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
Featured Projects
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
Author Spotlight
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.
Imani Love
Meet Imani Love, poet and performance artist.
Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael
Meet Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael, director and creator of the web series, Hermione Granger and the Quarter-Life Crisis.