Amplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our VoicesAmplifying Our Voices

Amplifying Our Voices

GET THE NEWSLETTER

Amplifying Our Voices is your ear to the ground — a weekly digest centering and celebrating underrepresented voices changing fashion, beauty, entertainment, and tech for the better. Tap in!

By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Culture
By Tim Brinkhof

From homelessness to Hollywood: How director Elegance Bratton made 'The Inspection'

Bratton learned filmmaking as a gay Black man in the Marines. Then he made a movie about it.

Culture

Ari Lennox channels throwback romanticism on ‘age / sex / location’

Culture

"Why can't we be the superheroes?" Marcus Scribner sees a future of fantastical Black stories

Culture

Denée Benton is making space for Black characters we haven’t seen before

Culture

Black-ish deserves to be in the canon of all-time great Black sitcoms

Impact

How Black creators are tearing down barriers to the outdoors

Activism

For Black Iris Project, dance is a form of resistance

Impact

A new archive is finally giving everyday Black women the reverence they deserve

Race

Ancestry testing brought me closer to my Blackness

Culture

Assemble is more than “Black Masterclass” — it’s Black hope

Mental Health

How to find Black joy while scrolling

Culture

How 'South Side' turned the Black Midwest experience into one of the best shows on TV

Culture

RZA on the sacred art of protecting Black stories

Cool Sh*t

13 BIPOC-owned vintage and secondhand stores to shop at this holiday season

Hits Different

'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' sold a Black American Dream that I just can't buy

Culture

Black roadies are still being kept from music’s biggest stages