Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipated Comics Critics

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Perfectly choreographed fights against sexists who had it coming! Does DC Entertainment's Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey movie keep the spirit of the beloved comics alive? From the comics to the big screen we've got an expert panel:  Nadia Shammas is an Arab-American comic writer and native Brooklynite. She's best known for being the creator of CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments and the author/co-creator of SQUIRE, a YA Middle Eastern fantasy set from HarperCollins next year. You can find her and her movie takes on Twitter https://twitter.com/Nadia_Shammas_ Véronique Emma Houxbois is a fiercely queer critic, cartoonist, and consultant hosting Read From the Rafters on YouTube as her drag persona Judith Slays. Named one of SyFy's Most Influential Women in Genre 2017, her credits include Love is Love for IDW/DC, Critical Chips Volume 2 for Shortbox, and Called into Being: 200 Years of Frankenstein. https://twitter.com/EmmaHouxbois Sara Century is a writer of short stories, articles about comics and film, and many, many zines. She is an artist, comic creator and filmmaker as well as co-host of the weekly podcast Bitches on Comics. https://twitter.com/saracentury Join us for: New Yorkers' opinions on Harley’s accent & parking in Gotham “Disaster capitalism, Spirit Halloween costume” Emma on some of Harley’s prior unfortunate looksA chaotic neutral Batman and Robin Asking for more explicit conversation about why cops are pigsHow I define Harley's real super power