Jamie Broadnax

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Jamie Broadnax
Born (1980-04-24) April 24, 1980 (age 43)
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation Film critic, writer
NationalityAmerican
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]

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Biography

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

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]

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  1. ↑ Howard, Sheena C. (2017). Encyclopedia of Black Comics. Fulcrum Press. ISBN   978-1682751015.
  2. ↑ Broadnax, Jamie (27 February 2018). "Why 'A Wrinkle in Time' Is the Movie Girls of Color Need". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. 1 2 Houston, Shannon M. (2 February 2016). "Making Black Girl Nerds, And Re-Making TV with Jamie Broadnax". Paste . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jamie Broadnax Movie Reviews & Previews". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "BFCA Member Profile". Broadcast Film Critics Association . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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  20. ↑ "Statement on Universal Fan Con". 21 April 2018.
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  22. ↑ North, Anna (8 August 2014). "Read This Before You Write Your Dating Profile". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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