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WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres Helps out 11-Year-Old 'Sick of Reading About White Boys and Dogs'
This young woman has the makings of the future president!
Last week we wrote about 11-year-old Marley Dias, who, when tired of reading only stories about ‘white boys with dogs,’ decided to do something about it. She created the project #1000BlackGirlBooks book drive in order for girls like her to see themselves represented in the stories they read.
At the time, Marley explained that the point of the drive is to collect and disperse books, “…where black girls are the main characters in the book and not background characters or minor characters."
Now, Marley is on Ellen DeGeneres’s show to promote the book drive. Of course Ellen can’t let Marley leave without helping her and the project out a bit.
Watch the amazing Marley with Ellen below.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
