MF GALAXY

FIVE WOMEN CREATORS + CULTURE COMMENTATORS DISCUSS MEMORIES AND IMPACT OF CARRIE FISHER THE WRITER + MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND PRINCESS LEIA THE SFF/POP CULTURE ICON   LISTEN/DOWNLOAD   Two  words known by hundreds of millions: "Princess Leia." That's the legacy  of the collaboration among Carrie Fisher, George Lucas, and hundreds of  other filmmakers who worked on the Star Wars saga. But  without Fisher herself--the actor, the public personality, and the  astonishing accomplished novelist, screenwriter, and memoirist--Princess  Leia could never have become the icon she was. MF  GALAXY celebrates the life and legacy of Carrie Fisher and her most  enduring role by speaking with authors Jennifer Marie Brissett, Krista  D. Ball, and Sparkle Hayter, writer Mari Sasano, and director Zoe  Hopkins.   allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen> Mohawk Star ...

Last episode was part one of NOW READ THIS! , in which ten awesome people awesomely awesomed up their awesome reading recommendations. Why? Because a whole bunch of angries didn’t like the Bradford Reading Challenge. What’s the Bradford Reading Challenge, you ask? Simple! Author, tech-reviewer, and fandom activist K. Tempest Bradford suggested in an xoJane.com opinion piece that readers should discover the world of writers who never get confused for Mitt Romney, Stephen Harper, or Patton Oswalt. This episode, instead of ten boffo-socko book baptisers, let’s level up to SIXTEEN SCINTILLATING BOOK SPEAKERS. That’s right! We’ll hear from: Directors Ernest Dickerson, Seith Mann, and Reginald Hudlin Alternative Radio founder and interviewer David Barsamian South Sudanese community activist Buk Arop Sociologist and author Algernon Austin Columnist, author, and activist Bill Fletcher Hip hop artist and activist Young Mav Actors Isaiah Washington, Jamie Hector, Robert Wisdom , and...