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Pop Culture
Yara Shahidi Is Perfecting & Erasing The Hollywood Starlet
Sesali Bowen
Mar 15, 2017
TV Shows
That Was The Worst Episode Of
This Is Us
, Ever
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Mar 15, 2017
TV Shows
These Black Actresses All Have A Juicy Connection To Will Smith
Sesali Bowen
Mar 14, 2017
TV Shows
This Is Going To Be The Real Challenge For Rachel's
Bachelore...
"The Bachelorette" needs to stay on the right side of a thin line, at all costs.
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Music
The Magic Of SXSW For Women Artists
Apparently the SXSW crowd appreciates raw talent above all else.
by
Sesali Bowen
Movies
Black Twitter Is Going To Lose It Over Netflix's
Burning Sand...
Black greek letter organizations are a staple of the Black community. Unlike most other fraternities and sororities, which are firmly anchored to the colle
by
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Movies
What Is The Deal With Samuel L. Jackson's Characters?
Jackson knows the difference between fiction and reality.
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TV Shows
Black-ish
Just Reminded Us Why Black Dolls Matter
Representation matters in both the mundane and the substantial.
by
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TV Shows
What Happened To
The Amber Rose Show
?
Amber Rose's talk show was a good thing at the wrong time.
by
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Pop Culture
We Need To Talk About Some Of The Responses Ciara's Maternity Shoot
Just throw the whole notion of toxic masculinity away.
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Pop Culture
Remy Ma Keeps It Real About Political Hypocrisies Facing Women's ...
I’m already getting my #Remy2020 buttons pressed. Get with the winning team.
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TV Shows
Last Night's
This Is Us
Was Just The Beginning For Beth
Never forget about Beth.
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TV Shows
Why Race Might Actually Matter For The Future
Bachelorette
It would be really easy for the franchise to ignore how race might play a part in Rachel Lindsay's connections to her suitors.
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Sesali Bowen
Pop Culture
How Blac Chyna & Rob Made Keeping Up With The Kardashians Really ...
All it takes is two bad apples to spoil the bunch.
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Sesali Bowen
TV Shows
Why Our Obsession With
Little Women
Makes Me Uncomfortable
There is a thin line between appreciation and exploitation.
by
Sesali Bowen
Pop Culture
Chance The Rapper Just Donated $1 Million To Chicago Public Schoo...
As we needed another reason to love this Chicago rapper.
by
Sesali Bowen
Pop Culture
We Need To Support Karrueche Tran — Period.
Too many people choose to accept intimate partner violence as a spiteful tool that women leverage against men instead of a reality that too many women expe
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Sesali Bowen
TV Shows
How
Love & Hip Hop
Sells Us A Different American Dream
Ever heard of "hood dreams"?
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Pop Culture
We Finally Know The Cause Of The Remy Ma & Nicki Minaj Fued
This isn't the first or second time we've heard this about Nicki Minaj.
by
Sesali Bowen
TV Shows
What
Bring It!
Means For Black Girls & TV
For four seasons now, Ms. Diana has still brought both realness and opportunity with every kick and buck.
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Sesali Bowen
TV Shows
Riverdale
Just Accidentally Showed The Pitfalls Of Black...
The pressure to be the best comes at a price.
by
Sesali Bowen
Movies
Jordan Peele Wants To Make More Scary Movies & We Have Ideas
Jordan Peele wants to make four more scary movies in the next decade. He has lots of material to work with.
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Sesali Bowen
Music
Missy Elliott Is "Better" Than The Future
Missy is the quintessential “girl that can do both.” Get you one.
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TV Shows
The One Thing We CAN'T Ignore About
Time: The Kalief Browder ...
The most important part of "Time" is what happens next.
by
Sesali Bowen
Movies
Disney Just Made Things So Awkward With Their First "Exclusively"...
It doesn't feel like the groundbreaking moment of radical inclusivity that Disney hoped for.
by
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Movies
Why You Need To See The Movie
Kiki
It's time to have a real Kiki.
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Music
What Should Nicki Minaj Do In The Aftermath Of "ShETHER"?
It's not about what Nicki will do next. It's about what Nicki can do next.
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Sesali Bowen
Books & Art
This Young Adult Novel That Tackles Black Lives Matter Is Exactly...
What I always loved about the young adult genre was that it acknowledges that young people lead complex lives and face heavy issues, too.
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Sesali Bowen
Pop Culture
Please Don't Trap Maxine Waters In The Meme Matrix
Can we transfer our love of Black culture on screen to real life?
by
Sesali Bowen
Movies
It May Have Won Best Picture, But
Moonlight
Was Still Ro...
"Moonlight" deserved to bask in the fullness of their victory, but instead they had to share the moment with another film and the controversy of one of the
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