Doyin Oyeniyi

Austin

Writer and Fact-Checker at Texas Monthly

Writer & fact-checker @texasmonthly • Co-creator @atxwhileblack • [email protected] • she/they

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Articles

It's No Mystery: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Has One of the Best Ensembles on TV

Jan 9, 2025 | backstage.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

As we prepare for the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, Backstage is breaking down this year’s film and television ensemble nominees for your consideration.
‘Hacks’ Showrunners Explain How to Write Comedy + Character

Aug 14, 2024 | backstage.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

In 2015, while working on an episode of the Netflix sketch series “The Characters,” Paul W. Downs was driving to Boston with Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky when the topic of female comedians came up. Specifically, they wondered why some of their favorites weren’t given the same respect as their male counterparts.
This Summer Camp Helps Black Girls Love the Great Outdoors

Jul 15, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Natalynn Masters, who is 27, leads Camp Founder Girls, a weeklong summer retreat devoted to making nature activities more inclusive. I’m from Arizona. My dad is a wildlife biologist, and we spent a lot of our family time camping, fishing, doing all sorts of things on boats. So I’ve always had a deep love and appreciation for nature and the outdoors.
For Rap Duo Flyana Boss, Success Is Best Worn With Elf Ears

Mar 19, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

It was the third day of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest, in Austin, and Nigerian artist Pheelz had just cleared the Moody Theater stage. A crowd of about six hundred attendees chatted and danced to the music of Dallas DJ OGK as they waited for the next act. Under the stage’s blue lights, I spotted a few heads of colorful hair and a pointy ear or two in the crowd. Flyana Boss’s people are here, I thought.
For Rap Duo Flyana Boss, Success Is Best Worn With Elf Ears

Mar 19, 2024 | dfwliving.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

It was the third day of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest, in Austin, and Nigerian artist Pheelz had just cleared the Moody Theater stage. A crowd of about six hundred attendees chatted and danced to the music of Dallas DJ OGK as they waited for the next act. Under the stage’s blue lights, I spotted a few heads of colorful hair and a pointy ear or two in the crowd.
Border Pundits Need to Watch ‘The In Between’

Mar 13, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

Robie Flores couldn’t get out of Eagle Pass fast enough. Growing up in the border town as the only girl in between her older brother, Paco, and her younger twin brothers, Marcelo and Alejandro, she felt frustrated by the boredom and wanted to escape the confusion of a place that made her feel like she wasn’t American or Mexican enough. “I actually always told people when I went to college, [that] I’m from San Antonio, because it’s the closest notable city,” Robie recalls.
Our Hopes, Dreams, and Predictions for Beyoncé’s Most Texan Release Yet

Feb 12, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Doyin Oyeniyi |Emily McCullar

With the benefit of hindsight, it’s now clear why Beyoncé showed up to the Grammys in a Stetson. Exactly one week later, Houston’s favorite daughter chose to one-up the Super Bowl with the surprise announcement of Act II, her follow-up album to Act I: Renaissance, and immediately dropped two singles. The first, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” had the Texas Monthly staff sprinting straight to Slack.
Our Hopes, Dreams, and Predictions for Beyoncé’s Most Texan Release Yet

Feb 12, 2024 | dfwliving.com | Doyin Oyeniyi |Emily McCullar |Dan Solomon

With the benefit of hindsight, it’s now clear why Beyoncé showed up to the Grammys in a Stetson. Exactly one week later, Houston’s favorite daughter chose to one-up the Super Bowl with the surprise announcement of Act II, her follow-up album to Act I: Renaissance, and immediately dropped two singles. The first, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” had the Texas Monthly staff sprinting straight to Slack.
Colman Domingo on 'Rustin' & Being an Authentic Artist

Feb 7, 2024 | backstage.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

For all the roles Colman Domingo has taken on in his 33-year acting career, there’s one that still eludes him: Feste, the royal jester in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” “Shakespeare’s clowns are some of my favorite roles to play because they are the philosophers,” the actor says. “They are the eyes, the ones who can really critique.
A Christian Parent of a Trans Child Battles the Texas Government in a New Doc

Dec 7, 2023 | texasmonthly.com | Doyin Oyeniyi

Kai Shappley, a Pearland native who now lives in Austin, is the inspiration for the feature length documentary, Mama Bears, which premiered at South by Southwest on March 13. Now just eleven years old, Kai became a nationally recognized activist five years ago after she and her conservative Christian mother, Kimberly Shappley, began challenging legislation targeting trans people in Texas.