CaShawn Thompson is a proud third-generation native of Washington, D.C. She is an early childcare development expert, an educator, a trained doula, and author. CaShawn is a well-known social media influencer in DC and across the country. She is a writer who first got her start about beauty and lifestyle topics on her award-winning blog, Little Dirty Pretty Things. Her newest release, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic, contains stories edited by Lilly Workneh and vibrant illustrations by many women and non-binary artists.
CaShawn is also a Black cultural pioneer, creating the concept of “Black Girls Are Magic,” which sprung from her life as a little girl growing up with her mother, grandmother, and aunts. Black Girls Are Magic became wildly popular in 2013 after CaShawn began using the phrase online (which was later shortened to the hashtag #BlackGirlMagic) to uplift and praise the accomplishments, beauty and other amazing qualities of Black women.
CaShawn believes in the phenomenal power and skill that all Black women and girls possess. She knows that Black women are the original influencers of culture around the world. Black women and girls make everything or make everything better. Black girls and their magic deserve to be revered, celebrated, exalted and protected. This is the message that CaShawn wants to spread as an advocate through her blogging, speaking, as well as social media engagement creating space for other women just like her.
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