Last year a report from USC brought to light that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up less than 6% of speaking roles in the entertainment industry and 4% of lead roles. The study looked at 13,000 popular films and found that of the 4% with AAPI leads, only 6 were women, 0 were women over 40, 0 were in the LGBTQ+ community, and 14 were Dwayne Johnson. The numbers for people behind the camera were incredibly low as well. Every year, for one month, we tell people in the AAPI community they are important. We tell them we want… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot has a few thoughts about the new She-Hulk trailer but we end up talking more about why the character is such a womanist icon. Then our Rioters get into a special segment called Insider Rating—a peek behind the scenes of the movie from one of its creatives—to talk about the new Amazon movie Emergency.
Check out our AAPI Heritage Month soundtrack below and celebrate with us.
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from The Wonder Years, Mayday Parade, The Maine, and more.
Just as she always had, she was sharing her innermost thoughts and even if it wasn’t your favorite music, it was real.
Two Black best friends and their Latino roommate go into crisis mode when they find a mysteriously unconscious white girl in their house…
Dearest listeners, ’tis the season for Geek Girl Riot to throw a lavish and rather scandalous ball in order to discuss the highs & lows of Bridgerton season 2.
A Cinderella story about the newest young King from Queens.
Properties featured: Candy, The Quest, The Lincoln Lawyer, Bling Empire, Sneakerella, Conversations with Friends
Geek Girl Riot is getting strange this week: We talk Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the new Avatar: The Way of Water trailer, before throwing it back to our chats about Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision (to help you brush up on your MCU knowledge).
