Danielle Broadway

Danielle Broadway is an English Literature MA student at California State University, Long Beach. She has been published in Black Girl Nerds, LA Weekly and Medium, is a writer for CSULB’s the Daily49er, is a managing editor for Watermark, her school’s academic literary journal and is an assistant editor at Angels Flight • literary west. She’s an activist and educator that is inspired by her family to make social change both in the classroom and beyond.

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Betty
The HBO Original Series ‘Betty’: Unleashing the Queer Sk8ter Girl in Us All

Get ready for some too-long-neglected representation of New York’s skate culture through the lens of…

Studio Ghibli
It’s Time to Be Spirited Away: Studio Ghibli Films Have Arrived on HBO Max

It’s time for Studio Ghibli fans to rejoice because most of the epically magical films…

The Half of It
The Inspiring Ways That ‘The Half of It’ Depicts Love, Queerness, and Self- Discovery

While audiences and filmmakers have become more progressive over time, there are still few films…

Snowpiercer
Social Inequality Is Icy Cold: A Review of TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’

If a post-apocalyptical Hunger Games-ish snow train show with Daveed Diggs starring as the main…

Never Have I Ever
‘Never Have I Ever’ is Finally a High School Series That Offers Representation

The Netflix original television show Never Have I Ever, created by Mindy Kaling and Lang…

Hollywood Netflix
Welcome to ‘Hollywood’: The Show That Will Inspire You Big Time

The upcoming Netflix hit Hollywood, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, redefines what it…

Avatar: The Last Airbender
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is Coming to Netflix on May 15: Yip-Yip and Flameo Hotman!

Like most fans, when I saw the announcement that Avatar: The Last Airbender was coming…

Zainab Johnson
Zainab Johnson Spills the Tea on Her Role as Aleesha on the Amazon Series ‘Upload’

Comedian and actor Zainab Johnson appears as Aleesha in the 2020 Amazon series Upload, created…

This Is Us
Examining Black Mental Health in ‘This is Us’: Meaningful Representation or Disingenuous Exaggeration?

When I saw the first trailer for NBC’s hit family show This is Us, directed…

Persona 5 Royal
‘Persona 5 Royal’ Review: Let’s Self-Isolate While Serving Up Some Sweet Vigilante Justice

Now, I know everyone’s go-to game during this unnerving time has been Animal Crossing, but…