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Briana Lawrence

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Briana Lawrence is a freelance writer, published author, and the creator of "magnifiqueNOIR" - a magical girl book series starring black girls with superpowers and fantastic hair.

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6/25/18

Trust Black Women: On Celebrating Pride Amid Racism in the LGBTQ+ Community

Editor’s note: For Pride Month, The Root and Jezebel are teaming up once again for JezeRoot, with content by writers…

Briana Lawrence

PublishedJune 25, 2018

2/27/18

#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Cosplay Is for Everyone (but It’s Nice to Have Options)

In 2002 I hopped a Greyhound bus from my Iowa State college campus to get back home to Illinois for my first anime…

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 27, 2018

2/22/18

#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Seeing Yourself in the Positive

I’m one of those people who visibly twitch at those supposedly clever online posts about how technology is killing…

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 22, 2018

2/19/18

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Black Panther Is Revisionist History

Editor’s note: There are spoilers here.

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 19, 2018

2/17/18

Don’t Play With Our Emotions: Black Panther and Queer Representation

It’s been a while since I was so excited for a movie that I saw it twice in its opening week. While waiting to…

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 17, 2018

2/8/18

#28DaysOfBlackCosplay: Too Black for the White Geeks

I was 6 years old when my mama educated me in the ways of saving princesses by touching flowers and shooting…

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 8, 2018

2/2/18

#28DaysBlackOfCosplay: Learning to Love Myself by Playing Dress-Up

I’m a cosplayer. A black geek. A black, queer, cosplaying geek in a plus-size body.

Briana Lawrence

PublishedFebruary 2, 2018