Constance Gibbs is a multidimensional creator of words, images, and social strategy.
Response essays to articles on various subjects. Typically includes block quotes followed by response or questions.
I wrote a piece defending the writing of Arrow’s Felicity Smoak this season, because I think her storyline this season has been oversimplified by viewers who think that all of her actions have had to do with Oliver’s waffling over their relationship. Badass Digest recently wrote a piece explaining how Arrow has “failed” Felicity Smoak […]
Stephanie Beatriz of Brooklyn 99 is awesome and blogs for Latina.com and shares her feelings just before she got cast as the second Latina actress on Brooklyn 99–a sight all too rare on TV. Check it out!
The Aspiring TV Writer & Screenwriter Blog: Three big myths in the aspiring writer world. From fellow blogger, Amanda. Basically these things hold us aspiring writers back: thinking you’re all that, whining instead of writing, and thinking our writing will be a reader’s saving grace after a long day of slush. Keep working at your […]
Andrea Lewis put together this awesome roundtable on the state of Black TV with various black, female content creators who have turned to the web to circumvent the difficulties of breaking into mainstream media. These ladies, Andrea Lewis, Issa Rae, Lena Waithe, Ashley Blaine Featherson and Numa Perrier have all made some sort of name for […]
Ramou Sarr wrote this article, which I found via justwriteray, which speaks about the importance for representations of black women on television. She bring up some really great points about the need for better representation in the media. In such a social society, television is one of the things that really brings people together. Many of […]
It’s so very rare to find a show with more than one character of color. Some notable tokens off the top of my head include Angela from Boy Meets World, Lisa from Saved by the Bell, Martha Jones from Doctor Who, Charlie on The West Wing and Gunn on Angel. 30 Rock subverts the trend by […]
Shonda Rhimes on her DGA Diversity Award: ‘We’re a tiny bit p-ssed off that there has to be an award’ | Inside TV | EW.com. “It’s not because of a lack of talent. It’s because of a lack of access. People hire who they know. If it’s been a white boys club for 70 years, […]
What type of creator may I feel the pull to become? Perfecter. Synthesizer. Innovator. Which type of creator are you? Writing and the Creative Life: Three types of creators | Go Into The Story. I think I am Synthesizer. I like to look at different genres (usually speculative in nature) and find ways to combine […]
In the White Room With Black Writers: Hollywood’s “Diversity Hires”. This article, by Beejoli Shah dishes out some of the real workings of what is basically Affirmative Action in the TV writer’s world. She discusses what it is to be a “Diversity Staff Writer” (DSW) on a show and the pluses and minuses that come […]
Click the link above and check out the article and transcript. I skimmed a lot of this, but basically a show got cancelled because more girls watched it than boys and the network didn’t want to adjust. Which is ridiculous. Below are some quotes that jumped out at me: and that the executives don’t value […]