdy/blerdy game for a decade. Using her connections and influence to create more inclusive spaces for other black and brown artists and creators, she has become positive force in the cosplay space, encouraging others to full their dreams and setting an example by being an ambitious and bold plus-size creator herself. Also, as the creator of Black Mermaid Day, she is passionate about not only creating a safe aquatic ...
Evolving The Sci-Fi Media Narrative
January 31, 2023 05:08 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBRecorded in March of 2022, in this episode, Dr. Maria DeBlassie and I discuss the ways that sci-fi media has responded to the calls for diversity, inclusion and authenticity in television and if we think they have been able to meet the moment. We discuss the ways that social media has influenced the conversation both positively and negatively as well as how certain television shows have had to evolve their narrative to adapt to the social consciousness of their audience. Television shows dis...
Sci-Fi and Spirituality
April 22, 2022 05:30 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, host of the podcast The Sacred Now, Jay Jackson and Episcopal priest, Reverend Rachel Kessler aka @nerdypriest on TikTok, join me as we discuss the different places were faith and science fiction meet. We discuss faiths within sci-fi universes as well as how our collective interests in science fiction has complimented or contradicted our beliefs. But ultimately *spoiler alert* this conversation is about the ways that science fiction can continue to give a us hope for a bette...
BIPOC Vampire Day
February 25, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBFor the last episode of Black History Month 2022, we end as we begun: Celebrating Black Joy. We are talking about BIPOC Vampire Day with its founder Jamila aka @BlackBettieCosplay. BIPOC Vampire Day (well, weekend) took place on September 17-19, 2021. For this weekend, cosplayers and artists of Black, Indigenous, Latine, Middle Eastern, East Asian, South Asian backgrounds embraced their "dark" side and dressed up as vampires and various creatures of the night. As movies, television and medi...
Women of Color in Sci-Fi Television (2015 - present)
February 18, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBSince 2015 (and a little bit earlier), there has been a massive increase in the amount of women of color that we see in sci-fi/fantasy media across network, cable and streaming platforms. With this increase in representation (and we can always use more), the conversation has shifted a bit more from just putting women of color in speculative properties to exploring how we are being represented and what are the overall messages being send the audience. In this episode, I explore those ideas wi...
Critical Race Theory and Education
February 11, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBCritical Race Theory has been the hot topic in the news, on the web and has been the lightning rod phrase used to ban #antiracism , #antioppression and #multicultural books and curriculum in states throughout the United States. These bans have also been model used to limit discussions about gender and LGBTQIA+ concern in academic settings. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Marvin Lynn, a Professor of Education at Portland State University, former elementary school teacher and critical race the...
Black Fae Day
February 04, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MBOn May 8, 2021, #BlackFaeDay was the second highest trending topic on Twitter. What is Black Fae Day? It was a day where Black folks from all walks of life and all over the world dressed up in their most joyful and whimsical costumes and shared it with the world. Some without wings and glitter where inspired to take nature hikes, draw Black fairies, write poems, plays or anything to get them in the spirit of feeling like magical beings of power, beauty and grace. In The first episode of my s...
Inspiration and Philosophy of Interspectional
August 23, 2021 16:41 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBIn July 2021, I did a panel about my podcast at BlerDCon called "Interspectional: A Black woman-led, sci-fi podcast". This presentation was a great opportunity to share all that I had learned from doing my podcast over the past year as well as delve into the inspiration behind my podcast. I was also able to share the philosophy of Interspectional with a live audience as well as share clips from some of my favorite episodes. As 2021 draws to close, I hope that we can learn more about each oth...
Star Trek As Period Drama
August 09, 2021 07:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBWhile Star Trek takes place in the future, so many episodes either take place in the past or have a time-period-specific aspect to them. These "bottle episodes" have a tendency to pose complex questions around sociology, psychology and ethics. Focusing on episodes from Star Trek: TOS, TNG, Voyager and DS9, we'll look at these period dramas in space, the themes that can be examined from these episodes and how science fiction makes these stories unique. This is a recording from Women At Warp's...
Building Communities in Fandom, part 2
June 04, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBPart 2 of the season finale, "Building Communities in Fandom" gets real. Jaycee Dubyuh of Gaymer Allied People of Color, Neisha Mulchan of Diversely Geek and Bianca Hernandez-Knight of The Jane Austen Universe and Virtual Jane Con and I get into the nitty-grity about problems in the fandom space, when it's time to fight and the struggles that can occur when you go from being fan to be a community leader. We also celebrate the successes that we have seen in the fandom communities and share o...
Building Communities in Fandom, part 1
May 28, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, I talked to Jaycee Dubyuh of Gaymer Allied People of Color, Neisha Mulchan of Diversely Geek and Bianca Hernandez-Knight of The Jane Austen Universe and Virtual Jane Con about the importance of building community in fandom spaces. Delving into our own fandom histories, we discuss the online and off-line activities, adventures, friendships and relationships that we built through our fandom experiences. Jaycee, Neisha and Bianca then discuss their inspiration and motivation fo...
TV Writers Advocating for Authentic Stories
May 21, 2021 05:00 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBWhenever we see something problematic or insensitive on our TV screens or streaming shows, we often ask, "Who wrote this? Who was in the room??" In this episode, I talk to three TV writers who are not only in the room, but are apart of a growing movement to improve the working conditions for underrepresented writers as well as improving the quality and authenticity of the stories that make it to our screens. Co-executive producer of NBC's New Amsterdam and Peacock's Vampire Academy, Y. Shire...
The Fanfiction Episode
May 14, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBIn this episode, best-selling author of the book, "Spoiler Alert", Olivia Dade and host of the fanfiction podcast, "Into The Archives", Talia Franks stop by to discuss all things fanfiction. We talk about our fanfiction origin stories, the value that fanfiction has brought into our lives and the importance of a communities built around common interests. I had planned for this to be a light episode, but it got surprisingly deep, as these conversation often do. I hope you enjoy it. You can fo...
Vampires, Class and Presentation of Privilege
May 07, 2021 15:22 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBQueen of the Damned, True Blood, Blade, Vampire Diaries, Buffy. In this episode, Afrofuturism researcher and soon-to-be published doctoral student, D'arcee Charington Neal, Associate Editor of the inclusive geek space, Quirktastic, and practicing mental health counselor, Anjé McLish and I discuss all things vampire. We talk about the politics of these fictional vampire societies and how vampires as a proxy for beauty, wealth and temptation as well as answering that greatest of all questions:...
Asian Representation in Media
April 09, 2021 21:11 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBIn this episode of Interspectional, my guests and I discuss Asian Representation in media. Looking at the impact of favorites like "Always Be My Maybe" as well as problematic films like the live-action production of "Ghost in the Shell", we discuss tropes, stereotypes, issues within the media industry itself as well as ways to connect and show solidarity in supporting each other's artform. It's an episode with laughter, analysis and more than it's fair share of heart. I'm so excited to share...
POC in Fantasy Worlds
March 26, 2021 15:26 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWhat is like to be a character of color in fantastical world? Do you have a background, a family, a mission, a purpose of your own or are you just there in the background to help someone else's story? Booktuber and actress, Nineka (aka Neeks) Wright, filmmaker and cosplayer Andrew and I tackle these questions by looking at the fantasy stories presented in books, video games and television shows like Xena and The Witcher. This is also a fun episode that occasionally sounds like we had a littl...
Diverse Storytelling in Tabletop Games
March 12, 2021 12:57 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this episode, Jay Anneli, lore consultant for Wizards of the Coast and author of Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History, Erin Roberts, speculative fiction and tabletop game writer, and Jezze Torres, make-up artist and Dungeons and Dragons player, discuss the triumphs and the challenges of making the world of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPG) a more inclusive community, both in game and out. From game development to the dynamics of the table itself, they discuss the multitude of ...
Black Witches
February 26, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode, screenwriter and filmmaker, LaDarrion Williams, cosplayer and occultist, Kristine aka DJ Lady Loki and I discuss the power, portrayal and cultural resonance of witches and magical beings of African, African-American and Caribbean heritage. In film and television, Black witches been both celebrated and shamefully used and abused. We go deep into the power of these practitioners of craft, their ancestral connection and what happens when Black spirituality gets translated (or m...
Latinx Representation In Space
February 12, 2021 13:30 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBIn this episode, creator and co-founder of Latinx Geeks, Alexis Sanchez, cosplayer and artist, Allegriana, radiologist and Star Trek aficionado, Dr. Luz Rosines discuss the portrayal of Latinx characters in space. Delving mostly into Star Trek and Star Wars lore, they discuss the impact these characters had on people’s lives, the importance of culture and the improvements that they hope to see in the future movie and television properties. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spoti...
POC and Period Drama
January 29, 2021 14:10 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn this episode, pop culture journalist, Amanda-Rae Prescott and historical fashion and beauty blogger, Ayana of The Vintage Guidebook, join me to discuss Bridgerton, Hamilton and diversity in period dramas. We also take time to examine the fandom community around period dramas as well as diversity of the production and writing teams. So tighten your corset and put on your best hat because we are about to take a turn about the room with this juicy conversation. You can find Amanda-Rae Presc...
The Legacy of Sleepy Hollow
January 15, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode, Yvonne McDowell, a screenwriter and professor of media law in Atlanta, and Lauren Wethers, freelance pop culture writer and the host of the podcast, Reclaiming Jane, and I discuss the excitement, triumph and ultimate disappointment of the 2013 TV series, "Sleepy Hollow". We delve into questions around storytelling, authenticity and ways behind-the-scenes conflicts can show up in the media presented to a large audience. You can follow Yvonne on Twitter at @movieym You can ...
About the Host
January 11, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBHi Everyone, This trailer is just a short introduction about my personal history and background around speculative media and little bit about what I hope to accomplish with this podcast. Please subscribe and follow us Twitter at @interspectional to be notified about new episode drops, episode previews and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/interspectional/support
Introducing Interspectional
January 08, 2021 06:48 - 6 minutes - 5.61 MBA brief introduction to Interspectional, a podcast where we have introspective, intersectional conversations about speculative media. I talk a little about my background and what inspired me to create this show. I hope that you enjoy the conversation and stick around for future episodes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/interspectional/support