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Nerds and black girls who don t maybe wear their hair natural, black girls who have their hair in braids. black girls who likes a certain kind of music. i think we re really seeing how beautiful the spectrum that there is and that s really exciting. listen from comicon to become what an awesome model of all this you are. niobe s first book she is life i wrote with amandla stenberg. she s now become this wonderful cultural activist blossoming into an amazing young lady. i m very honored and lucky just to be part of her squad. when i met amandla, i fell like i d hit the jackpot. i was very, very blessed to write with her and she s such a great, positive force. very nice to hear someone you work with say nice things. yes! yes. that s so nice. ....
And we need nor bad ass girls. joining me now, actor, activist and all-around bad ass. ammandla stenberg. talk to me about this project. niobe first appeared in a series called the untamed by sebastian jones. i thought she was really awesome initially because she s this black girl elf. i m a huge nerd and a fan of fantasy. to see a character that represented me was really amazing. and so i met sebastian actually at a festival and we started talking it more and more and we realized it would be a really great idea to expand her story more and make her the lead. there is something about that rendering in the super hero comic format that is kind of extraordinary. it is like you have this little thing inside of yourself that becomes real on the page. yeah, exactly. when i was always growing up i ....