Michaela angela Davis

Photograph by Ruvén Afanador

About The Author

Michaela angela Davis is a writer, creative director, producer, and image activist focusing on the intersections of gender, race, fashion, culture, beauty, and identity. She was the cowriter of Mariah Carey’s memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. She was the fashion, beauty, and culture editor at Essence magazine, the founding fashion director at VIBE magazine, and a creator of the docuseries The Hair Tales.

Books by Michaela angela Davis

Tenderheaded

A Memoir

By Michaela angela Davis
After working alongside iconic figures like Diana Ross, Prince, and Maya Angelou and as VIBE’s founding fashion director, Michaela angela Davis provides both a celebration of Black media’s vibrant history and a critical examination of its challenges and identity politics.
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