DA CREATOR
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My name is Shay! a writer, artist, and deeply curious soul who’s spent a lifetime loving Black stories. I created HOMIES because I grew up surrounded by Black creativity but rarely saw it honored the way it deserved to be. I wanted to build something that reflects us fully, not just in our pain, but in our passion, style, freedom, and tenderness.
This project is for the Black kids who grew up making zines, burning CDs, sketching in notebooks, sharing poems with friends, organizing clothing swaps, or dreaming up new worlds in their bedrooms. It’s for the ones who always knew community was the real art.
This is for us.
This is for the Homies.
ABOUT HOMIES
HOMIES is a Black literature and arts magazine born out of love, resistance, and the absolute talent of our people. We are a home for Black writers, photographers, musicians, painters, poets, designers, and dreamers. A space that honors the softness, rage, joy, and complexity of being Black across generations and diasporas.
We highlight Black creativity through essays, fiction, visual art, film, music, mutual aid spotlights, and event listings. Whether it’s a photographer capturing neighborhood beauty, a poet reclaiming language, or a mutual aid fund feeding our brothers and sisters, we believe it’s all art, all necessary, all worthy.
HOMIES isn’t just a magazine. It’s a love letter. A digital stoop. A soft place to land when the world feels too heavy. A reminder that we’ve always been creating, always been connecting, always been showing up for each other..
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