The Future of Beauty Is Being Built by Black Nerds

The Future of Beauty Is Being Built by Black Nerds

We are also highlighting nerds with a more creative bent, like our cover star Doechii who was a hardcore Paramore fan back in middle school. Her love of alternative rock influenced her style, which put off some of her peers. “I remember feeling really anxious all the...
Doechii Finds Her Groove: Cover Story

Doechii Finds Her Groove: Cover Story

And Doechii still stands on that. She admits that she’ll be promoting “What It Is (Block Boy)” until she’s blue in the face.“Young artists will make excuses and disguise it as, ‘Oh, they don’t deserve this. This is just too good. I’m not gonna put it out.’...
Inside the Lives of Black Disney Adults

Inside the Lives of Black Disney Adults

So where does this leave Disney fans in marginalized communities? Wall, who is based in Oxnard, California, spends more time at Disneyland in her home state. And when she visits the theme parks in Florida, she says, she doesn’t leave Disney property: “That’s the...