#AnimatedBlackGirls Celebrates Diversity In Cartoons Past and Present

It’s easy to despair and think about the representation that’s not there. But something equally important is celebrating – and in many cases reminding people of – what already is there. TyTheRobot, editor over at Fanbros.com, started an awesome hashtag – #AnimatedBlackGirls – to get people talking about their favorite black, female cartoon characters, past and present. Over 13,000 Twitter users chimed in about their faves! Like Son of Baldwin above, lots of people went way retro, while others mined their childhoods, reminding us of awesome black women and girls who’ve been a part of some of our favorite shows:

Oh yeah, and some people’s childhoods aren’t even that long ago (I’M SO OLD), so there’s some more recent stuff from other people’s “childhoods” while I was graduating college and getting a damn grown-up job:

Here’s to recognizing that women of color have always played important roles in the media we consume, and here’s to continuing to inspire young people of color with new examples that they can look up to!

(via Vocativ)

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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