Jun 25 2018176/25/18Trust Black Women: On Celebrating Pride Amid Racism in the LGBTQ+ CommunityBriana Lawrence20Editor’s note: For Pride Month, The Root and Jezebel are teaming up once again for JezeRoot, with content by writers…
Feb 27 201832/27/18#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Cosplay Is for Everyone (but It’s Nice to Have Options)Briana Lawrence2In 2002 I hopped a Greyhound bus from my Iowa State college campus to get back home to Illinois for my first anime…
Feb 22 201812/22/18#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Seeing Yourself in the PositiveBriana Lawrence1I’m one of those people who visibly twitch at those supposedly clever online posts about how technology is killing…
Feb 19 2018172/19/18Can’t We All Just Get Along? Black Panther Is Revisionist HistoryBriana Lawrence107Editor’s note: There are spoilers here.
Feb 17 2018342/17/18Don’t Play With Our Emotions: Black Panther and Queer RepresentationBriana Lawrence123It’s been a while since I was so excited for a movie that I saw it twice in its opening week. While waiting to…
Feb 8 2018162/8/18#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Too Black for the White GeeksBriana Lawrence15I was 6 years old when my mama educated me in the ways of saving princesses by touching flowers and shooting…
Feb 2 2018222/2/18#28DaysBlackOfCosplay: Learning to Love Myself by Playing Dress-UpBriana Lawrence35I’m a cosplayer. A black geek. A black, queer, cosplaying geek in a plus-size body.