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Should We Trust Rose IV You? A Beyoncé Mystery
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Oct 24, 2018
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This Is The Hopeless State Of Every Gallagher On
Shameless
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Oct 22, 2018
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What
The Hate U Give
Gets Right About Black Families
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Oct 19, 2018
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse
, Episode 6 Recap: "Ret...
There is nothing else I need to say to introduce this episode except: We are back in Murder House, bitches! American Horror Story: Apocalypse has returned
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TV Shows
We're Calling It Now: Diane Is Going To Lowkey Dominate This Seas...
ABC’s black-ish returned for season 5 last night, and there is a lot for fans to be happy about. For starters, Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) and Dre (Anthony A
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Pop Culture
Trap Glazed: Why I'm Actually Not Offended By Kanye West
For the past year or so, I’ve been carrying around a not-so-secret shame. Like most of us, I have witnessed the ongoing spectacle of Kanye West. From his
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Chandler Kinney Talks Growing Up On
Lethal Weapon
Close your eyes for a second and think back on your high school experience. For most of us, it was a mixed bag of teenage angst, self-discovery, and capric
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How The "Single Ladies" Of Refinery29 Feel About Beyoncé's Iconic...
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse
, Episode 5 Recap: "Boy...
We are officially at the halfway point for this season of American Horror Story: Apocalypse and there is a transference of power on the horizon. It’s sti
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TV Shows
Is
All American
Just
Friday Night Lights
For Th...
Tonight The CW rolled out its latest offering to young adults — and older adults who can’t help but get hooked on shows like Jane the Virgin. All Ameri
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Horror Fans Are Having The Best TV Season Ever
It’s been seven years since Ryan Murphy dared to make television really, legitimately scary with the debut of his horror anthology series, American Horro
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These Cardi B Halloween Costumes Are Money Moves
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How To Turn Rihanna's Most Memorable GIFs Into A Halloween Costume
On a holiday where you can be anyone, why wouldn't you be Rihanna?
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The Ultimate Beyoncé OTR & Beychella Costume Guide
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Bette Midler's Tweets Show Everything That's Wrong With White Fem...
The opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is loud and widely felt. It has pushed many to double down on their feminist values. A gaggle of Ho
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Trap Glazed: What It Means To Be Black In Comedy
Tiffany Haddish has once again proven herself to be a tickling delight on the big screen. The comedienne, who made her film debut in the 2017 smash hit, Gi
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TV Shows
American Horror Story: Apocalypse
, Episode 4 Recap: "Cou...
Ryan Murphy really knows how to take his time telling a story. I am not complaining. It makes for both both great sex and great television to not hurry thi
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Unfortunately, We
Do
Have To Care About Kanye's Politics
Kanye West, with his Make America Great Again hat in tow, is at it again. On Sunday he tweeted a picture of his red cap with a full caption about what it m
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The 100th Episode Of
Shameless
Proved That Frank Needs T...
Eight years, nine seasons, and exactly 100 episodes later, fans of Showtime's Shameless are still rocking with the Gallagher family and their wild way
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TV Shows
Insecure
Season 3, Finale Recap: "Ghost-Like"
The only consistently negative thing that I have to say about HBO’s Insecure is that we just don’t get enough of it. Eight 30-minute slots is not enoug
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Let's Call These Comments About True Thompson What They Are: Racist
Becoming a mom is a huge undertaking even in the most ideal circumstances. Khloé Kardashian has embraced this role in the thick of a huge cheating scandal
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Movies
Night School
Missed A Huge Opportunity With This Lesbian...
Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish have been making the rounds to promote their new movie Night School. You’ve most likely seen the trailers all over the int
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse
, Episode 3 Recap: "For...
This season of American Horror Story is probably really hard to follow if you’re not a superfan of the franchise. If you haven’t been engrossed in the
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TV Shows
Black Women Are Officially The Most Powerful Force On
This Is...
This Is Us returned for its third season Tuesday night, and I didn’t cry a single time — which, as you probably know, is the litmus test for how good a
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The Drop
The City Girls Completely Corrupt The Male Gaze In "Millionaire D...
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29's home for exclusive music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, exci
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How To Dress As A Character Of Color This Halloween (Without Bein...
Hollywood is experiencing a surge in amazing shows and movies that tell stories of people of color. Serendipitously, Halloween is also right around the cor
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Insecure
Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: "Obsessed-Like"
If I had describe this week’s episode of HBO’s Insecure in one word it would be: triggering. There isn’t nearly as much action as last week’s episo
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Movies
Nappily Ever After
Gets To The Personal & Political Of B...
There is a hilarious moment in Black Panther when Okoye (Danai Gurira) — the general of Wakanda’s all-female and all-bald kingsguard — has to go unde
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Pop Culture
Trap Glazed: What To Make Of Men Like Drake
There’s a chance that you’ve sensed a general feeling of heartbreak in the air over the past month or so. It’s because Drake — the Black heartthrob
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TV Recaps
American Horror Story: Apocalypse
, Episode 2 Recap: "The...
Last week’s premiere of American Horror Story: Apocalypse set us up for a pretty intense season. A bomb dropped, the world as we know it ended, and a doz
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