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We Are All George Floyd
Marshall Roach
May 24, 2021
Asian American
Visibility Isn’t Enough. Asian Americans Need To See Ourselves
Whizy Kim
May 24, 2021
Asian American
When Our Bangs Reached The Skies: A Celebration Of Vietnamese New Wave
Thuc Doan Nguyen
May 19, 2021
Asian American
“Asians Don’t Quit”
For immigrants, activities like piano aren't just "for fun." They're spaces in which the rules of America are taught and confirmed.
by
Connie Wang
Somos Latinx
It’s Time To Learn The Right Way To Drink (And Buy) Tequila
In the U.S., tequila is known for margarita drinks as big as your head, shots that are served with a slice of lime and salt, and the cinco de drink-o parti
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Andrea Aliseda
Unbothered
Meet Some Of The Dynamic Women Behind CultureCon’s First Vi...
Remember that scene from Poetic Justice when Lucky, Justice, Iesha, and Chicago tumble out of the delivery truck and finesse their way into the family reun
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Sydney Clarke
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Unbothered
R29’s Global Editor-In-Chief Gets Candid With Symone Sanders
Symone Sanders is no stranger to success. At 25, she became the youngest presidential press secretary on record while working alongside U.S. Senator Bernie
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R29 Unbothered
Unbothered
An Offering For Ma’Khia Khi’Riana Ty’lea Bryant, Who Deserv...
On April 20, woven in-between the breaking news of Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd, TikToks of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant made
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Amber J. Phillips
Unbothered
Doula Latham Thomas Is Creating Safe Spaces During The Black Mate...
The rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. increased by over 15% in 2019. And according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent
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Stephanie Long
High Impact
“I Never Wanted To Be The First” — Weed Pioneer Vivianne Wilson O...
How does the first Black woman to run a cannabis company in Canada reconcile the success of her business with the industry's systemic racism?
by
Gloria Alamrew
High Impact
Black Women Are Leading The Charge For Equity In The Cannabis Ind...
Cannabis advocate and entrepreneur Dasheeda Dawson has been fighting for the legalization of marijuana in New York for years. And on March 31, part of her
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Stephanie Long
High Impact
Black Women Love Weed Too, So Why Don’t We Get To Be Stoners Onsc...
Lighting up could be the answer to burning down the tropes that have sidelined Black women characters for decades. It's high time for new strains of stoner
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
Black and Asian Solidarity Has A Long History — Here Are The Wome...
As the fight to abolish white supremacy rages on, we’re honoring some of the Black and Asian women living and fighting for social justice at the intersec
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Niki McGloster
Unbothered
About My Business: How Podcast Hosts Teala Dunn & Nia Sioux Are A...
My name is Laurise McMillian, and I lead R29Unbothered’s social media team. Welcome to About My Business, our brand new career column. For years, I was g
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Laurise McMillian
Books & Art
11 History Books That Every Woman Should Read
by
Shannon Carlin
Unbothered
The HFPA Did Us Dirty — Why The Golden Globes Diversity Statement...
There’s a gif of the late Chadwick Boseman from the 2019 Oscars I think about a lot. It’s from the moment Green Book wins Best Picture. As the mostly-w
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Black History Month 2021
How Tarot & Astrology Became Black & Brown Women’s North Star
As stigma surrounding non-Christian spiritual practices fades, Black and brown women are reclaiming divination as a tool for self-healing.
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Stephanie Long
Culture
The Incredible Black Canadian Women You Should Know
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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Black History Month 2021
Two Generations, One Goal: A Conversation About Black Liberation
Activists Janaya Future Khan of the Black Lives Matter movement and Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter, come together to discuss activism in 2021 and
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
Brandy’s Black
Cinderella
Made The Impossible Possible I...
I swear I heard several million Black people scream through my computer monitor when Disney+ announced that it will finally stream Rodgers and Hammerstein?
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Vicky Mochama
Black History Month 2021
It’s Time To Celebrate Black History Month For
Us
This February, we’re celebrating not because a calendar is telling us to, but because our community compels us to.
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Chelsea Sanders
Unbothered
Angie Thomas’
Concrete Rose
Advocates For Black Men & Bo...
Angie Thomas didn’t plan on writing a prequel to The Hate U Give. But as Starr’s dad, Maverick “Big Mav” Carter, became a favorite among her re
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Stephanie Long
Unbothered
Here’s How Black Women Can Get What They Deserve In 2021, Accordi...
To call 2020 a dumpster fire would be an understatement. A global pandemic, social uprising, and blistering election season all at the same time? Not exact
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Stephanie Long
Culture
They Called Me Brave When I Stopped Wearing Hijab (I Wasn’t)
Facing an Islamophobic world as a visibly Muslim woman requires a hell of a lot more courage than stepping out with my hair in a ponytail.
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Sara Hussein
Unbothered
Stop Playing 2020: The Magical Memes & Moments That Made This Yea...
There’s a certain white knuckle relief in knowing that we’re all about to get off the ride that is 2020. And while the uncertainty of 2021 still has us
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R29 Unbothered
News
President Obama Opens Up About Michelle, Malia & Sasha — & The ...
In his new, instantly best-selling memoir, A Promised Land, former President Barack Obama primarily focuses on his political rather than personal life, off
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Natalie Gontcharova
Book-ish
With
Black Futures
, Jenna Wortham & Kimberly Drew Bring ...
What does it mean to be Black and alive right now? And what do future generations need to know? At the tail end of a traumatic year—one in which Black an
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Stephanie Long
Unbothered
In Michigan, Black Voters Help Edge Joe Biden Toward Presidency
On November 4, mail-in ballots from Detroit and Flint — two predominantly Black communities in the state of Michigan — helped Joe Biden secure Michigan
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Taylor Crumpton
Book-ish
Our Favorite Black Women Authors Share The Books That Impacted Th...
The annual Well-Read Black Girl Festival is upon us, and this time, it’s going virtual from November 6-8. An ode to Black Political Power: Past
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Stephanie Long
Unbothered
How To Ruin A Democracy: Why We Must Pay Attention To What’s Happ...
In Lagos, Nigeria, on the evening of October 20, men in military uniform reportedly fired live rounds at peaceful protesters demanding an end to police bru
by
Shayera Dark
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