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Book Launch: "Tenderheaded" with Legendary Fashion Editor and Activist Michaela angela Davis
Tue, Oct 07
|St. Ann's & Holy Trinity Church
In partnership with St. Ann's & Holy Trinity Church for Black Literature, we're honored to present "Tenderheaded" a memoir by the legendary writer, creative director, producer, and image activist Michaela angela Davis.
Time & Location
Oct 07, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
St. Ann's & Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
About the Event
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Cultural icon and trailblazing journalist Michaela angela Davis’ name precedes her. She’s built a storied career as a writer, creative director, producer, and image activist focused on the intersections of gender, race, fashion, culture, beauty, and identity. In the pages of her forthcoming memoir TENDERHEADED (hardcover on sale October 7), the former fashion editor for VIBE, Essence, and Honey earnestly reveals how a girl once thought to be on the margins witnessed and shaped the evolution of American media.
“To be apart from Black girls,” she writes in her introductory pages, “was, and is, my fear; to be a part of Black girls was, is, and will always be my desire.” And long before working alongside iconic figures like Diana Ross, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé, Michaela was just a girl from Washington, DC, using her blond afro as armor against a world determined to see her as…