Black Women Are Transforming the World of Instagram Mermaids

The carefree aesthetic is appealing for many, but the inclusion also is full of political purpose

Elisabeth Sherman
ZORA
Published in
4 min readJan 21, 2021

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Evelyn still remembers the nickname her elementary school classmates assigned her: the mermaid. She was the strongest swimmer in her class; her mother had to fight to get Evelyn out of water when she…

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