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Why Become a Member
Membership is your key to everything you’ve signed up for — the course plans and subscriptions you’ve registered for will live here, with lifetime access to all your class materials in one place.
Coming soon, you’ll also be part of our members-only online community — a space built for connection, resource sharing, and asking questions without shame or guilt.
Further down the line, we’ll be bringing this experience to you in the form of a dedicated app, making it even easier to learn, connect, and grow wherever you are.
While our classes are not free, membership is — but it’s reserved exclusively for folks who identify as part of an underrepresented population and community in media and entertainment. If that’s you, welcome home.
What we mean by Underrepresented...
When we say “underrepresented” at The Vessel, we mean folks from communities that the media and entertainment industries have historically sidelined or erased—whether because of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, or the intersections in between.
The receipts speak for themselves: yes, 2024 was the first year over half of the top 100 films had female leads (finally!), but representation for people of color actually went backwards—only 25 films had leads from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, down from 37 the year before.
Latinx and Asian leads still make up just a fraction of their population share, while disability representation in major streaming films sits at 9% (and visible disability at basically zero). In kids’ TV, disabled leads dropped to 0.8%, LGBTQIA+ characters are almost nonexistent, and GLAAD reports a 31% drop in LGBTQ+ characters across TV overall.
This is just a fraction of the bleak statistics that are out there and there are incredible scholars doing the work of documenting the gaps of our presence. The Vessel isn't interested in filling any gaps. The Vessel is interested in charting new paths, territories, and self-empowered business moves.
So, when we say this membership is for the underrepresented, we mean it literally: this is space for those of us who still have to fight to be seen, heard, and valued in this business. If the industry hasn’t made enough room for you, we’re building that room here—and you’ll have a seat at the table for as long as you want it.
Representation vs Resonance
At The Vessel, we know there’s a difference between representation and resonance. Seeing someone who looks like you on screen matters—but if the story behind them was built without your community’s truths, struggles, and joys in mind, that’s not resonance.
As Zora Neale Hurston reminded us, all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk—visibility without political consciousness can still uphold the same harmful systems. Our mission isn’t just to put more underrepresented faces in the frame; it’s to cultivate work that is rooted in lived experience, accountable to the communities it reflects, and brave enough to tell the whole truth.
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