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Representation Kills/Representation Gives Life
Representation: How something is depicted. However ‘realistic’ texts may seem to be, they involve some form of transformation....
Jesi Vega
Apr 19, 20232 min read


An Editor Can Uphold or Dismantle Systemic Racism
Photo from Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s blog post “Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain.” Love in the Library is a children’s book by Maggie...
Jesi Vega
Apr 13, 20233 min read


“Five Reasons Why Representation Matters”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once’s” sweep of the Academy Awards was a giant win for Pan-Asian representation in American film, LGBTQ...
Jesi Vega
Mar 20, 20232 min read


To Find Your Story, Try Starting From The End
Age 16, training to be an actress at the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Summer Conservatory of Drama We’ve all got things we’ve learned...
Jesi Vega
May 11, 20194 min read


Origin Stories
Miss America, aka America Chavez, the Marvel superhero written by Gabby Rivera, has a VERY complicated origin story. What’s Yours? We all...
Jesi Vega
May 1, 20192 min read


Rewriting Your Own Story is Sometimes the Most Important Revision of All
This girl thought she’d made all the mistakes, until she realized she’d gained all the wisdom. Or some of it. Whether I’m editing,...
Jesi Vega
Feb 22, 20193 min read


Making Connections To Tell Great Stories
I first used this gift as a film student, and then as a screenwriter, helping my peers discover what they were trying to say when they...
Jesi Vega
Aug 15, 20171 min read
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