Constance Gibbs

She/Her/Hers

Managing Editor

Black Girls Create

Participates in 8 items

Constance Gibbs is a writer, editor, photographer, podcaster, epic tweeter and TV junkie living in NYC. She currently a writer for an educational children’s magazine, the Managing Editor for Black Girls Create, and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast Time and Relative Blackness in Space. Connie is most often found tweeting about her favorite TV shows and pop culture from her hobbit hole that looks an awful lot like Hufflepuff House. Follow her on Twitter and most places: @ConStar24.

Sessions in which Constance Gibbs participates

Friday 10 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

Civil Rights and Segregation in Harry Potter

1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Janae Phillips, Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

12:45 PM

Mutual Respect and Kinship: Race and Harry Potter

1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Claudia Morales (Participant)

During the backlash against "History of Magic in North America," J.K. Rowling explained away racism in the Wizarding World, saying that “there was ...

3:15 PM

Critical Fandom: How to Critique a Franchise You Love

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Panel

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Steph Anderson, Tonks and the Aurors (Participant)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

In recent years, the Harry Potter franchise has made some controversial decisions that left some fans confused or even upset. How do we cont...

Saturday 11 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

3:15 PM

Hogwarts BSU

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - MainStage (Ballroom A)

Panel

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Luke Youngblood, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Louis Cordice, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

What is the Black Student Union like at Hogwarts? We'll be discussing our experiences in the Potter fandom and what we think the black ...

Sunday 12 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

Nowhere Safer Than Hogwarts

1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Panel

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

It is often stated in the Harry Potter series that there’s no place safer than Hogwarts. Is it because Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of ...

11:30 AM

Creating Voldemort: the Statue of Secrecy & Wizard/Pureblood Privilege (OC)

1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Panel

Kylie Madden, Mischief Management (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Voldemort’s philosophies and actions are extreme, but did Wizarding society make it easy for him to thrive? In this panel we will talk about the St...

12:45 PM

New Century, Who Dis? Do We Really Need the Statute of Secrecy Anymore?

1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Discussion

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Alice Pearce (Participant)

Marigrace Angelo (Participant)

Junior Members of the Wizengamot gather to debate the merit of keeping or abolishing the centuries old Statute of Secrecy Law and work to determine...

2:00 PM

A Black Girl Magic Roll-Call

1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Roundtable

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Class is in session. We're taking attendance and calling out the names of any and every Black witch or woman that can be identified in the series. ...