Gretchen Smail

Gretchen Smail is a freelance entertainment writer and junior film editor for Ms En Scene, the spinoff film/TV hub of Women Write About Comics. You can find her on Twitter and see her work at Nerdist, Ms En Scene, Nerds of Color, and Bitch Flicks.

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(WHITE) FEMINISM

The Racist Backlash Against Marie Kondo

The sneering and commodification of the Japanese author and host reveals a truth: White people really don’t like it when they feel like an Asian woman is telling them what to do.

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FAILING UP

New Marvel Chief Faked Japanese Identity—Then Got Promoted

Faking an identity at work gets most people fired, not promoted to editor-in-chief—except at Marvel, where C.B. Cebulski’s bizarre past is being swept under the rug.

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