Skip navigation!
ADVERTISEMENT
DISCOVER
WATCH
SHOP
+MORE
United States
Switch To
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Australia
Unbothered
Zazie Beetz’s Van Is Adrift In
Atlanta
Season 3 & It’s The Most ...
Niki McGloster
Mar 30, 2022
TV Shows
Pachinko
’s Cast Hopes You Finally Have
That
Conversation With ...
Melissah Yang
Mar 25, 2022
Style
22
Bridgerton
-Approved Corsets To Channel The Regencycore Trend
Eliza Huber
Mar 25, 2022
Unbothered
Young, Famous & African
: TV’s Obsession With Globa...
The reality television space has expanded from the pioneering series of the early 2000s like The Real World and Road Rules to evolving (or devolving, depen
by
Ineye Komonibo
Entertainment
Minx
’s Feminism Isn’t Revolutionary — & That’s Kind Of T...
Early into HBO Max’s 1970s-set Minx, Doug Renetti (Jake Johnson), a seedy magazine publisher with a heart of gold and even better chest hair, sits across
by
Katherine Singh
Pop Culture
Who Would We Be Without The Black Sitcoms That Raised Us?
Years ago, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Black sitcoms ruled the airwaves. These great series, spread across channels like ABC, NBC, The WB (which la
by
R29 Unbothered
Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT
Unbothered
Michael Ealy Is Solidifying His Spot As Hollywood’s Handsome Trou...
As if you weren’t already obsessed with the talented cast of new original series Bel-Air, the Peacock project has added yet another very fine person for
by
Ineye Komonibo
Fashion
For Scammers, Style Is Part Of The Grift
Anna Sorokin — better known as “Anna Delvey” — made half of New York City think she was a German billionaire heiress by dressing up in Alaïa dress
by
Frances Solá-Sant...
Fashion
How
New Girl
’s Zooey Deschanel Became Twee Fashion’s Muse
Tumblr fashion is often remembered as an indie sleaze haze full of messy hair, dark eyeliner, and ripped tights. But, back in the early-to-mid 2010s, twee
by
Frances Solá-Sant...
Unbothered
Season 2 Of
Love Is Blind
Shows Us The Depressing Reality ...
In Season 1 of Love of Blind, Netflix’s hit reality dating show, viewers got to see something rare for television — a Black woman being loved, acce
by
Nylah Burton
Beauty
Claws
Was Always A Show About Beauty And Vengeance
On its face, Claws has always been a show that a viewer could enjoy on mute. It’s a campy, noir ensemble show that never strayed away from being Too Much
by
Amanda Mitchell
Unbothered
In Defense Of
Bel-Air
’s New — And Yes, Insufferable — V...
We’re four episodes into Peacock’s buzzy original series Bel-Air, and one thing is for sure: this isn’t the Fresh Prince we grew up with. Whether you
by
Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
Snowfall
Is One Of The Few Shows That Does Black Hair Righ...
For four seasons, FX’s buzzy drama Snowfall has transported audiences back to Los Angeles, California during the infamous 1980s crack cocaine “epidemic
by
Hanna Phifer
TV & Netflix
We Need To Stop Blaming The Victims Of
The Tinder Swindler
Netflix has established itself as a haven of thought-provoking and controversial documentaries, and recently set the Twittersphere ablaze with its latest o
by
Kimberley Bond
Unbothered
Hollywood Failed Coco Jones, But She’s Back For Her Crown
Welcome to If You Know, You Know, the corner of the internet celebrating the most interesting people and dissecting phenomena within our rich diaspora. Tho
by
Ineye Komonibo
Entertainment
The Thing About Pam
’s Fat Suit Proves Hollywood Still Has ...
Once again, Hollywood is proving that there’s still a lot to learn when it comes to representation. Last week, NBC released the trailer for The Thing Abo
by
Katherine Singh
Unbothered
Run The World
‘s Andrea Bordeaux Says She Was Fired F...
If you were eagerly anticipating the return of Starz’s Run the World for season 2, you’re in for a major cast shakeup: Andrea Bordeaux, who played the
by
Ineye Komonibo
TV Shows
Why Episode 5 Of
Euphoria
Season 2 Made Me Stop Watching T...
Spoilers ahead. I remember the first time I thought someone was going to be sexually assaulted on Euphoria. It was in season 1, when Nate Jacobs (played si
by
Katherine Singh
Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT
Beauty
So, How’s It Really: I Wore A Bird On My Head Like Carrie B...
Welcome to Refinery29’s So, How Is It Really? where we take a look at all of the topics that have the internet talking. In studying them up close, we ans
by
Amanda Mitchell
Fashion
How
Euphoria
’s Costumes Showcase Today’s Emerging Designers
Since its debut in 2019, the HBO series Euphoria has cemented its pop-culture domination with costumes and makeup that tell a story of today’s youth cult
by
Frances Solá-Sant...
Unbothered
Love & Hip Hop
Gets Rooted In A New Special About African ...
Since its series premiere in 2011, VH1 original reality series Love and Hip Hop has taken music fans all over the country, making stops in New York City, M
by
Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
Millennials, Have We Aged Out Of The High School Genre?
Five years after the series finale of Degrassi: Next Class — the fifth iteration of the popular Canadian teen franchise — HBO Max announced that it wou
by
Ineye Komonibo
Entertainment
How Scammers Became Accidental Antiheroes Of The Girlboss Era
Con artists are nothing new. But our collective interest in them has been piqued in recent years as a number of high-profile scandals have redefined the wa
by
Alice Porter
Unbothered
Netflix Has A Hit On Its Hands With The New Cast Of
Too Hot To...
Spoilers for Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle ahead. Too Hot to Handle came to us at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. It was gloriously-timed conten
by
Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
And Just Like That…
Sex and the City
Still Doesn’t D...
Sex and the City is such a pop-culture juggernaut that many Black women can make some reference to it, whether it be a love of the Cosmopolitan, a salute t
by
Niki McGloster
Unbothered
Quinta Brunson Gets A Gold Star For
Abbott Elementary
There are some television shows that, within only a few minutes of watching, you just know will be hits. That magic is hard to explain — there isn’t ex
by
Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
The Official Trailer For The
Fresh Prince
Reboot Hints At ...
New year, same Hollywood dipping into the archive of beloved shows to reimagine for new audiences. First on 2022’s reboot list is Bel-Air, a darker, more
by
Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
Emily In Paris
Lacks Black Women Representation — In Fre...
Over the last couple of years, streaming services have expanded their offerings of projects based in France. While Netflix’s international team has been
by
Shamira Ibrahim
Unbothered
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
by
Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
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
by
Kathleen Newman-B...
Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT
More Stories
Discover
R29 Stories & News
Watch
R29 Original Series & Films
Shop
R29's Most Wanted