In the Experiences on TikTok series, we hosted TikTok creators from marginalized communities—Black creators, disabled creators, fat creators, and queer creators—to talk about what it’s like on the platform for them, from good to bad, from audiences to fellow creators to TikTok as a platform and a company.
Mckenzie Margarethe (@mckensea)
(whatever pronouns make you feel comfortable), Queer marine scientist and naturalist
“Mckenzie Margarethe is known as ‘Mckensea’ online as she educates about marine science, while also advocating for LGBTQ+ folks in STEM. She is a graduate of Chaminade University of Honolulu, and currently looking to continue her marine education in B.C. Canada.”
Projects:
runs @LGBTQinSTEM on Instagram
leadership member for The Queer Collective
Kenna Pearl (@kennathevampireslayer)
(she/they)
Kenna Pearl is an educator, writer and social media gremlin who focuses on challenging diversity standards and teaching media literacy. For the most part though, Kenna can be found working in a middle school library and working on her Afrofuturist novel during lunch breaks.
TikTok | Instagram | Twitter | Letterboxd
Daejah Woolery (@DaejahTalksTV)
(she/they)
Daejah Woolery is a Television critic, researcher, and tik tokker who focuses on questions of representation and inclusion. Her work's compassionate look at the stories we love draws in the average TV viewer just as much as the learned academic.
