There's a new pop culture test in town. Like the Bechdel-Wallace test and the Mako Mori test before it, The Kent Test, which was introduced yesterday to celebrate International Women's Day, seeks to offer a way to measure the participation of women in the stories we tell. More specifically, it seeks to provide a more in-depth measurement of how women of color are used and portrayed.

Within the entertainment industry, being a woman of color can be a tricky thing. When people talk "inclusion" they often talk about including "women" and "people of color," as if those are always two separate categories. And so what ends up happening in practice is "diversity hires" being granted to either men of color, or white women, with women of color too often getting lost in the shuffle. Producer Cheryl L. Bedford is looking to flip that script.

Apparently working on two shows, one of which she created, isn't enough for Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe. Now, another one of her shows has received a pilot order, and if all goes well, the result will be a show that puts a queer girl of color at the center of the storytelling.

One of the best things about Black Panther fever lately is that it's, in large part, powered by women of color. T'Challa is great as he comes into his own as a leader after the death of his father, but he'd be nothing without Ramonda, or Shuri, or the Dora Milaje. In this exclusive preview of Black Panther: Long Live the King #5, we get to spend time with a female chief named Ikoko, who does not have time for T'Challa's judgmental attitude.

Some shows and films seem perfect the way they were. Others...seem more ripe for a reboot. In the latter category is the 1980s dramedy The Greatest American Hero, which is now getting the reboot treatment, and I am here for it. Especially since it's being re-imagined for an Indian-American woman, with New Girl's Hannah Simone set to star!

I've been a huge fan of Netflix's reboot of the classic Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time since its first season. However in the back of my mind, I worried about something that I think everyone worries about when they love something right out of the gate: the Sophomore Slump. Thankfully, I had no need to worry. Season Two of the show recently launched on Netflix, and it improved on an already stellar first season.

Slavery existed long before the transatlantic slave trade and still exists many forms today, but the specific way of how slavery was allowed to perpetuate in this country the way it did was tied to racism. But where did that racism come from?

While we're excited to see her in the upcoming Disney blockbuster, A Wrinkle in Time, we've been excited to see when and how Mindy Kaling would be coming back to television comedy now that The Mindy Project is no más. We don't have to wait too much longer. Her latest show arrives this spring!

We were all excited about the Black Panther premiere (I mean, those purple-carpet photos, tho!), and are even more excited for this movie to finally come out! However, as we were looking through the premiere photos, which seemed to include every single black person from all walks of entertainment, including Black Panther comic writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, there were two faces that were notably absent.

Asked about the women in Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman said, "Usually you have the damsel in distress. I don’t think there are any damsels in distress in this movie. That doesn’t exist in this movie."

"It's nice to go out and march. We can do that. It's nice to wear black at the Golden Globes–it's nice to do that. But what are we doing behind closed doors?"

Latinx make up 18% of the U.S. population and 23% of frequent moviegoers (going at least once a month). But only about 3% of speaking characters in films during the last decade were Latinx. As we move into this year's Oscar season, Latinx will, once again, be one of the most underserved and underrepresented ethnic groups in film.

The beautiful illustration that is featured in today's Google Doodle is the Mexican actress Katy Jurado. Born today in 1924 to wealthy parents in Guadalajara, Mexico, María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, later known at Katy Jurado, spent her career playing "femme fatales" in early Mexican cinema in what is now seen as the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. 

Who has inherited the legacy of Pam Grier?

In 1940 Hattie McDaniel became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for her role of Mammy in the iconic film, Gone With the Wind and her story will be brought to the big screen in an upcoming biopic.

Have you heard about the movie Proud Mary? Do you know when it's coming out? Do know what it is rated? If not, you aren't the only one.

I love me some Cate Blanchett. I love her when she's mainstream, and I love her when she's artsy and weird. She's not only a phenomenal actress, but she's been the artistic director of a theater company, she's been a producer, and she's an outspoken feminist. All of these things make me thrilled that she's just been chosen to be this year's Jury President at the Cannes Film Festival. So...what's this feeling of dissatisfaction that's gnawing at me...?