Summary
Once upon a time, in a magical land of Oklahoma, fairy Jasmine LaFleur wanted to create a hashtag to unite Black fairies all across the land. And she did.
Since 2021, on the second Saturday of May, Black fairy enthusiasts have united around #BlackFaeDay to show the world that Black fairies are real, and that there's space for them online and off.
In this episode of Endless Thread, we look into #BlackFaeDay, and how important it is to those who celebrate. And what we find isn't a hashtags to riches story, but a fairytale about how the internet can be a place where dreams bigger than your follower count can come true. Producer Quincy Walters also examines what it takes to become a Black fairy.
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| 0:00.0 | WBUR Podcast Boston. |
| 0:12.5 | The internet can be a sad, dark, scary place. |
| 0:16.9 | This weekend will mark a year. |
| 0:19.1 | Since an 18-year-old radicalized in white supremacy online stepped away from his computer |
| 0:24.2 | and walked into a grocery store in a black neighborhood in Buffalo to murder people just |
| 0:29.5 | because of the color of their skin. |
| 0:39.5 | And police also say the suspect used social media to live stream the attack. |
| 0:43.9 | But the internet is also a place where there's unity and magic and community. |
| 0:49.0 | And today, endless threat is going to follow that thread, with help from Quincy Walters. |
| 0:55.6 | Yes, Amory, because on that same day a year ago, in a dark twist of internet irony, something |
| 1:04.7 | wonderful was happening. |
| 1:06.8 | Black people around the world were uniting around a hashtag to celebrate fantasy. |
| 1:13.6 | The hashtag is called Black Fadei, a day where black fairies populate the internet and |
| 1:20.2 | woodland areas to frolic and magic. |
| 1:24.7 | Quincy, this is a trend that you have found to be growing, right? |
| 1:28.5 | The black fairies are multiplying? |
| 1:31.0 | So they are ben, though, just like finding all fairies, you kind of have to know where |
| 1:36.1 | to look. |
| 1:37.1 | So, earlier this year, I went to the most magical place of all to find them. |
| 1:46.7 | The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. |
| 1:49.7 | I'm here reporting live from the Convention Room floor of PAX East 2023. |
| 1:59.0 | I think it's a video game convention, but that's not important. |
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