Category: Diversify Your Feed

Diversify your feed with these Black Influencers to follow

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By Nicole Mitchell

We shouldn’t have to say it, but let’s get one thing clear: listening to Black stories shouldn’t only be for Black History Month. Finding Black influencers to follow all year round, can be your first step.

If you scroll through your Instagram feed, do you see Black creators? Too often, it’s easy to find yourself scrolling through Instagram to realize everyone you follow looks the same. Especially if you follow a lot of popular influencers: white, skinny, and neurotypical. This series—Diversify Your Feed—was created to inspire readers to do just that. Diversify their feed.

Below is a short list of Black creators from a variety of niches. We hope that in it, you’ll find at least one influencer that you’ll love—or maybe you already follow some of them! Who are some of your fave Black content creators? Shoot us an email or DM. We’re always open to finding more diverse creators to follow.

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Diversify Your Feed: Follow Disabled Influencers

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By Nicole Mitchell

Let’s play a game. Pick up your phone and go to your “following” list on Instagram. How many disabled influencers do you follow? Do they all have the same disability? Do you share that disability with them?

Our point is, we follow people who we relate to, and that’ a barrier we need to break down. Here are some of our favorite disabled creators with varying disabilities that you should check out. Though there is a wide spectrum of disabilities out there, and this list only grazes the top of it. Who are some of your favorite disabled content creators?

A short disclaimer before getting into it: we’ve created this list—and many like this—to inspire others to diversify their feed. Doing so allows us to see perspectives from people who don’t look or act like us. Disabled people aren’t “brave” or “inspiring” for existing. Hopefully, by following more diverse influencers, it will help us break down these thoughts and realize that disabled people are just people.

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Diversify your Feed with These LGBTQ+ Influencers

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By Nicole Mitchell

It’s important to diversify the content we consume—social media included—which is why Catcall is sharing diverse influencers you should follow in a new series. (Check out the first in the series, Why You Need to Follow Fat Influencers).

Maybe you’re a part of the LGBTQ+ community looking for some queer pals, or you’re an ally realizing that you don’t follow any already, here are some highly recommended content creators you should follow.

P.S. Did you know that Catcall is filled with 66% of queer individuals, and our leadership team is 100% queer? Feel free to follow us on our socials too.😘

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Why you need to follow fat influencers

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By Nicole Mitchell

As a Gen Z individual, I’ve spent most of my life on the internet. (I had my first Facebook account when I was only 10). That being said, I’ve followed a ton of people throughout my online life—finding out what I liked and disliked as my tastes changed as I grew up. And, sadly, it wasn’t until recently that I finally realized that something was missing. I wasn’t following any fat influencers.

I had been skinny my whole life. I knew what looked good on me and what didn’t. It wasn’t until I gained weight that I realized that my entire Instagram feed looked the same—they all looked like me, 60 pounds ago. I would look at the women I followed for fashion inspiration but felt like nothing I tried looked the same on me. I was bigger than them. Whether I like to admit it or not, it affected me.

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