Michaela Angela Davis is an image activist, writer, creative director, and cultural commentator. She has been honored by the NAACP, the UNCF, the City of New York, and others for her work to expand the narrow and inaccurate narratives of women of color in mainstream media. She was the only executive fashion, beauty, and culture editor at Essence, the first fashion director at Vibe, and the last editor in chief at Honey magazine. She’s written widely about gender, race, fashion, culture, beauty, and identity. Davis is a conversationalist. She’s taken her identity project—MAD FREE: Li...berating Conversations about Image, Beauty, and Power—to France, South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. She has led conversations on ABC, MSNBC, and BBC. Davis was recently the editorial brand manager for BET Networks and the editorial lead of the award-winning rebrand of Centric: The First Network Designed for Black Women. She is a frequent cultural critic on CNN. She lives in the Peoples Republic of Brooklyn and serves on the board of Brooklyn Community Services. She is the mother of Elenni Davis-Knight, a.k.a. @Dopedaughter.