EDITORIAL
Writing & cultural criticism
My work brings together research, storytelling and lived experience. Selected features, essays, profiles and reviews for the New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, ELLE, Pitchfork and more.
01
Longform
On the Chicago GSA Prom, The New York Times
On coffee houses and DJ culture, Chicago Tribune
On the culture of Christmas movies, Harper’s Bazaar
On sound healing, Chicago Tribune
On Kara Jackson, Pitchfork
On Numero Group, Chicago Tribune
On Solange’s Houston, The Guardian
On diversifying nightlife, Vice
02
Essays
On Usher’s Confessions, VMP
On Solange, The Cut
On Toni Morrison, VICE
On exploitation in art, The New York Times
On Michelle Obama, Esquire
On Laquan McDonald, Esquire
On the audacity of hope,W magazine
On Nina Simone, Pitchfork
On Black athletes, Esquire
03
Profiles
On Jurnee Smollett, ELLE
On Sparklmami, Chicago Tribune
On Chani Nicholas, Glamour
On Andrew Sa, Chicago Tribune
On Stacey Abrams, Rolling Stone
On Star Bandz, Chicago Magazine
On Hank Willis Thomas, American Craft
04
Reporting
On the hair queens of Chicago, Vogue
On the Heavy Rotation, Chicago Tribune
On the Chicago Period Project, Bon Appétit
On Save the Night, Chicago Tribune
On Brown Girls in Finland, VICE
On Charlottesville, Grazia
On Brown Girls, ELLE
05
Reviews
On Beyoncé’s Black Is King, Stereogum
On Chris Brown and Usher (Live), Chicago Tribune
On Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Consequence of Sound
On B2K and Bow Wow (Live), Chicago Tribune
On Solange’s A Seat at the Table, Cosmopolitan
On Doechii (Live), Chicago Tribune
On Beyoncé’s “Formation”, Pitchfork
On Jlin’s Black Origami, SPIN
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Newsletters & books
Unbodied: a newsletter about headling
The Christmas Cache: a seasonal newsletter
