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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Also—I wrote about the infamous Latisha Wig and how it lead me to the Black Femme friendships I'd been searching for. www.hishelli.net/p/the-latish...

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Latisha Wigs & Black Femme Friendships

The road to friendship is paved with $45 wigs

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 29/04/2025

My book officially releases one week from today. Extremely grateful for everyone who has pre-ordered, posted about it, shared, etc. it helps so, so much. For a debut, these early numbers can change everything. They can help me get future work, they can help the book find an audience and be seen.

A book on a table, the cover reads The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Well Well Well—She's Back! I'm still writing and doing all the things and last week I collabed with Netflix on A Week of YOU—dedicated to all things Joseph Goldberg and his messy messy life. www.hishelli.net/p/this-week-...

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This Week, It's All About YOU

A farewell to TV's most delusional "nice guy"

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

My newsletter ‘Hi Shelli’ launched 1 year ago & so many great things have happened since! To celebrate, I’m giving 50% off subscriptions until June 15! So if you’ve ever loved my work, share & subscribe to continue your support <3 www.hishelli.net/p/black-truc...

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Black Truck - Mereba

78 Degrees and Mostly Sunny in Pilsen

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

Can’t keep a stacked redhead in a green dress down. Also, everyone needs to stop lying to themselves and admit that The Featherington Girlies have always been the flyest family in the ton. www.hishelli.net/p/trailer-dr...

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TRAILER DROP: My Favorite Fictional Caucasians Are Back in Bridgerton

ALL HAIL REDHEADS IN GREEN DRESSES!

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

If you're new to it, my newsletter explores the connection between people and how the pop culture we love shows up in our daily lives This week I chat about tradition, my grandfather, ancestry, and food, through the 1997 Black film classic, ‘Soul Food’ www.hishelli.net/p/writing-do...

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Writing Down Recipes To Make More Memories

Sweet crumbly biscuits served at my 'Soul Food' table

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

This list of Black Queer Writers with newsletters has been updated with 12 new newsletters to subscribe to and support! If you would like to be added just fill out the form in the post! Share far and wide <3 www.hishelli.net/p/ewltta-bla...

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EWLTTA: Black Queer Writers with Newsletters to Subscribe & Vibe to!

That's me singing

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

"There's a great episode of Girls5eva where they realize how oversexualized their lyrics and videos were—but in the '00s I wasn't concerned with that when listening to my fav girl groups. I just wanted my parents to let me buy butterfly tops & hair clips" www.hishelli.net/p/girl-group...

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Girl Groups Will Have My Heart 5Eva

Do, do you got a first aid kit handy?

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Hiya! I launched my newsletter in June '23 after everything that went down at AS resulted in my role as Culture Editor being a wrap. I have over 600 free subscribers and 95 paid! My goal is 125 paid subscribers by the end of June 2024! hishelli.net/about

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Made this running list of Black Queer Writers with newsletters to support and subscribe to! Will update & share often & if you'd like to be added just fill out the form! Share and subscribe to support Black Queer Writers trying to make their own way <3 www.hishelli.net/p/ewltta-bla...

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EWLTTA: Black Queer Writers with Newsletters to Subscribe & Vibe to!

That's me singing

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

"As we age, mothers and daughters often forget to treat each other like humans" My SXSW review of "The Queen of My Dreams" is up now! www.hishelli.net/p/unraveling...

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Unraveling Mother-Daughter Dynamics in 'The Queen Of My Dreams'

How much do you know about your mom?

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

"I love when directors and writers trust that their viewers are smart, but Backspot wanted me to fill in too many gaps." My #SXSW2024 review of 'Backspot' is up now📰 www.hishelli.net/p/backspot-i...

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'Backspot' Is Full Of Lesbian Anxiety and Not Much Else

I’ve never been edged by way of character development until now

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

If you’re a Black dyke & have a dope angle where you talk about The Iron Claw AND Love Lies Bleeding then pitch it to me for my site! $150 / 650-750 words / writing{at}HiShelli{dot}com send intro & links with pitch :) www.hishelli.net/about

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About - Hi Shelli

Pop Culture, light edits, and abrupt endings <3. Click to read Hi Shelli, by Shelli Nicole, a Substack publication.

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

If you’re a Black queer journalist/writer with a newsletter please drop it here for me! Or if you subscribe to a Black Queer newsletter you dig please drop that too! Help me out and share this

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

"For years beyond adolescence, I tucked my feelings away. It wasn’t comfortable and it didn’t serve me, it was just…a habit." This week over on Substack I used "Inside Out" to chat through a week filled with some feelings that were hard to overcome. www.hishelli.net/p/the-troubl...

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The Trouble With Tucking Your Feelings Away

Inside Out (2015)

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

I'm ready to get into the bluesky of it all and also want you to get into my newsletter — 'Hi Shelli!' This weeks newsletter is about ‘Newsies’, what I’m seeing at #Sundance , and the return of a blonde mid-century Jessica Chastain. Share and Subscribe!! www.hishelli.net/p/newsies-19...

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Newsies (1992) + SHELLI GOES TO SUNDANCE!

'A mezzanine seat to see the flickers...'

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

when i post the same content on bluesky that i post on twitter

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Shelli Nicole @hishelli.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Rewatching Cruella and wondering how I can find an abandoned loft in Chicago and make it my own special place to be creative and do low end crimes with my friends.

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