by Leesa Renée | Oct 3, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Personal
This was originally posted on Facebook. I’m adding it to my blog so I have a record of my words on my own space. Ever since moving into my early 40s, I’ve been thinking about my late 20s… That was a time I truly felt I was in my zone. I was working...
by Leesa Renée | Sep 9, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Science Fiction
Aside from Storm from the Marvel Comics universe, not many can name another Black female superhero. Enter Amanda Waller… Most would’ve been introduced to Waller through Viola Davis’ portrayal of her in the movie Suicide Squad. This site captured her...
by Leesa Renée | Sep 7, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Science Fiction
Watching Nichelle Nichols play Neil Winter’s dying mother, Lucinda, on The Young & The Restless made me reflect on her storied career. Because before playing a dying mother, Nichols’ first acting job on television was innovative. She...
by Leesa Renée | Sep 6, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Science Fiction
Bestselling author and professor of creative writing, Roxane Gay, is the first Black woman to write for Marvel Comics. She will pen a story in the Black Panther universe. This is a big deal… The narrative around superheroes has centered around white men and...
by Leesa Renée | Sep 2, 2016 | Black Women Innovate
I’m just loving this picture. Some of Toronto’s sassiest, smartest, and most gorgeous Black women in media are just slaying in this photo. Camille Dundas, producer of CTV’s This Morning said it best… Tracy Moore, host of CITY-TV’s...
by Leesa Renée | Aug 30, 2016 | Black Women Innovate
Black women in mathematics will be on display in 2017 through a new film called Hidden Figures. From Wikipedia: Hidden Figures is a film based on the non-fiction book by the same name that recounts the story of the African-American mathematician Katherine Johnson and...
