Artwork Collection

"Angry" Black Women

“Angry” Black Women is a series of editorial illustrations which portrays viral instances of racialized sexism to critique the lens through which our society views black women, as well as the widespread vilification of our responses to this misogynoir. Naming the emotions behind the actions and words of the women in question, “Angry” Black Women seeks to expose that this label is deliberately used to discredit and minimize black women’s perspectives while bullying us out of resisting oppression.

Black Black woman Misogynoir Emotion

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Mad

Titled after the song “Mad” from Solange’s 2016 album A Seat at the Table, this cover image illustrates that black women “[have] the right to be mad,” but are so tone-policed that they must express any discontent in the mildest ways in order to be... More

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Determined

Throughout her career, Serena Williams has had to deal with excessive worldwide criticism and denial of her talents. In 2018, after expressing her mid-game grievances to umpire Carlos Ramos, she was not only heavily penalized by Ramos, but also... More

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Dignified

Dignified illustrates the period of the viral hashtag #OscarsSoWhite (2016), during which Jada Pinkett Smith released a video calling for the boycott of the Academy Awards Ceremony due to its history of dismissing excellent actors and filmmakers of... More

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Disappointed

DISAPPOINTED In 2017, Lupita Nyong’o made an Instagram post expressing disappointment after her kinky hair was edited out of a magazine cover for Grazia UK. This is reminiscent of countless other experiences of digital tampering, restriction,... More

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Undervalued

In 2018, award-winning veteran comedian and actress, Mo’Nique, called for a Netflix boycott after she was offered $500,000 for a stand up special, compared to Amy Schumer’s $11 million (negotiated up to $13 million), Chris Rock’s $20 million, and... More

Work by

Ene Agi

Illustration, Comics, Storytelling, Animation