Evelyn From the Internets

Washington University in St. Louis student group Black Anthology will present comedy writer and YouTube sensation Evelyn Ngugi, a/k/a “Evelyn From the Internets,” for a talk and Q&A.

Ngugi started posting her often hilarious, always heartfelt videos almost a decade ago, commenting on topics ranging from popular culture (“Take me Wakanda!”) to Black trauma (“Call in Black”) to sparkling water (“I tried all 14 original flavors of LaCroix”).

Ngugi also was enlisted by Google to support Michelle Obama’s initiative for global girls’ education and PBS Digital Studios to co-host “Say It Loud,” a show about Black histories and cultures. Her video “‘Black-sounding names and their surprising history” has 1.4 million views.

Over time, “Evelyn from the Internets” has amassed some 240,000 YouTube subscribers and one very famous fan — Beyonce, who played her video, “Beyonce Said Drink This #Lemonade, Heaux!!,” at a Texas concert.