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Blood & Water
— Here’s What Else African TV Has To Offer...
Ineye Komonibo
28 Sep 2021
Entertainment
R. Kelly Facing Life In Prison After Being Found Guilty Of Racketeering & Sex ...
Ineye Komonibo
28 Sep 2021
Unbothered
It’s Time For The U.S. To Do Right By Haiti
Emmanuela Douyon
26 Sep 2021
Unbothered
If Your “Diverse” Teen Show Isn’t Giving What
Sex Education
Welcome to “What’s Good,” a column where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting fo
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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The
Passing
Trailer Highlights That Race Is A Delusion
“Race is a delusion,” my friend sighed. We had been discussing passing, the act of someone from one race being accepted or perceived as a member of ano
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Nylah Burton
Unbothered
How Are Black Folks Redefining & Reclaiming Luxury? Elaine Welter...
“What does [luxury] really even mean?” asks Chelsea Sanders, co-host of Go Off, Sis, the podcast from Refinery29’s Unbothered. “Des
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Taiia Smart Young
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Jennifer Hough’s First On-Air Interview About Nicki Minaj &...
*Editor’s note: this story contains discussions about sexual violence, threats, and intimidation. Please read with care. A month after publicly all
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R29 Unbothered
Somos Libres
Mj Rodriguez Takes The Mic For Her Next Act As Michaela Jaé
She made history as the first trans woman to be nominated for a major acting Emmy — but she’s more than just a label. The Afro-Latinx actress, singer,
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Ariana Romero
Entertainment
So…Are We Ready To Emotionally Divest From These Hollywood ...
The 2021 Emmys came and went like the wind, gathering a small section of Hollywood’s elite in a very small — and, as Seth Rogen pointed out, not exactl
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Ineye Komonibo
Beauty
Black Women’s Hair Relaxers Could Be Harming Us
Almost every Black woman I know has had her hair relaxed at some point in her life. That’s not an exaggeration. From friends and family, to co-worke
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Seyi Falodun-Liburd
Unbothered
Emmys? We Don’t Know Her. These Are Unbothered’s Best TV Shows Of...
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are on Sunday (19th September). The prestigious awards show is usually how Hollywood gauges the best of the best of the most
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
Give The New Generation Of Black Pop Girls Some Time — They’...
On Sunday 12th September, MTV celebrated 40 years of music and music videos at its annual Video Music Awards. The event featured highly anticipated perform
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Ineye Komonibo
Relationships
As A Black Woman, I’m Scared To Start Dating Again — Here...
I’ve long been a bit of a hopeless romantic. Growing up, films like A Cinderella Story and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging were always on repeat. I wa
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Vanese Maddix
Unbothered
Sephora’s ‘Black Beauty Is Beauty’ Short Film Celebra...
Top beauty retailer Sephora is using its international reach to emphasise how Black beauty and Black trends are the blueprints for the beauty industry. In
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DarkSkyLady
Unbothered
Black American Culture Was Missing From The Met Gala Red Carpet
The Met Gala, fashion’s most anticipated and glamorous red carpet event, took place last night (13th September) and there’s a lot to unpack. Usually he
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Venesa Coger
Podcasts
This Is What Navigating 2021 Looks Like For Black Women, Accordin...
Go Off, Sis, the podcast from Refinery29’s Unbothered, is back for season five. And while we’re still in the panorama, the upside is this: Many of us a
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Taiia Smart Young
Unbothered
Performative Activism Sparks Backlash Of New CBS Series ‘The Acti...
The word “activism” brings to mind movements that bring about social and political change for the masses. It’s protesting, it’s organising,
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DarkSkyLady
Unbothered
Looking Back,
Love Jones
Is Actually For The Birds (ItR...
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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In Celebration Of
Really Love
& The Slow Burn
This goes without saying, but dating as a millennial can be a hellish experience. Between extended “talking stages,” ghosting, and starting over every
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Ineye Komonibo
Entertainment
Bolu Babalola On Entering The ‘Big Age’ Of Life In Ne...
Nothing confronts you with adulthood quite like the Nigerian saying “at your big age”. As pop culture scholar and writer Bolu Babalola puts it,
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Jennifer Adetoro
Unbothered
These Herbalists Are Helping Black Women Heal — One TikTok At A Time
According to the latest TikTok trends, herbalism is the new glow-up hack. For decades, herbalists have used plants for healing purposes and to study the im
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Celeste Polanco
Unbothered
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On The Dark, Ever-Relevant Legacy Of
Can...
This story contains spoilers for Candyman. In the 1992 film Candyman, we learned the horrifying origin story of a Black man who becomes a living nightmare
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
Death by a Thousand Words: COVID-19 and the Pandemic of Ableist M...
“The disabled and elderly are the most likely to die from this virus.” I closed my eyes and beat back the desire to scream-cry at the news before me. I
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Imani Barbarin
Unbothered
Letitia Wright’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ Stunt Injury...
British actress Letitia Wright is in recovery today after being injured during a stunt on the set of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. A Marvel spokesperson
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Tayo Bero
Unbothered
Megan Thee Stallion Wins Two Big Legal Victories — Against Her La...
Megan Thee Stallion scored two major legal wins this week, after a judge granted her the go-ahead to release the remix of BTS’ Butter that she is feature
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Tayo Bero
Unbothered
She Was One In A Million — The R29Unbothered Team Remembers Aaliyah
There’s a clip going viral of Aaliyah appearing on BET’s 106 & Park on August 21, 2001. In the video, the then 22-year-old singer is just as you re
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R29 Unbothered
Photography
Capturing The Beauty Of Black British Life Outside London
When you think of Black people outside London, what do you think of? Most of the time, whenever Black Britons are represented in any form of media – be i
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Bashirat Oladele
Unbothered
The White Lotus
Did Belinda Dirty, But Natasha Rothwell Sh...
Welcome to “What’s Good,” where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting for everybo
by
Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
‘The White Lotus’ And The Limits Of White Self-Critique
*Spoilers for Season 1 of The White Lotus The White Lotus is the latest HBO prestige dramedy satire on whiteness. A mix of its predecessors Suc
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Brooke Obie
Unbothered
The Woman Assaulted By Nicki Minaj’s Husband Is Setting The Recor...
*Editor’s note: this story contains discussions about sexual violence, threats and intimidation. Jennifer Hough — who was assaulted by Nick
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Tayo Bero
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