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Hello and welcome to my little home on the internet. My name is Zeba Blay. I was born in Ghana and I live in NYC (ish). I’ve been a film, TV and cultural critic for over 10 years, and currently work at HuffPost as a Senior Culture Writer. In 2013, I was the first person to tweet the hashtag #carefreeblackgirl. Next year, my first book, Carefree Black Girls, comes out. It’ll contain some of my musings on the position of black women in pop culture.

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