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Beauty
Jackie Aina Breaks Her Silence On Bullying, Black Influencers, & Deleting Her ...
Thatiana Diaz
25 Sep 2019
Beyonce
Beyoncé’s Lisa Bonet Costume Is An Iconic Meeting Of The Minds
Kathryn Lindsay
21 Sep 2019
Beauty
I Never Saw Models With My Skin Condition, So I Became One
Jessica Cruel
19 Sep 2019
Beauty
Lizzo Sets Another Trend As She Shows Off Her Biggest Hair Transf...
Lizzo is 100% committed to every shade of the colour purple. Always a beauty trendsetter, Lizzo has shared her newest hair transformation on Instagram, rev
by
Meagan Fredette
Entertainment News
Tall Girl
Director Nzingha Stewart Is Already Over The ...
Tall Girl is an innocuous Netflix rom-com about Jodi (newcomer Ava Michelle), a 16-year-old who has yet to embrace her 6’1” stature. But when the trail
by
Elena Nicolaou
Fashion
Why Pyer Moss Is So Special To Black Fashion Editors
To be a black woman who works in fashion is to be both simultaneously ignored and copied. My tone is policed but my colloquialisms are added to text to mak
by
Channing Hargrove
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Hair
The Best Natural Hair Moments From New York Fashion Week
by
aimee simeon
Celebrity Beauty
As The New Face Of L’Oréal Paris, Viola Davis Wants Women T...
Viola Davis, the Oscar-winning actress known for her powerhouse performances in films like Doubt and Fences over the course of her 30-year career, feels li
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Rachel Lubitz
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
Pop Culture
Lizzo Just Made A DNA Test & The Truth Might Hurt
I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 86% that bitch. Seriously. If you’ve been blasting Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts,” and wondering if you are too “1
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Alexis Reliford
Pop Culture
Naomi Osaka's Gesture After Besting Coco Gauff At U.S. Open Will ...
The U.S. Open match between Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff was amazing, though it was the post-match sportsmanship between the two that captured everyone’s h
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Alexis Reliford
Beauty
These Protective Styles Will Take Hair Off Your To-Do List
by
aimee simeon
Celebrity Beauty
Missy Elliott's VMAs Nails Took 3 Hours & Nearly £300 Worth Of Sw...
If you're still on a high after watching Missy's Elliott's epic performance at the MTV Video Music Awards — we're not judging, becaus
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aimee simeon
Fashion
Rihanna’s Fenty x Savage Fashion Show Is Coming To Amazon Prime
Rihanna, our gracious and inclusive queen, has no plans of lifting her Fenty stiletto off our necks. That Rihanna reign just won't let up. As rumours
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Channing Hargrove
Celebrity Beauty
One Man, 6 Hours, & 1,000 Braids: What It Took To Create Missy El...
When Missy Elliott sang “I'ma snatch they wigs, til I see that scalp,” in her latest single Throw It Back, she wasn't kidding. Today,
by
aimee simeon
Beauty
The Most Eye-Catching Beauty Moments From Afropunk
by
aimee simeon
Beauty
6 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got My First Sew-In
Growing up, four plaits, a ponytail, and the occasional intricate cornrow pattern were the only hairstyles my strict parents allowed me to wear. When my pe
by
aimee simeon
Interviews
Lizzo: "I Want My Lips To Look Like I’m Ready To Suck A Dick"
Decked out in a gold lamé leotard, caramel fishnets, and black studded boots, Lizzo surveyed the audience at an intimate concert in Downtown L.A.'s C
by
Rachel Lubitz
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Skin Care
Why Aren't There More Black Dermatologists?
From misdiagnosis to mistreatment, black women aren’t receiving the care they need — and the problem starts in medical school.
by
Jessica Cruel
Skin Care
I Didn't Realise Black People Could Get Skin Cancer — Until I Did
Michele Modestin, 55, wasn’t bothered by the two slim, black lines running up her ring finger. She just thought they were a scratch or a scar. Then, in h
by
Jessica Cruel
Books & Art
What Toni Morrison's
The Bluest Eye
Taught Me About Bein...
In 1994, I was a 4th grader with an imagination that often found me daydreaming myself far, far away from the confines of my windowless classroom, from the
by
Jamilah Lemieux
Fitness
Watch Simone Biles Land This Incredible Move That No-One Has Ever...
Simone Biles continues to be the greatest gymnast of all time. Scratch that. One of the greatest athletes of all time. On the first night of the U.S. Gymna
by
Alexis Reliford
Dedicated Feature
Here's What Workplace Culture Is Really Like For Women Of Colour
“It’s very difficult to feel like you can show up in a space where people are looking at you sideways,” says R29 Unbothered's managing editor, D
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Us
Beauty
For Ghanaian Women, Beauty Is A Mix Of Shea & Glossier
I spent seven months exploring the beauty industry in Ghana — and the dynamic women who are driving it forward.
by
Abena Boamah-Ache...
Beauty
“Black Don’t Crack” Is Stressing Me Out
The phrase is a point of pride in the black community, but is it another way we're pressured to be perfect?
by
Patia Braithwaite
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
Beauty
Colourful Curls Were The Main Attraction At Curlfest 2019
by
aimee simeon
Beauty
I Struggled With Acne For Years. Fake Freckles Helped Me Find My ...
For some, a lipstick is just a lipstick. But for others, it's a source of strength, creativity, and expression. In our series Power Faces, we'll
by
Rachel Lubitz
Interviews
Missandei Is Dead. Long Live Nathalie Emmanuel
She met her end on Game of Thrones. Now, Nathalie Emmanuel is ready for her next project in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
by
Jazmin Kopotsha
Beauty
Black Actors Are Getting Huge Roles In Hollywood, But Still Doing...
In film and TV, hair and makeup comes with the gig. So why must Black actors provide their own?
by
aimee simeon
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