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Dear Miya Ponsetto, You Can Be Latinx & Still Be A Karen
Jasely Molina
10 Jan 2021
Best of Netflix
Zendaya Hopes You Won’t Hate Her After Watching Netflix’s
Malcolm
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Ineye Komonibo
10 Jan 2021
Hair
There’s Nothing “Unprofessional” About Wearing My Bonnet On ...
Sydney Clarke
8 Jan 2021
Unbothered
Stacey Abrams Is Not A Magical Negro So Stop Asking Her To Save A...
There’s a fine line between giving Abrams her flowers and the credit she deserves without tasking her to save the whole damn country, and last night, tha
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Kathleen Newman-B...
News
The Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake 7 Times Is Not Being Charged
Jacob Blake, a Black man living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was severely injured in August 2020 after a police officer shot him at least seven times, leaving hi
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Elly Belle
Unbothered
About My Business: How To Make Sure The Internet Doesn’t Steal Yo...
Welcome to About My Business, Unbothered’s brand new career column. For years, I was getting tons of DMs like “How can I negotiate my salary?,”
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Laurise McMillian
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Beyonce
We’re Already Getting So Much More Beyoncé In 2021, Thank God
Despite Lockdown Number Three, the year 2021 is already shaping up to be a step up from the apocalyptic one we have just narrowly escaped — let’s
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
5 Black Women Share What They’re Demanding From 2021
2020 took more than it gave, shook more than it soothed, and damaged more than it healed. But in the debris left behind in its hellscape, embers of hope fl
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
A Double Hot Take On
Bridgerton
, Race & Romance
This post contains spoilers for Bridgerton Season 1 and is based on the Netflix series alone, not the books. Bridgerton’s elevator pitch goes like
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Ineye Komonibo
Movies
Years Of Traumatic Black Love Stories Left Me Emotionally Unprepa...
When watching the opening credits of Sylvie’s Love for the first time, I was noticeably tense because I was nervous about the cinematic journey I was
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Ineye Komonibo
Politics
A White Woman Accused A Black Teenager Of Stealing Her Phone. Gue...
This weekend, award-winning jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold and his 14-year-old son were on their way to brunch at the Arlo, a boutique hotel in Manhattan whe
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Sarah Midkiff
Living
As A 20-Year-Old Black Woman, Why Is Private Healthcare My End Goal?
Twenty, it’s a strange age. I’m young enough still to be living rent-free in my parents’ house but old enough to have them pressure me about the cont
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Aaliyah Miller
Unbothered
A Black Girl’s Guide To Coping With COVID-19
At the beginning of the pandemic, like many millennials, I wasn’t too concerned about catching COVID-19. At the time, the media had become a hard resourc
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Maiya Carmichael
Unbothered
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Star Taylour Paige On That Chad...
Taylour Paige thought she blew her audition for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the new Netflix film, the 30-year-old actress plays Dussie Mae, the young lo
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
“We’re Collectively Traumatised:” Laverne Cox O...
'Promising Young Woman' is an emotional rollercoaster—so is this conversation with the Emmy-nominated actress and activist.
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Modern Queer Family
Adoption Was Our First Choice, And The Best Choice
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Akutu-Carter’s | LGBT Family🇬🇧 (@that_a.c_life) Adoption is just one of the many routes that prospecti
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Beauty
The Black Girl’s Guide To Mineral Sunscreen
Finding a sunscreen that doesn’t make me look ashy is a feat, and I know I’m not alone. But that doesn’t mean I don’t use it. To my fellow Black an
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Sydney Clarke
Entertainment
Tiwa Savage Strips Down To Her R&B Roots For “Park Well”
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29’s home for music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites,
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Ineye Komonibo
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Modern Queer Family
Why Haven’t I Seen A Queer Family I Identify With On Screen...
Ever since I surreptitiously watched noughties Scottish drama Lip Service as a kid and realised lesbians exist, finding onscreen representation of myself h
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Elete Nelson-Fearon
Unbothered
Jingle Jangle
Is A Reminder That The Best Christmas Movi...
Welcome to “What’s Good,” where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world. We started this column over
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Beauty
Megan Thee Stallion Shows Off Her Natural Hair Growth — & Shatter...
Megan Thee Stallion is versatile, particularly when it comes to her hair. She wore red, shoulder-length curls for her new album, Good News. Back in Novembe
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Sydney Clarke
News
Brandon Bernard Was Imprisoned When He Was 18. Tomorrow, He Is Se...
After the Department of Justice announced plans to speedily execute five people before US President Donald Trump leaves office, advocates have created an u
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Britni de la Cretaz
Unbothered
Natalie Desselle Reid Was More Than A Sidekick — She Was A Master...
I was dazzled by Natalie Desselle Reid for the first time as a gold-toothed sweetheart in 1997’s gut-busting comedy, B*A*P*S. Directed by Robert Town
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Niki McGloster
Bags Of Style
How Telfar’s Tote Became The Most Important Bag Of 2020
“Not For You – For Everyone.” As a unisex, boundary-breaking brand, this rallying cry reflects everything that Telfar symbolises. Founded by
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Sayo Olu
Acne Diaries
Keke Palmer’s Makeup-Free Selfie Is About So Much More Than...
Last night, Keke Palmer posted a selfie to her Instagram. Normally this wouldn’t be anything extraordinary, but the singer, actor, and host purposely
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Sydney Clarke
Wellness
How My ADHD Diagnosis Changed The Way I Live My Life As A Black W...
Caribbean households are known for obscure nicknames. Growing up, mine was (and still is) ‘Longers’. My dad says I was given this name because
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Chanté Joseph
Natural Hairstyles
5 Hats That Will Keep You Warm Without Messing Up Your Curls
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aimee simeon
Unbothered
Are You A Tia Or A Tamera? The Surprisingly Subversive Big Questi...
Watching Sister, Sister in 2020 is the equivalent of logging off Twitter, putting your phone on Do No Disturb, and curling up under a heavy-ass weighted bl
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
If You Aren’t Buying Black This Holiday Season, Gabrielle U...
Black-owned businesses are in trouble. In the midst of a racial injustice reckoning and a social media push to #BuyBlack this year, you may have thought ot
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Movies
Between The World And Me
Might Be Triggering At Times, But...
Five years ago, author and journalist Ta-Nehesi Coates published Between the World and Me, a sobering recollection of the United States’ history of w
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Ineye Komonibo
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