Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Ashley C. Ford

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Ashley C. Ford

Twitter: @iSmashFizzle

Website: ashleycford.net

What she does: Ashley is a writer, editor, speaker, and teacher.




Why she's inspiring: Ashley creates articles about LGBT issues, sexuality, crime, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Her words--particularly the pieces about her own life-- educate, entertain, and hearten her readers about their own lives.



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Necole Kane

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Necole Kane

Twitter: @iamnecole

Website: iamnecole.com




What she does: Necole is the CEO of xoNecole, "a newly defined platform for women to share their personal stories, showcase their signature style, and speak their minds."

Why she's inspiring: Necole took a leap of faith and publicly rebranded herself and her company--from successful Necole Bitchie to uncharted xoNecole--in order to focus on positivity instead of negativity. Her transformed company now has a mission "to promote positive images of woman of color, as well as empower, educate, and inspire millennials through our beauty, fashion, lifestyle, career and travel features."



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Where's My Movie?: Maya Angelou

It's Where's My Movie? Monday! Each month, For Nerdy Girls features an inspirational individual who has changed the world but, for some reason, does not have her own biopic. These women are amazing human beings who should be commemorated as historical game changers in textbooks and statues and monuments. For now, we will discuss them on this internet blog.

(For comparison, Steve Jobs has been portrayed in 11 documentaries, four feature films, and one theatrical production. He created a company that sells phones.)




Name: Dr. Maya Angelou

Twitter: @DrMayaAngelou

Website: mayaangelou.com

What she did: Maya Angelou was an author, composer, dancer, director, journalist, orator, singer, celebrated poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.




Why she needs a movie: Maya Angelou was and is an inspiration. The recipient of over 50 honorary doctorate degrees, along with the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Dr. Angelou shared her teachings throughout the world in her writings, her performance art, and her official classes at both the University of Ghana and Wake Forest University. Her lived messages of education, freedom, hope, peace, perseverance, triumph, and unity continue to touch her students across cultures, countries, and decades.

Coming to a theater near you: Get, Give, Learn, Teach: Dr. Maya Angelou: The College Years



If you would like to nominate a notable lady for Where's My Movie?, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Twanna A. Hines

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Twanna A. Hines

Twitter: @funkybrownchick

Website: funkybrownchick.com

What she does: Twanna is a sex educator and advocate.

Why she's inspiring: Twanna promotes "judgment-free, inclusive sex education and healthy interpersonal relationships." She wants "to make the world a happier, healthier, and more peaceful place." And she has been doing so with her funky brown work around the world since 2005. Sounds great to me!



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Frangela

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Frangela aka Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton

Twitter: @frangeladuo

Website: frangela.com

What they do: Frances and Angela are actors, comedians, and radio hosts.




Why they are inspiring: Frangela have been sharing their humorous take on national events since the early 2000s. These best friends and pop cultural pundits are "America's back up & black up." Their comedy, particularly their Idiot of the Week series and their poignant tweets, provides a welcome alternative to mainstream newsiness. They have also reviewed my first novel, so that is nice. :-)



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Woke Bae Watch: Damon Young

It's Woke Bae Watch Wednesday! Each month, For Nerdy Girls features an inspired individual who uses their celebrity to bring attention to an area of social justice. These are activists and allies whose good work should be replicated on a global level, so we'll start by discussing these changemakers right here.

(Disclaimer: Featured baes are not necessarily woke in every aspect of social justice. Watch at your own risk.)




Name: Damon Young

Twitter: @VerySmartBros

Website: verysmartbrothas.com

What he does: Damon is the founder and editor-in-chief of Very Smart Brothas, contributing editor for EBONY.com, columnist for EBONY magazine, and co-author of Your Degrees Won't Keep You Warm At Night: The Very Smart Brothas Guide to Dating, Mating, and Fighting Crime.




Why he's woke: Have you read Very Smart Brothas, the oasis in a desert of crazy for bougie black girls and boys from the 80s, 90s, and today? If you have not, then please do so, and come back. I'll wait.

For those of you who are regular readers of VSB, you already know the levels of wokeness that flow through Damon and his VSB co-founder Panama Jackson.

That is all.



If you would like to nominate a woke bae for Woke Bae Watch, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.