Black Women on Twitter are Celebrating Themselves With #BeingaBlackGirlisLit

Twitter user @Awkward_Duck, Cherell Brown created the #BeingaBlackGirlIsLit hashtag in March of 2015.

https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/573911150775111681

Now while it did garner support then as a self-love social media campaign, much like #blackout and #Iwillnotapologizeforbeingdarkskin, the movement garnered even stronger traction after the hashtag was revitalized upon the release of Beyonce’s “Formation” video and Super Bowl halftime performance, which many embraced as a pro-black girl anthem. The hashtag has become a venue for black women to really celebrate their blackness, which sometimes we’re often shamed into not embracing.

https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/696717772047454212

https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/696719752258048000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/696709172986060800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/696728566189420544

#beingablackgirlislit because this is what happens when that sun kisses our melanin. Pure Gold pic.twitter.com/VrHosD6u4O

— KDC (@iamkiaya_) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlisLit https://t.co/fbcy3PlfnB

— K. Joy | Health Coach 🌱 (@_kelsology) February 8, 2016

#beingablackgirlislit because we slay in every stage of our hair growth! pic.twitter.com/sCOhDHZgYg

— KDC (@iamkiaya_) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlIsLit because my great grandma 2X, grandma & great grandma survived slavery, Jim Crow and sexism pic.twitter.com/EpioDM9cTT

— La Femme Negrita (@LaFemme_Negrita) February 8, 2016

Cause we prosper when we see ourselves represented positively in the world.#BeingABlackGirlisLit#bhm pic.twitter.com/8ENu11RkAk

— eatwords drinkstars (@akamami) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlisLit pic.twitter.com/JUvaCneDbY

— essbeexci.com (@ShayButterrr) February 8, 2016

#BeingaBlackGirlisLit Because the way my hair grows out of my head is a political statement. pic.twitter.com/VhpaXYC5dU

— i'm kute (@afearlessfight) February 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/COCONUTOILBAE/status/696775899916734464

Mistaken as a secretary.Underestimated as the young black attorney. Win cases & walk out like #BeingABlackGirlIsLit pic.twitter.com/znN1anD3tM

— Merissa Grayson, Esq (@Merissavgrayson) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlIsLit because you make fun of our features but spend a fortune trying to cop them pic.twitter.com/3TxU3EVXjx

— rosechocglam (@rosechocglam) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlIsLit because the ancestors taught us. pic.twitter.com/hMXb1inxs5

— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) February 8, 2016

#BeingABlackGirlIsLit so if you aren't one pic.twitter.com/8VfdsgjQyq

— non-toxic. 😇 (@BaltimoreLili) February 8, 2016

I may be hated by some because of my skin and I don't feel safe sometimes, but #BeingABlackGirlIsLit and Im proud ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Lw6yHkUSQa

— Mica Burton (@MicaBurton) February 8, 2016

And for those that complain:

https://twitter.com/AhhhMeanUh/status/696717698634424320

"I can't believe my good fortune." #BeingABlackGirlIsLit pic.twitter.com/UlJO5nb23w

— Pluto is a planet 💫 (@_SoleilFleur) February 8, 2016

I propose that we keep #BeingABlackGirlIsLit as our mantra throughout 2016 and then on!

#BeingABlackGirlIsLit is my mantra for 2k16 y'all. pic.twitter.com/R5e5e6g23c

— post-hipster runoff altbaguette //// 🪩 (@rinnyriot) February 8, 2016

It truly is lit.