Zeba Blay

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Zeba Blay
Born1988/1989 (age 32–33)[1]
Ghana
OccupationWriter, culture critic
Years active2013 – present
Known forCarefreeBlackGirl (hashtag)
Websitehttps://www.zeba-blay.com/

Zeba Blay is a Ghanaian-American writer and culture critic. She is a former senior culture writer for The Huffington Post. Blay coined the hashtag Carefree Black Girls and published her accompanying debut Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture in 2021.

Career[]

Blay's writing has been in published in The New York Times, The Village Voice, IndieWire, Film Comment, and others.[2] She was a culture writer at HuffPost from 2013 until 2021.[2] Her work has been cited in outlets including NPR, Vogue, and Vox.[3][4][5]

Blay co-hosted the pop culture podcast Two Brown Girls with Fariha Róisín from 2012-2017.[6]

She coined the viral hashtag #CarefreeBlackGirl on Twitter in October 2013, as a method "to assert and affirm my right to exist."[7][2] In October 2021 she released her debut book based on the concept, Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture, an essay collection on the contributions of Black women to American culture.[8][2] The book explores topics including colorism, the policing of Black women's bodies,[2] Cardi B,[2] and her personal experiences as a working journalist.[2][9]

Blay announced that she will release two books in 2022.[10]

Personal life[]

Blay was born in Ghana and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] She took a film class in high school that cultivated her interest in criticism.[11] She received her bachelor's degree from The New School's Eugene Lang College in 2013, where she developed a concentration in cultural criticism.[10]

Blay resides in New York City.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Moore, Keesean; Blay, Zeba (2021-05-13). "Besties Zeba Blay and Keesean Moore on radical vulnerability". i-D. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tharpe, Stephanie (2021-10-20). "Author Zeba Blay Talks Her Debut Book And The State Of Black Womanhood In America". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Hemmer, Nicole (2018-01-09). "How to think about consuming art made by sexual predators". Vox. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ Castillo, Monica (2016-02-03). "In Conversation About Diversity In Hollywood, Where Does Sundance Fit In?". NPR. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ Specter, Emma (2020-07-13). "I Hate the Version of New York Captured on 'The Bold Type.' So Why Do I Miss It?". Vogue. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Gurung, Danny (2016-03-02). "Rookie » Daily Links: Two Brown Girls Return Edition". www.rookiemag.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  7. ^ "For Zeba Blay, Being #CarefreeBlackGirls Isn't All About Joy". Teen Vogue. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  8. ^ Ukiomogbe, Juliana (2021-10-19). "Zeba Blay is Putting Her Shadows on the Page". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Dionne, Evette (2021-10-19). "Zeba Blay's "Carefree Black Girls" Is an Artful Revelation". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "Zeba Blay, Liberal Arts '13, Brings #CarefreeBlackGirl to the Masses with Her New Book". New School News. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Zeba Blay's "Carefree Black Girls" Is an Artful Revelation". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

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