Black Nerds Create (formerly Black Girls Create) is a collective that provides content through a lens of critical and creative fandom, in order to advocate for and contribute to meaningful representation in media for Black folks specifically, and systemically marginalized people in general.

Thee Black Nerds

Bayana Davis

Donnalie Jamnah

Nicole Hill

Porshèa Patterson

Robyn Jordan

Featured Projects

#Stories4Sinnoh

Black Magical History Month

BNC Presents

Chakra & Vibes

Fitz & Giggles

Juneteenth Cinema

Monthly Magic

The Plot Thickens

Tolkien Black Folks

Who Watch: Time and Relative Blackness in Space

Who Watch (TARBIS)

Click on a project or headshot above to learn more. Visit COLLECTIVE to see all of Black Nerds Create past content and programing.

Obsidian Archive

The Obsidian Archive includes blog posts, critical essays, and fan fiction written by Black Girls Create members, contributors, and community from our inception, until our rebrand to Black Nerds Create in 2022. Take a trip through time and peruse through the blog, Critical Companion series for inspiration, nuanced critiques, and wonderful stories!

We Black & Nerds

Black Girls Create blog was a space that worked to be representative of our realities and experiences as a way to counter the ones largely depicted in the mainstream. The blog hosted a variety of commentary on popular culture including book reviews, television and film recaps, personal essays, and our contributor-led series The Critical Companion, a bi-monthly themed project that delved into different aspects of critical fandom.

The Critical Companion

Black History Month and the Magic of Cultural Retention

DJ reflects on how Black cultural retention is its own form of magic and how it can be used in our every day to shape and mold our futures.

Niobe and the Power of Life and Death

Latonya finds Stranger Comics’ Niobe Ayutami to be an inspiration in the way she embodies life and death.

Representation vs Presentation: Writing Blackness into Dragon Age: Inquisition

When given the choice to play as your own race or a fantasy race, which would you choose? Janae’s answer may surprise you.

Imagining the Decolonization of Science Fiction

Nicole defines her view of Afrofuturism and imagines what science fiction could do if it wanted to be bold.

My Minister Been Black: An Analysis of Hermione Granger

Kai examines how Hermione’s Blackness puts the onus on her as a Black woman to save the Wizarding World.

Sacrificial Narratives: The Exploitation of Ariana Dumbledore in Harry Potter

In this #CriticalCompanion, Talia takes a look at Ariana Dumbledore, ableism, and abuse in Deathly Hallows.

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Author Spotlight

Author Spotlight: Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole & Nelda LaTeef

Meet Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Nelda LaTeef, authors of African Proverbs for All Ages.

Author Spotlight: Breeshia Wade

Meet Breeshia Wade, author of ‘Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow.’

Author Spotlight: Louisa Onomé

Meet Louisa Onomé and get her book ‘Like Home’.

Author Spotlight: Kara Lee Corthron

Meet author of ‘Daughter of Jubilation,’ Kara Lee Corthron.

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Author Spotlight: Tracy Deonn

Meet author of the contemporary fantasy novel ‘Legendborn,’ Tracy Deonn.

Author Spotlight: Jordan Ifueko

Meet author Jordan Ifueko and get her debut fantasy novel ‘Raybearer.’

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Featured Creators

Meet Black women who are creating space and art, learn about their process, and why they believe it is important for Black people to be creators. We feature a new Creator at the beginning of each month.