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Portrait Of: Gabby Rivera
FromLatino USA
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
When Gabby Rivera wrote her coming-of-age novel “Juliet Takes a Breath” in 2016, she didn't know that it would get her attention from an unusual place: Marvel Comics. They asked her to write for America Chavez, their first queer Latina superhero. Gabby said yes. But as she was writing for their superhero, she found herself swept up in #comicsgate, an online harassment campaign against the comic book industry’s efforts to include more women, people of color, and LGBTQ characters. In this "Portrait Of," Maria talks to Gabby about her beginnings as a writer, her difficult experience with #comicsgate, and about returning to comic book writing.
This episode originally aired in June of 2019.
This episode originally aired in June of 2019.
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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