Michaela Angela Davis - Wikipedia
Michaela Angela Davis is a writer on African-American style, race, gender and hip-hop culture in the United States. She is also a fashion expert and an "image activist."
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Michaela Angela Davis at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, image activist |
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Early life Edit
Publishing and writing career Edit
After completing her studies, Davis went to work in 1991 for Essence as an associate fashion editor.[3] Her first assignment was the styling of Anita Hill.[1]
She was the associate fashion, culture and the executive fashion and beauty editor for Essence magazine.[4] She was the founding fashion director for Vibe magazine, and she was the last editor-in-chief of Honey, a magazine for 18- to 34-year-old black women. Davis has written for many projects such as Everything But the Burden: What White People are Taking from Black Culture (ed. Greg Tate;[5] Broadway Books, 2003), and authored Beloved Baby: A Baby's Scrapbook and Journal (Pocket Books, 1995).[3] On the issue of colorism within the black community, Davis has said that "Anything that tears us apart as sisters, there’s no privilege in, we have equal pain, it’s just different and has been processed and presented to us in different ways."[1]
Stylist Edit
She was also a celebrity stylist for people such as Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Prince, Diana Ross, Donald Trump, Mary J. Blige and LL Cool J. She has worked as a stylist on several films, including the 2002 film Paid in Full.[3]
Film career Edit
She has been featured in documentary films including The Souls of Black Girls (2008). Davis has had several television appearances, most recently on BET in their presentation of Hip Hop vs. America II: Am I My Sister's Keeper?
Activism and mentoring Edit
Davis is developing an online magazine and television show, and a documentary film and book exploring race, gender, beauty and identity. She serves on the board of Black Girls Rock!, Imagenation, The Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, and conducts her own monthly career-mentoring program called Salon de Shine. She regularly speaks on campuses and in the community. She is currently working a novel called “The Revolution of Happiness: A Book and Digital Conversation Project.” It is a culmination of “honest and innovative cross-generational conversations with revolutionary-thinking Black women about disturbing the pain that has burdened or molested our natural exquisite selves.”[6]
Davis is the leader of "Mad Free," a multi-platform, multi-generational critical community conversation[7] with revolutionary women whose work and lives serve to liberate the narrow and misinformed image of women.
References Edit
- ^ a b c d Michaela Angela Davis: The Makings of an Urbanista, Ganeka Gray, Clutch Magazine, August 1, 2008
- ^ BEAUTIFUL BLACK SPOTLIGHT: Michaela Angela Davis, The Sauda Voice, December 21, 2008
- ^ a b c Michaela Angela Davis biography, American Program Bureau speakers
- ^ "Essence magazine criticized for hiring white Fashion Director : Urbanmecca.com | African American News" . Retrieved 2011-04-26 .
- ^ Everything But the Burden, amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- ^ The Editor (July 21, 2011). "This Black Girl Rocks: Image Activist Michaela Angela Davis". Madame Noire.
- ^ "Mad Free". Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2015-05-04.