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Anani Blakey

@anariaphy

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Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway is a love letter to Black women. Black women built the internet you scroll every day. Our language becomes trend. Our aesthetics become algorithm. Our presence becomes content. And still, our experiences are rarely held with care. This project does that differently. Built from the words, voice notes, and stories of Black women, this visualizer and digital archive is a record. Not the version of us that gets flattened, reposted, or misunderstood, but the one that has lived, created, questioned, protected, and stayed anyway. Not for performance. Not for consumption. For memory. We released this project on March 25 in honor of Toni Cade Bambara, who believed that storytelling was never neutral and that preserving Black life is part of the work. The archive and visualizer are now live for you take in and explore. Thank to everyone Black woman that lent their time, face, voice, and words to this. Full video at our link in the bio. A Black Girl Narrative Project Dr. DeLisha Tapscott Creator, Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Assistant Editor Research: The Love We Code Report (2025) Dr. Nardos Ghebreab Creator, Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Assistant Editor Jasiah Washington Co-Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter Anani Blakey Co-Producer, Co-Director, Screenwriter Natalija Skoko Assistant Editor (@11joi77) Original Score by Euijae Kim (@ejaek_) Follow @blckgirlnarrative to watch and explore. #BlackGirlNarrative #DearBlackGirl #DigitalStorytelling #ToniCadeBambara #DigitalStorytelling by @anariaphy
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We are still thinking about the magic from Afrofuturism Week and we couldn’t let more time pass without thanking the incredible designers, models, DJ Tetcho Statuz @djtetchostatuz , the MC (Turbado Marabou @deeproots378), and the curator (Anani Blakey @anariaphy ) who brought the Afrofuturism Week Fashion Show to life! Thank you for your creativity, confidence, and artistry transforming the runway into a space where the community met in the most powerful way.    Afrofuturism continues well past January as we all think and design for the future.    Models:  Nikki Nesbit  Lesa Philips @jamerican_princess77 Alicia myrie @Btfllocks Alexis Ross (Ifamayowa) alexisyvonneross Sally Travis @imagefromabove Surilma De La Cruz @blxzkstar_ Taylor Wade @taylajaywade Seven Alexander seven.alexx7  Ameer Jackson pngpilgrimm  Caitlin Wheeler @caitdagr8  Alana Simone Jones  Janelle Whiteside  @janelle_yw22 Shalom Shuler @Shalulu2.starz x Quezada  @ghostasfk  DiGray Olcima @zephuq  Gabrielle Innocent  obv_notgaby  Alexis Seraphin  @ser4ph7m  Carlasia Collins @Carlasiaantionettee  Tyana Folston @tyanafolston  Rokheyatou Faye @Faye_rokheyatou  Zara Safoundie @zara.estherr  Shydeenha Bruno-Bertino @shynerd98  Dimitri Williams @dimitri__williams  Corrin Elise Hobbs @corrin_elise  Wolfdjina Ifrene @w_djina  Ikechukwu Onwuchekwa @chvks.wrld  Eden-Rose Parkinson @coolgaledengirl44  Michaud Davis @Mdatrillest  Ola Shuler @Olatreeeeee  Dilan Jassel Rodriguez Rivera dilan_j1i3  Jerry  Errol Nelson @errolsculturalcanvas Designers:  Sarah Gissendanner @haras_works  Tyana Folston @tyanafolston  Jeanina Del Castillo @ninaxnako  Jae Ling @jaelingcustoms  Funded in part by @visitgainesville taken in Cade Museum For Creativity & Invention by @anariaphy
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Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway started as an idea that we, Dr. DeLisha Tapscott and Dr. Nardos Ghebreab, co-founders of Black Girl Narrative, developed through our work on The Love We Code report. We wanted to take what we learned and experienced and move it into a different medium rooted in film, storytelling, and archiving. What began as research became a campaign. What became a campaign became a love letter. This project is for Black women who have existed, created, questioned, shared, and stayed in digital spaces that did not always hold us with care. And in building this, the process itself mattered just as much as the final piece. From the participants, to the voice actors, to the women who showed up on screen, to those who submitted their words. We are deeply grateful. This visualizer would not exist without the Black women who trusted us with their stories. Every submission, every voice note, every reflection shaped what this became. We hope we’ve created something that holds storytelling, memory work, and space in a way that feels honest. Something that reflects not just what we’ve experienced, but how we’ve moved through it. Thank you to Jasiah Washington and Anani Blakey for bringing our vision to life as co-directors and translating this work into something you can see and feel. This release is also intentional. Dropping March 25th, in honor of Toni Cade Bambara, whose work reminds us that documenting our lives is not extra. It is necessary. We’re proud of this. And we’re ready to share it. Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway A Black Girl Narrative Visualizer Coming March 25th Screenplay by Dr. DeLisha Tapscott, Dr. Nardos Ghebreab, Jasiah Washington, and Anani Blakey Co-Directed by Jasiah Washington and Anani Blakey #BlackGirlNarrative #DearBlackGirl #TheLoveWeCode #DigitalArchive #Storytelling by @anariaphy
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Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway is a love letter to Black women, written in our own words. For years, Black women have shaped digital culture while also navigating platforms that were never designed with our care in mind. We have stayed present, stayed visible, stayed soft when we could, and protective when we needed to be. We have made meaning in spaces that often misunderstand us. This project holds space for that reality. Built from the reflections, voice notes, and stories of Black women, Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway is both a visualizer and a living digital archive. It is a place to sit with the truth of what it has meant to remain online. Not just the joy or the visibility, but also the contradictions, the grief, the refusal, the boundary-setting, and the care we extend to one another. More than anything, this project is a record. A way of saying that our digital lives matter and deserve to be held with intention rather than consumed and forgotten. We are releasing the visualizer and archive on March 25 in honor of Toni Cade Bambara’s birthday. Bambara believed that storytelling was never neutral and that preserving Black life was a political act. Releasing this project on her birthday is our way of placing it within that lineage of Black women who insisted that our stories deserve permanence. Dear Black Girl Who Stayed Online Anyway A Black Girl Narrative Visualizer + Digital Archive Debuts March 25. Follow @blckgirlnarrative to witness and explore. #BlackGirlNarrative #DearBlackGirl #BlackWomenOnline #BlackDigitalCulture #ToniCadeBambara by @anariaphy
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ART EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION + ARTWALK Friday, January 30 | 7-10PM Join us for the opening reception of 'Black Cosmologies in World-building, Storytelling, and Imagination', our juried art exhibition at Gainesville Fine Arts Association! UF students and regional artists from the Black diaspora submitted visual art, film, drawings, photography, writing, music, and other works that highlight fantasy, ancestral realms, and the future, while preserving history and tradition. Opening reception will feature curators Anani Blakey and Errol Nelson, as part of Gainesville Artwalk. Exhibit will be on display until Feb 20. Parking is available on Main Street and in the ALDI lot. In partnership with Gainesville Fine Arts Association. Funded in part by @visitgainesville Poster image: ‘Currents’ by Omowura Adedayo @will_adedayo This project is funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County, in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment of the Arts and in part by a grant from the City of Gainesville, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department #whatsgoodalachuacounty #artexhibition #afrofuturismweek2026 by @anariaphy
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🗓️ AFROFUTURISM WEEK FINAL EVENT IS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, AT THE CADE MUSEUM, FROM 6 - 9 PM!! The 2026 fashion show pays homage to whimsical, fantasy, sci-fi, and abstract aesthetics while highlighting local designers, stylists, and models. Curated by Anani Blakey and with contributions from @mode.uf, the show is a grand event celebrating community, collective dreams, and creativity! ✨Experimenting with skill, technique, and style, this show brings artistry, dreams, and visions to life! Join us for a beautiful runway, costume contest, and more!✨ by @anariaphy
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ART EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION + ARTWALK Friday, January 30 | 7-10PM | @gfaagallery Join us for the opening reception of 'Black Cosmologies in World-building, Storytelling, and Imagination', our juried art exhibition at Gainesville Fine Arts Association! UF students and regional artists from the Black diaspora submitted visual art, film, drawings, photography, writing, music, and other works that highlight fantasy, ancestral realms, and the future, while preserving history and tradition. Opening reception will feature curators Anani Blakey and Errol Nelson, as part of Gainesville Artwalk. Exhibit will be on display until Feb 20. Parking is available on Main Street and in the ALDI lot. In partnership with Gainesville Fine Arts Association. Funded in part by @visitgainesville by @anariaphy
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The application for “Black Cosmologies in World-building, Storytelling, and Imagination” is EXTENDED to January 9th! Applicants must apply with COMPLETED works by the new deadline! Don’t miss this opportunity, centering creative individuals in the Afro and Black Diaspora! 📍Call is open to artists, performers, and vendors of all ages in Gainesville Fl, and anyone willing to travel! All media and art forms are welcome! Consider fantasy, punk, whimsical, science fiction, magical, mythological, ancestral, traditional aesthetics, and the genres that bloom in between. by @anariaphy
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✨Hello everyone! I am posting as BGN’s creative director and visual content designer! ✨ I am curating my 3rd art exhibition and fashion show for @uf_came 2026 Afrofuturism Week in Gainesville, Florida!! The 2026 theme, “Unbounding Possibilities: Dreams, Realities, and Imagined Futures” centers wonder, artistry, and imagination in our collective existence. Applications for both events are open and found with the qr codes! I’m looking for creators of all ages in Alachua County, North Florida, or anyone willing to travel to Gainesville, Fl, who identify with the International Afro and Black Diaspora. ⬇️ Art Exhibition Call- Artsists, vendors, and performers of all media and experience levels. Application close on December 19. Fashion Show Call - Models, designers, stylists, hairstylists and makeup artists of all experience levels. Application close on January 2. Please help me reach a larger audience this year! If you have any questions, please message me on my page, @anariaphy! Thank you! by @anariaphy
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The 2026 Afrofuturism Fashion Show Applications are Live! Hosted by UF CAME, the 2026 show emphasizes wonder, artistry, and imagination in our collective existence through 4 striking categories. We’re seeking runway models, fashion designers, stylists, make-up artists, and more of all experience levels! Don’t miss your chance to bring your dreams to life. 🗓️ Applications close: January 2nd, 2026 Apply today! Links are in bio! This call is open to creators of all ages in Gainesville, FL, Alachua County, and Florida who identify with the Afro and Black Diaspora. by @anariaphy
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Step into Unbounding Possibility 🚀✨ #AfrofuturismWeek returns January 22–31 with art, music, dance, workshops, a fashion show, a costume contest & more! This year's theme is Unbounding Possibility: Dreams, Realities, and Imagined Futures Learn more: afrofuturismweek.org Music is "JAX II BWI" local artist @caseyjones.ii #gainesvillefl #visitgainesville #visitgainesvillealachuacounty #AFW #Afrofuturism #AfrofuturismArt #Fashion #Art by @anariaphy
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The application for the third Afrofuturism Art Exhibition is now OPEN!! Link in Bio!! Presented by UF’s Center for Arts, Migration & Entrepreneurship and the Gainesville Fine Arts Association, the 2026 Afrofuturism exhibition promises to be a dreamy celebration. This call is open to artists, performers, and vendors of all ages in Gainesville, FL, and Alachua County who identify with the Afro and Black Diaspora. Co-curated by Anani Blakey and Errol Nelson, this year’s theme, “Black Cosmologies in World-building, Storytelling,” and Imagination, explores the magical essence of fantasy, visions, and futures. We ask creators to ponder: How do you balance reality and fictional concepts in your medium? The possibilities are endless. Application Deadline: December 19, 2025 All media and art forms are welcome! Consider fantasy, punk, whimsical, science fiction, magical, mythological, ancestral, traditional aesthetics, and the genres that bloom in between. by @anariaphy
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