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I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

There Are No Girls on the Internet is still on hiatus to take a little break in between seasons, but we're coming back soon. But in the meantime, I had to get on the mic to talk about the Oscars. It has been all I can talk about and think about this whole week. Literally to the point where my friends are like, please stop talking about the Oscars. Don't you have a podcast? Couldn't you talk about it there?

So that's what I'm doing. So by now, if you watch the Oscars, you probably know that Michelle Yo made history as the first Asian woman to win best actress at the Oscars. And the second woman of color to win best actress at the Oscars since Hallie Berry back in 2002. For her iconic film, everything, everywhere, all at

once. Now, celebrating these kinds of wins is always a little bit bittersweet for me, because on the

one hand, it's important to acknowledge these historic achievements, but on the other hand,

I'm like, it's 2023. What took you all so long? You know, why are we celebrating historic firsts in 2023? It's complicated. So I joined the iconic April Rain, creator of the viral hashtag turned movement, Oscar So White, and Dr. John Paul, screenwriter, and co-host of the IHeart Radio groundbreaking podcast, BFF, Black, Fat, and Fem, for our Twitter spaces about how marginalized creators are still celebrating our brilliance and creativity, even when we're in industries that don't always recognize it with us.

Y'all, this is actually my very first ever spaces I have ever moderated. So, you know, it's going to go great.

It's going to be fantastic.

Thank you all for joining us today.

My name is Bridget Todd.

I am the Director of Public communications with Ultra Violet,

a national gender justice organization, and the creator and host of IHeartRadio's tech and culture

podcast. There are no girls on the internet. And like a lot of y'all, I just watched the Oscars.

I have a lot to say. This year's Oscars, you know, there were some historic wins, but unfortunately,

as we're pretty used to, some pretty big snubs as well. And instead of having that same old

conversation about why Hollywood keeps overlooking us, we really wanted to take this opportunity

to flip the script a little bit and say, you know, we are here, we are brilliant, you make good

work. And if the powers that be don't recognize that, it is on them and not us. And to do that,

I am joined by an iconic duo that I cannot wait to introduce April Rain. You might know April

Rain as the creator of the online movement, Oscar So White, and screenwriter

and all around Hollywood screenwriter badass. Dr. John Paul, thank you both so much for being here

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