Curly Creative Caramel Queens

"Statistically we're headed toward an age where everybody's gonna be, like, caramel and queer." -Ilana, Broad City

Being able to see people in the media who look like you is taken for granted all the time. I don't think anyone realizes how happy I am that people with darker complexions and curlier hair are finally penetrating the media (2016 was such a good year for women of color). When I was a kid, my role models were people like Taylor Swift and white Barbie, so basically exactly what I couldn't ever be. I hated my curls with a passion and hated getting tan in the summertime. Self-love can't happen when you dislike your very identity. But, my role-models changed and they changed for the better - besides, is Taylor even, like, a nice person these days?

These are the creative women of color that have taken over my Instagram and Google search history...

So. lange. The eye makeup! The hair! The outfits! The MUSIC. If you've not listened to A Seat at the Table, you're missing out in a big way. Anyways, she rocks big frizzy hair which makes me feel high-fashion even with the worst cases of bedhead. 

Zoe freaking Kravitz! Style icon always. And can we get a big round of applause for her mom, Lisa Bonet, circa The Cosby Show??? 

Gabrielle Richardson, model & earth angel. Follow her Instagram +fridacashflow, like, yesterday. 

Crystal Noreiga. Model for Glossier Makeup. I think enough has been said. 

Lupita Nyong'o! Talented, intelligent, drop-dead gorgeous. Every time I watch one of her interviews I am astounded by her radiance. 

Rupi Kaur. Oh my god. Author of Milk & Honey, a short collection of poetry about love, loss, feminity, and race which I highly recommend. Her Instagram account is *on fire*. 

That's all for now.

K