Abstract

For my research creation project, I wrote and produced a web series script and pilot centring 2SLGBTQIA+ Jewish women and their daily lives. I made an original narrative through the web series, as a device to explore fan production and subversion of the text Wicked. I did this by creat- ing my own “Fan” production— a script featuring positive representation of queer women in fan- dom, with the novel as a back drop and story catalyst, titled Mazel. The project was created in three stages: three interviews with members of the Canadian sapphic community pertaining to what they would like to see from sapphic representation, the completion of a script for a web se- ries written with inspiration from said interviews, and the filming of a short pilot webisode. I was then privileged to host a community talk-back in coordination with the Museum of Jewish Mont- real, wherein we discussed what sapphic folks considers good representation and negative repre- sentation. The project’s aim is to provide an invitation to fellow sapphic creators to explore how they want their stories told, on their own terms.