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About ConStar

Connie is a writer, editor, and podcaster living in NYC. She currently a writer for a children's magazine and a writer/editor at Black Girls Create. Her other writing has been featured in Buzzfeed, Shondaland, Polygon, She Knows, The Mary Sue, and The Nerds of Color, among others. Follow her on Twitter: @ConStar24

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12/02/2014

Castle 7.09 Review: "Last Action Hero"

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Castle meets the Indestructibles. What could go wrong?

12/02/2014

Flash vs Arrow: Two Different Hero’s Journeys | The Nerds of Color

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What separates Barry and Oliver? What will unite them as a team? Let’s explore these dynamics ahead of the Flash/Arrow crossover episodes.

11/26/2014

Castle 7.08 Review: "Kill Switch"

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After a bit of a broken TV, breaking news, work all day delay, my Castle review is up over on TV Overmind! Click through to check it out! This episode was a great return to a standard episode, an episode that could be placed in any season. Though it was Espostio-centric, we also got to […]

11/22/2014

Gina Prince-Bythewood on Beyond the Lights and her start in television (I get a covert shout out!)

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Shannon M Houston, writer for Paste Magazine, got to interview Love & Basketball writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood about her latest movie Beyond the Lights. Before the interview, she asked me on Twitter what I would ask Gina. I knew that she wrote for A Different World at the beginning of her career, so I wanted to know […]

11/20/2014

My First Podcast with Black Girl Nerds and Eric Dean Seaton

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I joined my first ever podcast this past Sunday with Jamie from Black Girl Nerds and Eric Dean Seaton, a TV director and graphic novel author. Since Seaton is a TV director, we talked a bit about that as well as his graphic novel series Legend of the Mantamaji, which stars a black superhero. I […]

11/19/2014

Castle 7.07 Review: "Once Upon a Time in the West"

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This week’s Castle post! This episode was so much fun and it’s great to see that the banter, the eye rolling, the magic of Castle and Beckett has remained even in what could have been an overly schmoopy, post-wedding bliss episode. But that’s not their style. This show really knows how to give character development […]

11/13/2014

NOC Recaps Arrow 3.06: Vigilante Soup

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Check out my Arrow recap over on the Nerds of Color. I talk about each of last night’s vigilantes as well as the problematic and stereotypical representation of Latinos in Starling City. Ted’s cool, but maybe next time we see people from his community they aren’t talking in all “esses?” I want to go about […]

11/12/2014

NOC Recaps The Flash 1.06: Explosive Friendships | thenerdsofcolor

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Check out my Flash recap over on The Nerds of Color. The Iris story line about being a blogger hit many of us real close to home… lol Iris’ little blogger heart falls for the streak a little bit more and continues to write about it online. Joe, continuing to want Iris to stay ignorant […]

Castle Season 7 Episode 6 Review: The Time of Our Lives

11/11/2014

Castle 7.06 Review: The Time of Our Lives

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Castle and Beckett finally tie the knot in a wonderful episode that explores where they came from and how far they’ve come as a couple and a series. Featuring some of the most beautiful vows heard on television.

11/06/2014

NOC Recaps Arrow 3.05: The Five Year Hacktivist Reunion | thenerdsofcolor

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A link to my first #Arrow recap for the Nerds of Color.

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