{"id":63,"date":"2015-04-16T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/16\/behindthecover-inspiration-by-essence-magazines-game-changers"},"modified":"2015-07-09T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:13:52","slug":"behindthecover-inspiration-by-essence-magazines-game-changers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/16\/behindthecover-inspiration-by-essence-magazines-game-changers\/","title":{"rendered":"#BehindtheCover Inspiration by Essence Magazine\u2019s Game Changers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/d6d66-23gamechangers.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/d6d66-23gamechangers.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" height=\"425\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><\/p>\n<p> Be who you want to be and be great at it because chances are a child somewhere is watching, crafting a plan for their own destiny. A pretty simple concept is what built the female powerhouses\u00a0you see today known as Ava DuVernay, Mara Brock Akil, Issa Rae, Debbie Allen and Shonda Rhimes.<\/span><br \/><a name='more'><\/a><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">They were once young black girls all eager to grow into the black women they admired and were deeply influenced by. Tomorrow, their\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teabreakfast.com\/black-girl-magic-debbie-ava-issa-shonda-mara-dawn-cover-essence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Game Changers\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>edition of Essence Magazine\u00a0hits stands and they&#8217;re giving\u00a0us a peek inside the interview with little known facts about the inspiration behind your favorites.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\">http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\">http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1<\/a>    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"> <\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Just think of what kind of black girls will be dominating the game all because they looked up to Ava, Mara, Issa, Debbie and Shonda. We&#8217;ll I&#8217;m already kind overgrown but I think they&#8217;ll have a hand in my greatness as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">  <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/7feb5-quvenzhane-fist-pump.gif\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/7feb5-quvenzhane-fist-pump.gif?resize=640%2C360\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be who you want to be and be great at it because chances are a child somewhere is watching, crafting a plan for their own destiny. A pretty simple concept is what built the female powerhouses\u00a0you see today known as Ava DuVernay, Mara Brock Akil, Issa Rae, Debbie Allen and Shonda Rhimes.They were once young &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/16\/behindthecover-inspiration-by-essence-magazines-game-changers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#BehindtheCover Inspiration by Essence Magazine\u2019s Game Changers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50872615,2086175,1279511],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-issa-rae","tag-mara-brock-akil","tag-shonda-rhimes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tyler","author_link":"https:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/author\/7thrho\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Be who you want to be and be great at it because chances are a child somewhere is watching, crafting a plan for their own destiny. 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