“Dark academia,” for all its tweed blazers, scuffed loafers and schoolgirl-plaid skirts, isn’t just a material aesthetic for ... for so long excluded Black students and people of color ...

Of course, dark feminine energy (DFE) is more of a mindset than an actual aesthetic ... and dark red wine nail colors, if not straight black. As for what’s inspiring the move in such a moody ...

Their faces are barely illuminated against the velvety black background, but the subtle ... That embedded racism extended into the aesthetics of the medium itself, which from its very beginnings ...