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Devon Preston

POPSUGAR Contributor

Devon Preston is a social media administrator and POPSUGAR Beauty contributor. She writes about beauty as it intersects with gender identity, sexual identity, disability, and race, as well as cultural phenomena from vampires to scene queens to drag artists. She's based in New York City and has 10 years of experience interviewing chart-topping musicians, producing viral YouTube series, and helping grow brands across all social media platforms. Devon was the executive editor of Inked and has written for Bust, Rebel Circus, Everyday Feminism, and more. When she's not creating content, Devon enjoys reading the latest romantasy series, going to drag brunch, and seeing the latest horror movie in theaters.

https://www.devonprestonmedia.com/

Latest Posts From Devon

Get Your Hair Spray Ready: Scene Queen Beauty Is Back

03/06/2024

Get Your Hair Spray Ready: Scene Queen Beauty Is Back

For as long as there has been social media, there have been beauty influencers.

Medusa Tattoos Send a Powerful Message

12/22/2023

Medusa Tattoos Send a Powerful Message

For a decade, Instagram was the primary social media platform for tattooing, allowing artists of all styles to showcase photos and videos of their work to a global audience and earn clientele like never before.

Drag King Beauty Is Ready to Take Center Stage

10/17/2023

Drag King Beauty Is Ready to Take Center Stage

When it comes to historical royalty, kings take up a considerable amount of space.

The Cultural Obsession With "Vampire" Beauty

09/01/2023

The Cultural Obsession With "Vampire" Beauty

With Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire" dominating the charts, a "Twilight" TV reboot in the works, and FX's "What We Do in the Shadows" earning near-perfect critic approval ratings, you might say we're in the midst of a vampire renaissance.

You Can Thank Drag Queens For Your Contour Routine

06/08/2023

You Can Thank Drag Queens For Your Contour Routine

The year is 2012 and you're scrolling on Twitter when you come across a series of photos of Kim Kardashian that stop you in your tracks.

What It Means to Be BIPOC in the Alternative Beauty Space

02/22/2023

What It Means to Be BIPOC in the Alternative Beauty Space

For decades, the alternative scene has been an escape from conformity and a safe space for total self-expression — whether you interpret that through music, clothing, or makeup.

How Visually Impaired Content Creators Do Their Makeup

12/12/2022

How Visually Impaired Content Creators Do Their Makeup

If the beauty industry has shown us anything over the last few decades, it's that makeup is for everyone.

For Disabled People, the "Perfect Body" Looks Like Many Things

11/16/2022

For Disabled People, the "Perfect Body" Looks Like Many Things

Body representation within modern media has skewed thin, white, cis, and able-bodied for a long, long time.

What to Know About Earlobe Reconstruction Surgery

10/10/2022

What to Know About Earlobe Reconstruction Surgery

There are two things known to be true about body modifications: pain and permanence.

Meet the Femmicure: Where Queer Nail Art Meets Functionality

08/18/2022

Meet the Femmicure: Where Queer Nail Art Meets Functionality

I, like many, grew up on "The L Word."

For Trans People, What Does the "Perfect Body" Really Mean?

06/30/2022

For Trans People, What Does the "Perfect Body" Really Mean?

Long before we had the vocabulary to define what the "perfect body" looked like, those beauty standards were placed onto women, men, and everyone in between throughout cultures around the world.