There Are No Girls on the Internet

#OscarsSoWhite with April Reign and Dr. Jon Paul

In this bonus Twitter Spaces conversation, Bridget is joined by #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign and Dr. Jon Paul, screenwriter and co-host of BFF: Black, Fat, Femme podcast to discuss how marginalized creators are still celebrating our creativity even within industries that don’t always see it. How #OscarsSoWhite changed the Academy Awards: <a data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-64883399&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJoeyPatt%40iheartmedia.com%7Cb6584e6037a742ec547d08db273ae5d1%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638146906147558056%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rOYR5RWx2myFpUGrNC2z0uLkmGKc6sTRlUlM9jFpEOs%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64883399</a> LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO DR. JON’S PODCAST: <a data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="1" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fbff-black-fat-femme%2Fid1631198874&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJoeyPatt%40iheartmedia.com%7Cb6584e6037a742ec547d08db273ae5d1%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638146906147558056%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lC2iahz%2BlWPTVSg%2BNhKR%2Bh7c%2FspdwAfZSYeFEgL5hv8%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bff-black-fat-femme/id1631198874</a> Opinion: Black Oscar Snubs Say More About the Industry Than It Does Black Creators: <a data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="2" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bet.com%2Farticle%2Fsj85cv%2Fblack-oscar-snubs-say-more-about-the-industry-than-it-does-black-creators&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJoeyPatt%40iheartmedia.com%7Cb6584e6037a742ec547d08db273ae5d1%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638146906147558056%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hS6Ox9LD9qh9n%2BG8bRXbv3awNF6kbfNwefRW9t4iCGI%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.bet.com/article/sj85cv/black-oscar-snubs-say-more-about-the-industry-than-it-does-black-creators</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.