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Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Unbothered
Jodie Turner-Smith Isn’t Done Talking About Colorism — Are You Ready To Listen...
Kathleen Newman-B...
Mar 3, 2022
Unbothered
Actually,
Poetic Justice
Isn’t All That Romantic — But It Is Real
Kathleen Newman-B...
Feb 14, 2022
Unbothered
We Need To Talk About Cosby
Says As Much About Us As It Does The ...
Kathleen Newman-B...
Feb 10, 2022
Black History Month 2022
Why Black Women Are Divesting From Excellence & Embracing Mediocrity
R29Unbothered continues its look at Black culture’s tangled history of Black identity, style, and contributions to the culture with ROOTS, our
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Unbothered
The War On “Wokeness” Is A War Against Martin Luther King Jr.’s L...
This story was original published on January 17, 2022. Today may just be my least-favorite day on the internet, and yet, it’s one of my favorite days of
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Unbothered
Station Eleven
Can Be A Devastating Watch, But Danielle ...
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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The
Insecure
Finale Has Us In Our Feelings About Issa...
Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hindsig
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Black Is The New Black 2021
For Chanté Adams, Love’s Got Everything To Do With It
For Chanté Adams, Love’s Got Everything To Do With It WRITTEN BY KATHLEEN NEWMAN-BREMANG December 16, 2021 Black Is The New Black is R29Unbothered’s c
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In
The Sex Lives of College Girls
, It’s The Black Girls Wh...
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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Of Course
Succession
Fails Its Black Women Characters — ...
This story includes Succession season 3 spoilers. If you’ve ever been a Black employee in boardroom full of white executives — truly, my least fa
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Unbothered
Bruised
Isn’t Great, But Halle Berry And Sheila Atim Are
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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Unbothered
Condolences To Your Condola Hate — Lawrence Is The Real
Insec...
It’s become a running Twitter joke since Christina Elmore first showed up in Season 3 as Condola, the “other woman” in Issa and Lawrence’s will-the
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Black Love
It’s Time To Let Go Of Celebrity #RelationshipGoals
It doesn’t take much for two extremely attractive, very famous people to go from individual objects of thirst to a certified Celebrity Couple. Some strat
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Black Love
Brown Sugar
Is Still Just As Sweet As The First Time We ...
Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hi
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
How COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Is Tearing Black Families Apart
My baby cousin will always be just that to me: a baby. Even though she’s grown, a whole woman in her 20s, I will always see her as a toddler following me
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Actually, Netflix, Content Like Dave Chappelle’s Transphobic Come...
Update: Netflix has fired the employee who was organizing an upcoming walkout (set to happen Wednesday, October 20) of trans staffers and allies in protest
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Unbothered
Shalita Grant’s Sherry Is The Best Part Of
You
Season 3 ...
This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s You Season 3. When we first meet Shalita Grant’s character Sherry Conrad on Netflix’s hit series You, sh
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
If Your “Diverse” Teen Show Isn’t Giving What
Sex Education
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Emmys? We Don’t Know Her. These Are Unbothered’s Best TV Shows Of...
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are on Sunday (September 19). The prestigious awards show is usually how Hollywood gauges the best of the best of the most r
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Unbothered
Looking Back,
Love Jones
Is Actually For The Birds (ItR...
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Entertainment
Joshua Jackson On His
Two
Proposals & Playing The Anti-P...
Against my better judgement, and at the risk of losing any semblance of journalistic objectivity, I start my conversation with Joshua Jackson by effusively
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Unbothered
Serena Williams On Slowing Down & Getting Emotional During The
There is a lot about Serena Williams the public knows: she’s a 23-time grand slam winner, a fashion mogul, a wife, mother and the greatest athlete of all
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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
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Protest Is Front & Center At The Tokyo Olympics — But For Black A...
The image of hammer thrower Gwen Berry standing on a podium with her hip cocked to the side, her body turned away from her competitors and the anthem they
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
Is An Air Ball, But These Basketba...
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
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
It Isn’t Just Gossip Girl — TV Has A Major Colorism Problem
The R29Unbothered team tackles one of Hollywood’s most consistent — and frustrating — issues: its constant erasure of dark-skinned Black women and gi
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Zola
Wades Deep Into The Mess & Manipulation Of An Interra...
“Y’all wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” The now-famous opening refrain from A
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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Fefe Dobson Is Ready To Let It All Out Again
The Canadian singer-songwriter's ascent was riddled with racist attempts to brand her as someone she wasn’t. Almost 20 years later, she’s still doing i
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
Reclaiming Audre Lorde’s Radical Self-Care
I
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In Treatment’s
Uzo Aduba Finally Brings Depth To The “Blac...
The wise, all-knowing “Black Lady Therapist” is so prevalent on television — especially in the era of prestige TV — that the onscreen presence of a
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