Often, those who tread off the beaten path are misunderstood or mischaracterized and so we asked folks from the community to reflect and tell us about the times they’ve been misunderstood or mischaracterized.
Arushus Coleman
As a black artist/creator, Its easy to be misunderstood and even be mischaracterized in the drag scene. Not everyone is the next best thing, and not everyone is a flop. Which opens the door to the term, all drag is valid. Which is True, But what is it if there isn’t any truth? I value myself for being very authentic and honest in the working scene. Read more>>
Lena Buckner
Who I am as a Person and Who I am as a Content Creator/Model are two very different people. In my everyday life I take care of a very happy family. In my Creative Life I am a very openly sexual person. I have a OnlyFans page and I very much enjoy what I do. Some think that because I have the page that I’m just out here “doing the most”, but in reality im just a woman who is most comfortable in her own skin doing something she loves and enjoys all while providing for my family. Read more>>
Tesla Chapman
When I was coming up in Atlanta, I was always an eccentric kid. I loved basically everything about nerd culture (anime, video games, technology, etc.) and wasn’t afraid to let people know. All of my peers and contemporaries at the time had different interests and little to zero interest hearing me spout off about “lame ass nerd shit”. Read more>>
Tara J Paterson
It took me a long time to realize that feeling misunderstood in my career was because I had struggled to be true to the work that moved me. By saying yes to everything, without any through line of the work I was trying to do, I started going nowhere quickly. Read more>>
Anna Parker
When I began painting murals my focus was on providing a service in which I could give my client a mural that was exactly what they were looking for. This means that I don’t have a style and I don’t come to a project with a vision for my client. My business model is and has always been as a hired paintbrush and not a creative. Read more>>