#blkcreatives Updates: A Few Things About #blkcreatives moving forward
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Our Fall Reading List
It’s a new season! And there’s nothing that says welcome like a new Fall reading list. Here are some books on our list – more to come. I’m Telling The Truth, but I’m Lying: Essays by Bassey Ikpi Life is hard. And it’s complicated. And sometimes we don’t always have the tools by ourselves to…
The Secret Lives Of Black Women Podcast + Taking Your Own Advice
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Everything You Need For Monday Night’s #blkcreatives Twitter Chat
This Month’s #blkcreatives Twitter chat is happening on May 20, 2019 at 9pm EST! Here’s everything you need to know. TOPIC – Shifting to a Revenue Building Mindset as a Creative As the seasons begin to change and we approach the halfway mark of 2019, we thought now would be a great time to…
37 #blkcreatives who inspire us to make our own rules
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A World Mental Health Day Salute To Dr. Jess and #BeWell
Today being World Mental Health Day, the wildly popular “To be a negro in this country” quote by James Baldwin, immediately came to mind. In the summer of 1961 a journal article entitled, The Negro in American Culture, was published in CrossCurrents and featured commentary by Baldwin and his contemporaries (Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry on the…
Slick Woods and The Complicated Cost of Defying Beauty Standards
By Christina Hammond “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.” – Malcolm X Rihanna recently debuted her new Savage X Fenty collection during New York Fashion Week (NYFW) where she showcased her…
Everything You Need For Thursday Night On Twitter
August 30, 2018 at 9pm EST is the date for our next #blkcreatives chat. Here’s everything you need to know. TOPIC – All Sides of Supporting Black Business In honor of August being Black Business Month, we wanted this month’s theme to be focused on Black businesses. We hear “support Black Business” all the time…
Netflix’s Maiya Norton on The Strong Black Lead and Why Bringing Black Voices To The Table Matters
Maiya Norton is not famous outside of her collective of supportive friends and family and those of us fortunate to know her. She steps into spaces with a bright smile and you know that this is someone who is for the tribe, someone who keeps her roots in mind as she steps through the world…