![]() ![]() The publication’s report continued on, adding, “the character is portrayed as she/her, is around 18-22 years old.” “One of the characters that will be introduced in the upcoming Ironheart Disney+ series is going to be a Black, Latina or Afro-Latina transgender character,” said POC Culture’s Ron Seoul-Oh. ![]() After her best friend and father are killed in a drive-by shooting, Riri wants to protect her hometown and the ones she loves, so she reverse engineers Tony Stark’s Iron Man design to create her own suit of armor-the most advanced of its kind since Stark’s Iron Man designs themselves! In the comics, the character is a super genius by five years old and enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by 15 years old. Ironheart stars Dominique Thorne (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Riri Williams, as well as Anthony Ramos and Lyric Ross in yet-to-be-announced roles. If the studio follows through with casting a trans actor, the Ironheart actress would be the fourth trans actor to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and third trans woman. According to POC Culture, Marvel sent out a casting call for the upcoming series for a “Black, Latina or Afro-Latina transgender” actress between 18 and 22 years old. Marvel Studios is reportedly looking to cast a smart, confident transgender female character in the Disney+ series Ironheart. I don’t know if this city will ever be found and where, but it felt like the perfect home for the Illari, who were largely inspired by Andean peoples in the Bolivian region who were conquered and displaced by the Incas. I’ve always been fascinated by this legend, and I think the last known explorer to go searching for it went into the Bolivian Amazon in 1997, and he never came back out. Written In Starlight also features a lost city - Paititi - that was once thought to be in Bolivia. It has the river that runs like veins through his pueblo, and where he traveled by canoe. ![]() This book is filled with the foods he ate, what his home looked like, even the bamboo stalks he slept on. This story is particularly special to me, as it’s primarily inspired by my father and where he was born and raised - the Bolivian Amazon. Writing about a place I love so much felt natural to me - because my upbringing really shaped me to embrace all aspects of my heritage. To me, Bolivia is a vibrant and colorful place, with delicious food and incredible art, deeply rooted in artisanal crafting and weaving. Tell us about yourself and how your Bolivian roots inspired you both as a writer and in your newest work, Written in Starlight.īoth my books draw from my personal experience of growing up in Bolivia, where most of my family lives. To dig into Ibañez’s mind to see what and how this author embraces in her Latinx roots, what inspirations she gives to upcoming authors, and of course, how she is staying creative during this pandemic. As a result, we had (Photo courtesy of Isabel Ibañez) The wave of praise she received for her second book, Written in Starlight , which just came out this month, is much more than anticipated. Ibañez made her debut in the publishing world last year, with her book Woven in Moonlight, which TIME categorized 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, praising “every detail is rich with meaning and nuance.” It is a fruitful cycle that will only continue to ignite our upcoming talents - and in this case, we see it exemplified through the experience of Florida-born and Bolivian author Isabel Ibañez. From musicians to writers, and everything in between, Latinx are creative minds that continue thriving in their spaces while opening paths to their audiences to do the same. ![]()
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