“As Black people, the world is a lot more surreal,” Tony- and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist Daniel J. Watts told me in 2023. “You have to pay attention to it enough to acknowledge — awareness — and you can’t stare too directly at it, or it’ll steal your ability to do anything. So, it’s threading the […]
Author Archives: Gabrielle Nicole Pharms
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms is an award-winning Texas-born (Houston-raised, now Austin-based) journalist who enjoys her bass heavy and her whiskey neat. Her bylines can be seen via Rolling Stone, Harper’s BAZAAR, ADWEEK, Food & Wine, and many other publications. Follow her on Instagram @gabbynikki. While Gabrielle wouldn’t say she’s a full-time Beyhive member, she enjoyed writing about the correlation between Black women in country music (regarding Cowboy Carter) and whiskey alongside penning the Harper’s BAZAAR exclusive about Beyoncé’s debut in the American whiskey space with the launch of SirDavis Whisky.