Quotes from Franchesca Ramsey

It's just not funny to disrespect other people's beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or identities when those are deeply rooted in longstanding oppression. Jokes that punch down on marginalized people require no creativity because they've existed since the beginning of time. It's like telling a knock-knock joke and believing you're Richard Pryor.

Beauty is really cool because it's something that can make you feel good about yourself.

Whether you have locs, natural hair, wear a relaxer, or rock wigs and weaves, thinning edges can be a frustrating issue.

Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body.

The Internet is part of my job, so I have to approach it with a level of professionalism. I don't necessarily think it's changed who I am, but if anything, it's impacted the opportunities that have come into my life and the people that I've been able to develop relationships with - which I'm very fortunate and thankful for.

Social media isn't as quaint as it was when I started my Livejournal back in high school.

For me, like, my goal has never been, quote, unquote, 'mainstream success.' I've just always wanted to work in entertainment.

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic.

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!

I enjoy working out because I struggle with anxiety, and exercise has been a great way for me to combat that.

Black women are so very often stereotyped in pop culture.

You have to realize that people are always going to be confused or sometimes threatened by someone who has the confidence to do something different.

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.

I can recall an instance where I was in a meeting at work giving a presentation in front of my board of directors. I was taking questions at the end and someone asks, 'Is that your hair real?' The man then reached out and started stroking my hair. It was completely bizarre to me.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the world was ending my junior year of high school after a dye job reacted badly with my perm and left me with a sparse and burnt up hairline. Even though I went natural a few years later, my edges never seemed to recover.

For content creators, it's really important to be honest. Your audience will appreciate if you're stingy with the brands you work with.

I love my journal as much as I love my phone. I find it to be a big part of my self-care to reflect on my day and write words that inspire me or paste business cards and pictures.

I think the beauty of the Internet is that it's giving a lot of people the opportunity to reach people around the world that they never would have been able to, and for people to tell their own stories where they don't see themselves reflected in mainstream media, or the media is misrepresenting the truth, right.

I don't want to tell anybody who to vote for; I'd rather people just do their homework and make sure they vote for the person that they feel like is best to run our country.

As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world.

I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women just by being myself.

When I get to meet my audience when I go speak at colleges or when I'm walking down the street, it's been really eye-opening how many people have been touched to see someone that looks like them on television.

I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response.