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" For content creators, it's really important to be honest. Your audience will appreciate if you're stingy with the brands you work with. "
Franchesca Ramsey
Appreciate
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" It took me years to realize that 'normal' is actually super boring and that being myself was harder but infinitely more rewarding. "
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" Do not feed the trolls! Racist commenters usually troll the Internet looking for people of color to harass online. If you avoid responding, oftentimes they will get bored and move on. "
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" Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had. "
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" My undergrad degree was in graphic design, and I don't work in that anymore, but I obviously do a lot of design and editing and Photoshopping, and the Adobe Creative Cloud is essential! "
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" If you're brave enough to search 'Franchesca Ramsey' on YouTube, you'll find a sea of ranting white dudes pinning the 'angry black woman' stereotype onto my smiling face. "
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" The main problem with cultural appropriation comes from dominant groups 'borrowing' from marginalized groups who face oppression or have been stigmatized for their cultural practices throughout history. "
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" It's important to take time away from the Internet as much as possible. For me, I love working out, and my husband and I do it together in the mornings! And it's really our time to check in with each other, but it's also our time to really not think about work or what's happening on the Internet. "
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" We can't all wake up and know everything. "
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" In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes. "
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" For whatever reason, illiteracy continues to plague the racist troll community. "
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" You create content because you love it, not necessarily because you're looking for fame or know what it will potentially lead to. "
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" I'm very fortunate to have a husband and friends and family that are super supportive of my career in all aspects. I do so many different things, it's really nice to have a support network that includes him and my parents and my friends that encourage me to continue to work towards whatever it is that I want to do. "
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" My ultimate goal is to make people laugh and make them think, which isn't always an easy task. "
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" My hair videos are usually styling videos answering people's questions about natural hair. "
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" Women really love their hair. Like, our hair is very important. "
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" For me, YouTube was about creating content because I had an interest in beauty and comedy and wanted to find a way to mix those two things, and I could do it from my home, own my own time. "
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" I think what's been really awesome about the Internet is the ability to reach people from so many different walks of life and stages in their life. "
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" I'm so inspired by people like Issa Rae who started on YouTube or Abbi and Ilana from 'Broad City' who also started on YouTube. "
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" I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic. "
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" The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves. "
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" I think that the most important thing when it comes to achieving your dreams is just that you have to be realistic. "
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" My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested in black issues, the same way him being a man doesn't make me any less of a feminist. "
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" Social media isn't as quaint as it was when I started my Livejournal back in high school. "
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" Everyone's journey is their own journey. Everyone gets to where they are supposed to be. Everyone's journey works out the way they're supposed to. "
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" With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways. "
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" I initially started making videos about my hair because I was struggling to style it and didn't know where to find help. Similarly, I started creating comedy content and doing characters and talking about things that were important to me because I didn't find a place to do that in the career that I wanted as an actress. "
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" In reality, there are tons of unrepresented voices that we don't see in comedy. "
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" My channel is an opportunity to give people a new perspective on natural hair. Love what you have and work with what you've got. I think that's really important. "
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" I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response. "
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" For me, social media isn't just about connecting with friends and sharing photos; it's a bigger, more tangled web that's led me to jobs working in television, speaking gigs around the country, and it's even helped me land my first book deal! "
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