Seeing Black Women Twerk On The Gram Makes My Skin Crawl

Social media provides the perfect space for the continued dehumanization, commodification, and fetishization of Black women.

Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D.
ZORA
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5 min readMar 3, 2023

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Nicki Minaj in her music video, “Anaconda

As we kick off Women’s History Month, I thought I might start my commemoration of women with an unpopular opinion: I am tired of seeing Black women twerk on…

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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D.
ZORA
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