Braudie Blais-Billie
Braudie Blais-Billie is a Brooklyn-based writer. Her writing has appeared in i-D Magazine, The FADER, Paper Magazine and Billboard Magazine. She's an associate staff writer at Pitchfork and edits indige•zine, a platform for indigenous art, identity and resistance.
The Earthrise Issue
Inside the Standing Rock Star Knowledge ceremony
i-D was invited to capture this sacred annual ushering of the spring solstice and discuss the structural racism the local communities face.
Braudie Blais-Billie
6.22.22
united states of i-D
The Apache youth empowering their Arizona community through skateboarding
The father and son team behind Apache Skateboards foster a skating scene that encourages creative ambition on US reservations.
Braudie Blais-Billie
5.18.21
Music
cehryl on her new video 'satellite'
The Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter cehryl creates a zero-gravity atmosphere deliberately designed to get lost within.
Braudie Blais-Billie
8.23.19
Music
singer-songwriter raveena is normalizing queer, brown love
The video for her new track “Temptation” embraces the nuances of desire outside of the Western, heteronormative gaze.
Braudie Blais-Billie
10.24.18
Music
xiuhtezcatl dropped the perfect soundtrack for indigenous peoples' day
The young activist/rapper discusses his debut album, 'Break Free' — and how he got Shailene Woodley to sing on it.
Braudie Blais-Billie
10.8.18
Culture
'heartbreaker' explores adolescence and desire in a sinister 80s cult
Underneath the crimped hair and Billy Joel posters, the isolated community at the center of Claudia Dey's new novel has a dark secret.
Braudie Blais-Billie
8.21.18
Culture
forget thanksgiving: 5 indigenous women dismantling stereotypes
These badass artists, advocates, and entrepreneurs are changing the game.
Braudie Blais-Billie
11.23.17
Music
premiere: raveena aurora celebrates women of color in her self-directed “sweet time”
The Indian-American R&B singer is building a haven of self-love one song at a time.
Braudie Blais-Billie
10.12.17
Culture
jenny zhang's radical stories examine the asian-american immigrant experience
Her debut collection of short stories is an intimate portrait of Chinese immigrant communities in America.
Braudie Blais-Billie
8.11.17
Music
revisit lana del rey’s most american music videos
No one celebrates the USA quite like Lana.
Braudie Blais-Billie
7.3.17
Think Pieces
beyond braids: the true story of indigenous hair
Indigenous hair is at once a contemporary expression of identity and a sacred continuation of history.
Braudie Blais-Billie
6.23.17
Think Pieces
from queer culture to high fashion, the mullet is a protest against conventional beauty
The politics of the infamous “business in the front, party in the back” haircut.
Braudie Blais-Billie
6.22.17
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