When online backlash attached itself to Olandria Carthen, it did not arrive as open hostility. It arrived dressed as concern. Critics framed their commentary as care while accusing her of promoting eating disorders through a viral trend and a handful of posts about her waist. The evidence does not support that charge. What it does reveal is a familiar pattern in which a dark-skinned Black woman’s body becomes a site of suspicion once she gains visibility, confidence, and popularity.

Nana Agyei Oduru Ahyia was studying in Latvia before his death