Books I’m in:
Come out, Come out, Whoever you are – Abigail C. Saguy
The Silence Breakers and the #metoo Movement – Duchess Harris, Rebecca Morris
Tigers of A Different Stripe: Performing Gender in Dominican Music – Sydney Hutchinson
Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word – Nadia Abushanab Higgins
Aesthetics of Excess: The Art & Politics of Black & Latina Embodiment, Jillian Hernandez
Video:
Dis – What’s in The Box with Hannah Black: Zahira Kelly and The Politics Of The Internet
Bravado Magenta, Film, Bocafloja
3 Mujeres Contra La Violencia Machista, BBC News Mundo
RT: Entrevista con Virginia Vallejos
Antiblackness In Latin America With Zahira Cabrera, Festival Afrolatino, MOLAA
Antiblackness as Latin American Nationalism, Colgate University
#QuizaNoTePegue- Zahira Kelly, TEDx Talk, Mexico City Women
WeAreMitu: Afrolatinas Are Not Confused By Cardi B’s Race
Zahira Kelly Discusses Accountability & Asserting Afrolatina Existence, AintILatina.com
AfroFusion TV: AfroLatino Fest 2107 Mash Up
Afrolatino Festival: Panel, Community Economics & Womens Entrepeunership at The Schomburg
AintILatina?: #AfroLatinasWhoRock Awards
@NOWyoungfems- #solidarityisforwhitewomen
Save Wiyabi- Decolonize Sexual Assault Awareness Movement
Weekly Summer School: #AbuserDynamics
Audio:
The WhiteWashing Of Reggeaton & Why JBalvin’s Apology Falls Flat, The Takeaway, NPR
Ep 4: Healing is a Never Ending Project, (starts at 59:50), Sana Sana Podcast
Shouting From The Margins, an 8 Episode Micro-Podcast by Zahira Kelly
Interview, Ep #75 Diasporic Black Girls, Tea with Queen and J
Interview, Episode 7: Zahira Kelly, ChittuChattu.com
Discussion, La Hipersexualizacion de la Afrolatina, Beyond Borders, WRFG.org
Interview, Field Service Radio w/Sweetys at the ICA (begins at 3:54:50), wfmu.org
Art Shows:
Gallery Exhibition, Pitchwise Festival, Public Institution Center for Culture, Sarajevo, Bosnia, September 2017
The Scarlet Event, Bronx NY, July 2017
You Ruined Me/You Made Me Better, by Odiosas Bx- NYC, February 2017
Sweetys at the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston, May 2015
The Itty Bitty Art Show, West End Tattoo and Art Gallery, Atlanta, 2009
Japafronese, West End Tattoo and Art Gallery, Atlanta, 2009
Press:
- Lido Pimienta is Feeling Free, Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone
- The Racist L.A. City Council tape wasn’t a surprise to this Black Angeleno, Nadra Little, 19thNews
- Dominican Spanish isnt “Bad Spanish”, that mentality is rooted in White Supremacy, Jennifer Mota, PopSugar
- How Do Latinos Really feel about Hispanic Heritage Month: An Investigation, Yara Simon, Remezcla
- Comunidad, Yailin La Mas Viral isnt the problem, Internalized Misogynoir Is, Melania Luisa Torres, Refinery29
- J Balvin Catches Heat for winning AEA’s Afrolatino Artist of the Year, Yohance Kyles, AllHipHop
- The Ongoing fight against femicides and violence against women in the caribbean, Marjua Estevez, Rolling Stone
- 5 Signs a Relationship is Abusive, Claire Valentine, Paper Magazine
- A Front Row Seat At the Woke Theatre, Pendarvis Harshaw, KQED
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What 7 Afro-Latinx Women Wish You Knew About Their Identity, Janel Martinez & Mia Mercado, Bustle
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Breaking The Silence Around Intimate Partner Violence, Meagan Campbell, The Independent
- Recognizing Dominican Dembow: From Jamaica to El Alfa, Jennifer Mota, People En Español
- There is Power in Our Latina Aesthetics –Ask These Chongas, Cholas & Round The Way Femmes, Jillian Hernandez, Refinery29
- Dear Rochy RD fans, when will “La Cultura” protect women & girls?, Marjua Estevez, Refinery29
- Latino Music’s ‘Urbano’ Reckoning, Jenzia Burgos, Tidal
- A White reggeaton artist was named ‘Afrolatino of the Year’ & that’s a problem, Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Activist Zahira Kelly Examines Eurocentric Beauty Standards and Body Representations, Louise Nessralla, BCgavel.com
- Zahira Kelly on Accountability & Asserting Afrolatina Existence in 2017, Janel Martinez, AintILatina.com
- Where Intersectional Realities Make Space for Justice, Armely Pichardo, ClarkU.Edu
- A Stroke of Beauty: Zahira Kelly’s Black Goddesses, Celeste, Vashtie.com
- Powerful Tribute to Diaspora Women at The Afrolatino Festival 2017, AfrofusionTV
- Yo Soy Afrolatina, Felice Leon, TheRoot.com
- #MpFrias Uplifts Women of Color At The Scarlet Event, Milena Toro, BET.com
- Who is the Real Kali Uchis?, Jaquira Diaz, TheFader.com
- “Bad Dominicana” Zahira Kelly is an Afrolatina You Should Know, Jamila Johnson, AlDiaNews.com
- Fuck Like A Fat Girl: Radical Self Love For Goddess Sex, Erin White, AfroPunk.com
- Hillary Clinton speaks out on workplace ‘indignities’ after Bill O’Reilly and Sean Spicer spark an uproar, Aine Cain, BusinessInsider.com
- This Afro-Latina Artist is Bluntly Bringing The Issues Of Black Women To The Forefront, AfroPunk.com
- This Afro-Latina’s Art is Therapy For Black Women Suffering From America, Zahara Hill, HuffingtonPost.com
- Meet Zahira Kelly, The Black Latina Artist Painting Black Women as Goddesses, Juliana Pache, TheFader.com
- This Instagram Account Captures The Beauty Of Afro-Latinas in San Juan, Yara Simon, Remezcla.com
- Young, Gifted and Black: 15 Artists, Activists and Creatives Repping For Afro-Latinidad, Yara Simon, Remezcla.com
- Dominican Artist Creates Black Madonna For AfroLatinas Everywhere, Marjua Estevez, Vibe.Com
- The Year That Was and Wasnt: 2016, The Morning News.Org
- 33 Phenomenal Gifts For The Badass Black Girl In Your Life, Hannah Giorgis & Bim Adewunmi, Buzzfeed.Com
- Lanzan Campaña #QuizaNoTePegue, SemMexico, Paginabierta.Mx
- #QuizaNoTePegue, Regina Kuri, El Universal-Mexico
- We Asked 20 People To Style Frida Kahlo-Inspired Looks And Heres What Happened, Daniela Cadena, Buzzfeed.Com
- Maybe He Doesnt Hit You But…, Heidi Stevens, ChicagoTribune.Com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou The Domestic Violence Hashtag Making Its Way Into American Schools, Heidi Stevens, Sydney Morning Herald.Com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Raises Awareness of Different Kinds Of Abuse, Maggie Parker, Time.Com
- I Can Tell You About Lemonade, Laur M. Jackson, Complex.Com
- Afro-Latinos Don’t Fit Neatly In A Box, Janel Martinez, Vivala.Com
- 6 Lit Latinegra Sites You Need To Follow, Jelisa Jay Robinson, TeatroLatinegro.Com
- #GirlBoss: 15 (Mostly) Non-Celebrity Latinx Women You Should Follow On Social Media, Vibe Viva, Vibe.Com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Explores the Truths about Emotional Abuse, Veronica Wells, MadameNoire.com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou, Five signs that you’re being emotionally abused, Megha Mohan, BBC.Com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Spotlights Relationship Violence That Isn’t Physical, Marie Solis, Mic.Com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Twitter hashtag shines a light on emotional abuse, Telegraph.co.uk
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou This hashtag shows how abuse is way more than physical, Brittney MacNamara, TeenVogue.com
- #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Twitter hashtag reminds us that intimate partner violence isn’t always physical, Suzanna Weiss, Bustle.com
- 10 Standout Latinos Who Raised The Bar in 2015, Marjua Estevez, Vibe.Com
- Check Out This Adorable Breakfast-Themed Nail Art, Sandra Song, Paper Mag.Com
- 10 Things You Shouldnt Say To A Latina Feminist, Raquel Reichard, Latina.Com
- 3 Feminist Projects Reclaiming the Landscape, Kayla E, Nat Brut, Medium.com
- Quotes from AfroLatinas on Identity and Empowerment, Janel Martinez, Latina.Com
- Women Crush(ing Patriarchy) Wednesday: Zahira Kelly, Raquel Reichard, Latina.com
- “10 Inspiring Afro-Latina Bloggers You Should Follow”, Chantel Morel, Cosmopolitan.Com
- “11 Latinas You Should be Following on Twitter in 2015”, Alanna Nunez, Cosmopolitan.Com
- La Loca Magazïne – Cover & Centerfold, Issue 9, Winter 2015
- “BBCTrending: US black activists call Twitter protest”, Micah Luxen, BBC.com
- #ThisTweetCalledMyBack
- “A matter of death and death”: Confronting antiblack racism among Latinos”, Aura Bogado, Salon.com
- ”Tweeters of the world, Unite”, Julia Wong, TheNation.Com
- ”An Artist demands civility on the street with grit and buckets of paste”, Felicia Lee, NYTimes.Com
- “Selfies Are Art”, Noah Berlatsky, TheAtlantic.Com
- “Feminist selfies took over twitter and it was awesome”, Jamilah King, Colorlines.Com
- ”The semiotics of race, or: walks on the wild side”, Aamina Khan, Blackgirldangerous.com
- “Zahira Kelly: Afrolatina artist emerging with a mission”, Jim Linderman, ArtSlant.Com