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Unbothered
These Y2K Rave Photos Capture The Black British Style & Joy Of The 2000s
L'Oréal Blackett
18 Oct 2022
Unbothered
Actually, Black Mermaid Folklore Has Been Around Long Before Disney’s
The
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Evie Muir
6 Oct 2022
Books & Art
These Brilliant Photos Celebrate Black British Girlhood In The 90s
Jazmin Kopotsha
8 Oct 2021
Fashion
In 2020, The Black Panthers’ Powerful & Political Style Is ...
Between the pandemic and countless protests, this year has forced the world to re-examine its politics and values, and the fashion community is no exceptio
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Sayo Olu
Black History Is Now
Unforgotten Women: Lilian Bader, The First Black Woman To Join Th...
Welcome to Black History Is Now, a content series celebrating Black culture in the UK. This year, we’re platforming the Unforgotten Women throughout
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Jessica Morgan
Black History Is Now
Unforgotten Women: Una Winifred Atwell, Pharmacist & World-Renown...
Welcome to Black History Is Now, a content series celebrating Black culture in the UK. This year, we’re platforming Unforgotten Women throughout Blac
by
Jessica Morgan
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Black History Is Now
Unforgotten Women: Claudia Jones, Activist & Mother Of Notting Hi...
Welcome to Black History Is Now, a content series celebrating Black culture in the UK. This year, we’re platforming Unforgotten Women throughout Blac
by
Jessica Morgan
Books & Art
How To Be A Strong Ally To Your Marginalised Friends
At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests and following George Floyd’s death in May, author Sophie Williams posted 10 slides to Instagram outl
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Sophie Williams
Black History Is Now
Unforgotten Women: Mary Fillis, The Black Tudor Driven By Indepen...
Welcome to Black History Is Now, a content series celebrating Black culture in the UK. This year, we’re platforming Unforgotten Women throughout Blac
by
Tolu Bakre
Black History Is Now
Black History Month: What To Watch, Read & Do This October
With the world finally waking up to a racial reckoning in 2020, Black History Month remains a vital and powerful time to celebrate the achievements of Blac
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Jessica Morgan
Black History Is Now
Unforgotten Women: Mary Prince, The Black Female Abolitionist
Welcome to Black History Is Now, a content series celebrating Black culture in the UK. This year, we’re platforming the Unforgotten Women throughout
by
Yosola Olorunshola
Black History Is Now
The Untold Story Of The Women Who Led Britain’s Black Pant...
The Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 were not the first time British people have taken to the streets to protest for their civil rights. If you don’t
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Aida Amoako
Black History Is Now
Gen Z On What It’s Like To Be Young & Black In Britain Today
Gen Z is so misunderstood. They’re often portrayed as being wannabe influencers who won’t get off TikTok; they vape too much and spend money they don?
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Jessica Morgan
Most Wanted
12 Beautiful Black-Owned Etsy Shops To Bookmark Today
by
Emily Ruane
Black History Is Now
Slay In Your Lane’s
Yomi Adegoke Chats To Her Mum Ab...
Black women are well known for being on the front lines and often being the first to put our heads above the parapet. This is in no way a new phenomenon, b
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Yomi Adegoke
Entertainment
Rapper Konan Tells Us About One Of The Most Inspiring Black Women...
Within our Black History Is Now series, Refinery29 is giving the floor to some of the most prominent black British men in the public eye. There’s a p
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Us
Black History Is Now
Rapper Krept On The Black Women He Admires
Within our Black History Is Now series, Refinery29 is giving the floor to some of the most prominent black British men in the public eye. There’s a p
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Us
Books & Art
This Love Letter To Black British Womanhood Just Won The Booker P...
Bernadine Evaristo has been announced the joint winner of the Booker Prize 2019, sharing the award with Margaret Atwood for “The Testaments”. I
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Bernardine Evaristo
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Black History Is Now
These Iconic Albums Are The Soundtrack To Black Millennial Britain
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Eni Subair
Black History Is Now
My First Frank Conversation With My Mum About Race
We all love our mums. Some of us are lucky enough to be super close with our mums. But there are a million things that most of us would rather die than tal
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Black History Is Now
Our Favourite Books By Black British Authors & Why We Love Them
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Black History Is Now
How The Stories Of Black Women In The UK Are Being Reclaimed
‘Archiving’ and ‘documenting’ tend to evoke memories of history lessons or connote images of dark spaces lined with binders filled with age
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Paula Akpan
Black History Is Now
A Love Letter To The 'Token' Black Women I Grew Up With
Do you remember being asked who your favourite actress was when you were younger? A ridiculous but popular question among new friends, teachers who hadn’
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Black History Is Now
Why We’re Celebrating Black Britain & Its Huge Influence In...
What a time for the culture! What a time for black talent! Did anyone else feel the shift in conversations about black empowerment this year? Because I can
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Black History Is Now
R29’s Entertainment & Culture Picks For Black History Month
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Us
Pop Culture
Why I Have A Difficult Relationship With Black History Month
Don’t you think it’s strange that in the era of pro-wokeness, a time when “diversity” is the world’s favourite buzzword, conversations ab
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Black History Is Now
Slay In Your Lane
Is More Than A Book, It’s A Move...
The Black Girl Bible landed a year ago and, wow, what an impact it’s had. Best friends and co-authors Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené started work
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Jazmin Kopotsha
Podcasts
The Best Podcasts For Black Women By Black British Women
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Eni Subair
Music
Meet Yola, The Black British Country Music Disrupter You Need To ...
The summer of 2019 has reinvigorated a conversation about what and who constitutes country music, largely thanks to Lil Nas X and his history-making hit ?
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Courtney E. Smith
Entertainment
Where Are All The Buddy Comedies For Black Women?
Here’s a fun game. Name an iconic duo. Who is it? Are they both women? Is either of them a woman of colour? Are you struggling to think of a referenc
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Jazmin Kopotsha
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