Davoudvandi grew up as the daughter of an Iranian father and a Romanian mother in
Bucharest until the age of six. At the age of six, she moved to
Bad Säckingen, where she grew up - in her own words - "very far from bourgeoisie". According to Davoudvandi, she has suffered from
depressions since her youth. After graduating from high school, Davoudvandi moved to
Frankfurt am Main and later studied
media at the
University of Leipzig.
Media,
Communication and
Political Science. This is where her interest in
feminist theory began. After graduating, she worked as editor-in-chief of
Splash! Mag. Until the end of
Splash! Mag in 2019, she was the only female editor-in-chief of a hip-hop medium. She has written articles for
Spiegel, and
Das Wetter and was a guest on
Deutschlandfunk and
NDR. She has also worked as a workshop leader and as a DJ under the pseudonym Cashmiri. She gives lectures on
rap and
feminism. Since 2020, Davoudvandi has been working for
Cosmo (
WDR) the podcast
Danke, gut. Der Podcast über Pop und Psyche, in which she talks to public figures about mental health. She hosts the documentary series
Untergrund for the online music magazine
Diffus. Miriam Davoudvandi lives in
Berlin. == Reception ==