CCBF Blog

As I got more into Cottagecore, I hit a roadblock. My Pinterest searches, my TikTok queries, and  Instagram hunts all led to pictures of women who looked nothing like me. This was a frustrating,  but familiar occurrence. 

Teenage parenthood is a topic that can raise controversy at almost any dinner table. Between the stereotypes, statistics, assumptions and shame the realities of being a teenage parent can get lost in the noise. We rarely ever get a peek into the lives of teen parents without constant negative subtext. So let’s strip away the subtext and speak candidly on this topic while centering the voices of teen parents.

After a year of running a black space on the internet I can confidently say no one has more audacity than white women. Like ritual, once a week I go through all the tagged images on CCBF (Cottagecore Black Folks) and like every single one. It’s a habit I’ve developed since the founding of CCBF. I don’t get to post all the beauty and talent everyone sends me but I can at least show my appreciation in this small way. But this ritual has a second unwanted task: untagging CCBF from images of white women.

By: Noemie Serieux In April of 2020, the contents of a secret Pinterest board became a flourishing community of ten thousand black creatives. This is the story of how Cottagecore...

Cottagecore often conjures images of rolling fields, meadows, fresh bread, small homes, and floral dresses… in a European landscape, with European individuals and European aesthetics. For some people it’s almost...