POEMS + CREATIVE NONFICTION

I Dream of Mermaids and Memories, Shapeshifting and Serpents, Plentitudes Journal

Saturn Returning to Mami Wata, The Iowa Review

Fruit Snack Fairytale, Carve Magazine

The Taste of Grief: On Family Meals, Marriage, and Mourning, Catapult

BEAUTY

Rest Assured: Why is Exhaustion So Normalized in Black Women? Allure

Beauty Brands Are Profiting Off Racism, TeenVOGUE

The Renaissance of the Durag. Allure

Why Aaliyah for M.A.C. Is So Important, According to Rashad Haughton, TeenVOGUE

Why the Beauty Looks of Black Panther Are So Important, TeenVOGUE

Aretha Franklin’s Beauty Demanded Respect - and Denied Respectability Politics, TeenVOGUE

These Photographers Are Turning Natural Hair Into Works of Art, TeenVOGUE

Giving Mother's Day Beauty Gifts is Complicated for Me, TeenVOGUE

Black Women Wearing Bold Lipstick Is A Big Deal, The Establishment

BLACK CULTURE + POP CULTURE

The Best Sci-Fi is About Being Black, GQ

My Year of Reading Books by Black Women, Elle

The Evolution Of Nude Black Women In Art, The Establishment

I Went To The First Well-Read Black Girl Festival and Remembered I Was Born to Write—And Read, OkayAfrica

MUSIC

Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer is a Battle Cry for Those of Us Who Refuse to Surrender, OkayAfrica

Sampha's 'Process' and the Necessity of Vulnerable Black Masculinity, OkayAfrica

Missy Elliott Taught Me That I Can Be Weird and Beautiful, Teen Vogue

Kelela's 'Take Me Apart' Is A Sci-Fi Saga On Black Women's Sexuality & Power, OkayAfrica

Sampha’s 'Process' Film Is a Sweeping Journey Back Home, In Search of Self, OkayAfrica

In Kendrick Lamar’s 'Element,' Peace and Violence Coexist, OkayAfrica

SOCIAL ISSUES + COMMUNITY CARE

The Forces of Nature, Community and Kindness, Airbnb.org

White People Need to Learn How To Appreciate a Different Culture Without Appropriating It, TeenVOGUE

Police Brutality and Living Out of Fear, Time

How Rape Culture Makes Me Live In Fear, Bustle

INTERVIEWS

Symone D. Sander's Long Nails are Her Most Authentic Self, Teen Vogue 

In Conversation With Nana Kwabena on Identity, Music & Dream Chasing, OkayAfrica

In Conversation with Ivorian Artist Laetitia Ky on Building Whimsical Hair Sculptures and Confidence, OkayAfrica

Joshua Kissi Is Using Photography To Build a Safe Haven for People of Color, OkayAfrica