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| occupation = [[Film criticism|Film critic]], writer |
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'''Jamie Broadnax''' (born April 24, 1980) is an American film critic, [[podcast]]er and writer, known for founding<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/a-wrinkle-time-is-movie-girls-color-need-1088636|title=Why 'A Wrinkle in Time' Is the Movie Girls of Color Need|last=Broadnax|first=Jamie|date=27 February 2018|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> and being [[editor-in-chief]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the '''Black Girl Nerds''' community.<ref name="The Root 2018-04-27">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/universal-fan-con-a-conversation-with-black-girl-ner-1825595428|title=Universal Fan Con A Conversation With Black Girl Nerds' Jamie Broadnax on the Biggest Black Convention That Wasn't|last=Johnson|first=Jason|date=27 April 2018|website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> |
'''Jamie Broadnax''' (born April 24, 1980) is an American [[Film criticism|film critic]], [[podcast]]er, and [[writer]], known for founding<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/a-wrinkle-time-is-movie-girls-color-need-1088636|title=Why 'A Wrinkle in Time' Is the Movie Girls of Color Need|last=Broadnax|first=Jamie|date=27 February 2018|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> and being [[editor-in-chief]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the '''''Black Girl Nerds''''' community.<ref name="The Root 2018-04-27">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/universal-fan-con-a-conversation-with-black-girl-ner-1825595428|title=Universal Fan Con A Conversation With Black Girl Nerds' Jamie Broadnax on the Biggest Black Convention That Wasn't|last=Johnson|first=Jason|date=27 April 2018|website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Broadnax, who has a [[master's degree]] in Film and Marketing,<ref name="Paste 2016-02-02">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/02/making-black-girl-nerds-and-re-making-tv-with-jami.html|title=Making Black Girl Nerds, And Re-Making TV with Jamie Broadnax|last=Houston|first=Shannon M.|date=2 February 2016|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> |
Broadnax, who has a [[master's degree]] in Film and Marketing,<ref name="Paste 2016-02-02">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/02/making-black-girl-nerds-and-re-making-tv-with-jami.html|title=Making Black Girl Nerds, And Re-Making TV with Jamie Broadnax|last=Houston|first=Shannon M.|date=2 February 2016|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> started her career in film by working on several [[Filmmaking|film shoots]] in various positions. Broadnax became a film critic,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/jamie-broadnax/|title=Jamie Broadnax Movie Reviews & Previews|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> is a member of the [[Critics Choice Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criticschoice.com/members/jbroadnax/|title=BFCA Member Profile|website=[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and, as a [[freelancer]], has written about films for numerous publications, including ''[[HuffPost]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/jamie-broadnax|title=Jamie Broadnax at HuffPost|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> the ''[[New York Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/author/jamie-broadax/|title=Jamie Broadnax at the New York Post|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/author/jamie-broadnax/|title=Jamie Broadnax at Variety|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/author/jamie-broadnax/|title=Jamie Broadnax at Vulture.com|website=[[Vulture.com]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2014, Broadnax was accredited by [[MSNBC]]'s [[TheGrio]] 100.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2014 |title=theGrio's 100: Jamie Broadnax, encouraging black girls to embrace their inner nerd |url=https://thegrio.com/2014/01/31/thegrios-100-jamie-broadnax-encouraging-black-girls-to-embrace-their-inner-nerd/ |access-date=5 January 2019 |website=[[The Grio]]}}</ref> She has been described as "one of the biggest up-and-coming names in black-nerd pop culture" (by [[The Root (magazine)|''The Root'']]'s Jason Johnson<ref name="The Root 2018-04-27" />) and as "one of the most important makers of 2016" (by [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'']]'s Shannon M. Houston<ref name="Paste 2016-02-02" />). In an October 2015 guest appearance on [[Melissa Harris-Perry (TV program)|''Melissa Harris-Perry'']], Broadnax talked about diversity in comics at [[New York Comic Con]].<ref>{{cite web |date=11 October 2015 |title=Melissa Harris-Perry, Transcript 10/11/15 |url=http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/melissa-harris-perry/2015-10-11 |access-date=5 January 2019 |publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref> She has also co-hosted the ''Misty Knight's Uninformed Afro'' podcast about black [[Superhero#Female superheroes and villains|superheroines]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Blanchard |first=Dave |date=13 November 2017 |title=A Lifetime Of Finding Peace, Purpose And Voice In The Pages Of Comics |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/562895773/a-lifetime-of-finding-peace-purpose-and-voice-in-the-pages-of-comics |access-date=5 January 2019 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> and in April 2017, she co-launched the #NoConfederate [[hashtag]] campaign in response to [[HBO]]'s plan to produce a series – [[Confederate (TV series)|''Confederate'']] – with the premise "What if the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] never lost?".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=29 July 2017 |title=#OscarsSoWhite creator wants to stop 'Confederate' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/28/entertainment/confederate-hbo/ |access-date=5 January 2019 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Tessa |date=13 May 2018 |title=April Reign at Stanford |url=https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/teachingwriting/teaching-talk/april-reign-stanford |access-date=5 January 2019 |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref> |
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Broadnax has hosted [[panel discussion]]s on other multimedia, including the panel at the [[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|''A Wrinkle in Time'']] (2018) premiere at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] and the ''[[Sorry to Bother You]]'' panel at the [[2018 Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name="ABC 2018-03-11">{{Cite interview|last=Broadnax|first=Jamie|interviewer=[[Rhianna Patrick]]|title=Jamie Broadnax; Creating The Black Girl Nerds Community|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/rhiannapatrick/jamie-broadnax-pod/9529000|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|date=11 March 2018|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2014, Broadnax was accredited by [[MSNBC]]'s [[The Grio]] 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegrio.com/2014/01/31/thegrios-100-jamie-broadnax-encouraging-black-girls-to-embrace-their-inner-nerd/|title=theGrio's 100: Jamie Broadnax, encouraging black girls to embrace their inner nerd|date=31 January 2014|website=[[The Grio]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> She has been described as "one of the biggest up-and-coming names in black-nerd pop culture" (by [[The Root (magazine)|''The Root'']]'s Jason Johnson<ref name="The Root 2018-04-27" />) and as "one of the most important makers of 2016" (by [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'']]'s Shannon M. Houston<ref name="Paste 2016-02-02"/>). |
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Mid 2018, after co-founding "Universal FanCon"<ref name="The Root 2018-04-24">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/it-be-your-own-people-on-universal-fancon-and-the-perv-1825481924|title=It Be Your Own People: On Universal FanCon and the Perversion of Community|last=Kent|first=Clarkisha|date=24 April 2018|website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and running a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign for the convention,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/universalfancon/universal-fan-con|title=Universal Fan Con by Universal Fan Con|website=[[Kickstarter]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> Broadnax was caught up in the controversy surrounding the convention being cancelled<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/fancon-controversial-collapse.html|title=The Story Behind FanCon's Controversial Collapse|last=Shapiro|first=Lila|date=7 May 2018|website=[[Vulture.com]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and she then released a public statement<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackgirlnerds.com/on-universal-fan-con/|title=Statement on Universal Fan Con|date=21 April 2018}}</ref> |
Mid 2018, after co-founding "Universal FanCon"<ref name="The Root 2018-04-24">{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/it-be-your-own-people-on-universal-fancon-and-the-perv-1825481924|title=It Be Your Own People: On Universal FanCon and the Perversion of Community|last=Kent|first=Clarkisha|date=24 April 2018|website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and running a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign for the convention,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/universalfancon/universal-fan-con|title=Universal Fan Con by Universal Fan Con|website=[[Kickstarter]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> Broadnax was caught up in the controversy surrounding the convention being cancelled<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/fancon-controversial-collapse.html|title=The Story Behind FanCon's Controversial Collapse|last=Shapiro|first=Lila|date=7 May 2018|website=[[Vulture.com]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> and she then released a public statement,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackgirlnerds.com/on-universal-fan-con/|title=Statement on Universal Fan Con|date=21 April 2018}}</ref> stepping back temporarily from a leadership role to regroup. |
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==Black Girl Nerds== |
==''Black Girl Nerds''== |
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Black Girl Nerds initially started as a [[Blogger (service)|Blogspot]] journal,<ref name="Syfy 2017-09-12">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/black-girl-nerds-is-building-a-geek-empire-from-the-outside|title=Black Girl Nerds is building a geek empire from the outside|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=12 September 2017|website=[[Syfy]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> where Broadnax wrote about various topics, including her own online dating experiences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/read-this-before-you-write-your-dating-profile/|title=Read This Before You Write Your Dating Profile|last=North|first=Anna|author-link=Anna North|date=8 August 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> In 2013, [[Black Weblog Awards]] awarded Black Girl Nerds "Best Podcast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|title=2013 Black Weblog Awards Winners|website=[[Black Weblog Awards]]|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205075104/http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|archive-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> The community gradually became more mainstream, in particular after a [[Name-dropping|shout-out]] by [[Shonda Rhimes]] in the September 2014 issue of ''[[Marie Claire]]''.<ref name="ABC 2018-03-11" /> In October 2015, ''HuffPost'' named Black Girl Nerds one of the leading Black Podcasts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-podcasts-leading-the-golden-age-of-audio_us_56167f97e4b0dbb8000d4cbb|title=11 Black Podcasts Leading The Golden Age Of Audio|last=Blay|first=Zeba|date=9 October 2015|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> Late 2017, its website had over 200,000 monthly visitors.<ref name="Syfy 2017-09-12" /> |
''Black Girl Nerds'' initially started as a [[Blogger (service)|Blogspot]] journal,<ref name="Syfy 2017-09-12">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/black-girl-nerds-is-building-a-geek-empire-from-the-outside|title=Black Girl Nerds is building a geek empire from the outside|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=12 September 2017|website=[[Syfy]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> where Broadnax wrote about various topics, including her own [[online dating]] experiences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/read-this-before-you-write-your-dating-profile/|title=Read This Before You Write Your Dating Profile|last=North|first=Anna|author-link=Anna North|date=8 August 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> In 2013, [[Black Weblog Awards]] awarded ''Black Girl Nerds'' "Best Podcast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|title=2013 Black Weblog Awards Winners|website=[[Black Weblog Awards]]|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205075104/http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|archive-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> The community gradually became more mainstream, in particular after a [[Name-dropping|shout-out]] by [[Shonda Rhimes]] in the September 2014 issue of ''[[Marie Claire]]''.<ref name="ABC 2018-03-11" /> In October 2015, ''[[HuffPost]]'' named ''Black Girl Nerds'' one of the leading Black Podcasts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-podcasts-leading-the-golden-age-of-audio_us_56167f97e4b0dbb8000d4cbb|title=11 Black Podcasts Leading The Golden Age Of Audio|last=Blay|first=Zeba|date=9 October 2015|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> Late 2017, its website had over 200,000 monthly visitors.<ref name="Syfy 2017-09-12" /> |
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Born | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | April 24, 1980
Occupation | Film critic, writer |
Alma mater | Norfolk State University (BA) Regent University (MA)[1] |
Jamie Broadnax (born April 24, 1980) is an American film critic, podcaster, and writer, known for founding[2] and being editor-in-chief and CEO of the Black Girl Nerds community.[3]
Biography
[edit]Broadnax, who has a master's degree in Film and Marketing,[4] started her career in film by working on several film shoots in various positions. Broadnax became a film critic,[5] is a member of the Critics Choice Association,[6] and, as a freelancer, has written about films for numerous publications, including HuffPost,[7] the New York Post,[8] Variety,[9] and Vulture.[10]
In 2014, Broadnax was accredited by MSNBC's TheGrio 100.[11] She has been described as "one of the biggest up-and-coming names in black-nerd pop culture" (by The Root's Jason Johnson[3]) and as "one of the most important makers of 2016" (by Paste's Shannon M. Houston[4]). In an October 2015 guest appearance on Melissa Harris-Perry, Broadnax talked about diversity in comics at New York Comic Con.[12] She has also co-hosted the Misty Knight's Uninformed Afro podcast about black superheroines,[13] and in April 2017, she co-launched the #NoConfederate hashtag campaign in response to HBO's plan to produce a series – Confederate – with the premise "What if the Confederacy never lost?".[14][15]
Broadnax has hosted panel discussions on other multimedia, including the panel at the A Wrinkle in Time (2018) premiere at the El Capitan Theatre and the Sorry to Bother You panel at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[16]
Mid 2018, after co-founding "Universal FanCon"[17] and running a successful Kickstarter campaign for the convention,[18] Broadnax was caught up in the controversy surrounding the convention being cancelled[19] and she then released a public statement,[20] stepping back temporarily from a leadership role to regroup.
Black Girl Nerds
[edit]Black Girl Nerds initially started as a Blogspot journal,[21] where Broadnax wrote about various topics, including her own online dating experiences.[22] In 2013, Black Weblog Awards awarded Black Girl Nerds "Best Podcast".[23] The community gradually became more mainstream, in particular after a shout-out by Shonda Rhimes in the September 2014 issue of Marie Claire.[16] In October 2015, HuffPost named Black Girl Nerds one of the leading Black Podcasts.[24] Late 2017, its website had over 200,000 monthly visitors.[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Howard, Sheena C. (2017). Encyclopedia of Black Comics. Fulcrum Press. ISBN 978-1682751015.
- ^ Broadnax, Jamie (27 February 2018). "Why 'A Wrinkle in Time' Is the Movie Girls of Color Need". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ a b Johnson, Jason (27 April 2018). "Universal Fan Con A Conversation With Black Girl Nerds' Jamie Broadnax on the Biggest Black Convention That Wasn't". The Root. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Houston, Shannon M. (2 February 2016). "Making Black Girl Nerds, And Re-Making TV with Jamie Broadnax". Paste. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamie Broadnax Movie Reviews & Previews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "BFCA Member Profile". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamie Broadnax at HuffPost". HuffPost. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamie Broadnax at the New York Post". New York Post. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamie Broadnax at Variety". Variety. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamie Broadnax at Vulture.com". Vulture.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "theGrio's 100: Jamie Broadnax, encouraging black girls to embrace their inner nerd". The Grio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Melissa Harris-Perry, Transcript 10/11/15". MSNBC. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Blanchard, Dave (13 November 2017). "A Lifetime Of Finding Peace, Purpose And Voice In The Pages Of Comics". NPR. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Gonzalez, Sandra (29 July 2017). "#OscarsSoWhite creator wants to stop 'Confederate'". CNN. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Brown, Tessa (13 May 2018). "April Reign at Stanford". Stanford University. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Broadnax, Jamie (11 March 2018). "Jamie Broadnax; Creating The Black Girl Nerds Community" (Interview). Interviewed by Rhianna Patrick. ABC Online. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Kent, Clarkisha (24 April 2018). "It Be Your Own People: On Universal FanCon and the Perversion of Community". The Root. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Universal Fan Con by Universal Fan Con". Kickstarter. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Shapiro, Lila (7 May 2018). "The Story Behind FanCon's Controversial Collapse". Vulture.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Statement on Universal Fan Con". 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b Zakarin, Jordan (12 September 2017). "Black Girl Nerds is building a geek empire from the outside". Syfy. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ North, Anna (8 August 2014). "Read This Before You Write Your Dating Profile". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "2013 Black Weblog Awards Winners". Black Weblog Awards. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Blay, Zeba (9 October 2015). "11 Black Podcasts Leading The Golden Age Of Audio". HuffPost. Retrieved 5 January 2019.