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Lil Nas X Finds Himself (Again) In
Long Live Montero
Kathleen Newman-B...
Sep 11, 2023
Somos Latinx
Dear Erica Mena, You Can’t Co-Opt Black Culture & Hate Black Women
Dash Harris
Aug 31, 2023
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The Black Diaspora (And Beyoncé) Made London Feel Like Home
Christa Eduafo
Aug 29, 2023
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This Vibrant Photo Series Celebrates Black Queer Joy At Carnival
“When I think of Mas, one of the first words that comes to mind is freedom. For me, there’s nothing more liberating than being myself, living i
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Wanna Thompson
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13 Black-Owned Brands To Support During Black Business Month
It’s August and I’m still thinking about my July trip to New Orleans for Essence Fest with SheaMoisture. Their activation, A Great Day In Harlem, encap
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Venesa Coger
Entertainment
Sex & the City
Allowed Its Women To Be Messy. I Wish
An...
This story contains spoilers for the season finale of Max series And Just Like That… All through Season 2 of And Just Like That…, Lisa Todd Wexley
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Alanna Bennett
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Parfait: Bridging Beauty and Technology with AI-Driven Wigs
When I first delved into the world of wigs five years ago, I ran to the internet to purchase them from anonymous sellers abroad. There were tons of options
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Alexis Jackson
Dedicated Feature
What Every Black Entrepreneur Needs To Know Before Launching A Bu...
At the start of the pandemic, when the world was thrown into a state of turmoil and uncertainty, Keadian Russ — like so many others — had to put her li
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Coming From A Biased Jamaican, Sint Maarten Is Very Underrated
If you ask any Jamaican, 8 out 10 (8 being modest) will tell you their country is the best island in the Caribbean. For most of my adult life, I’ve h
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Breanna Davis
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The Backlash To Netflix Doc
Ladies First
Proves Misogynoir...
A day before the premiere of the Netflix documentary series Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop, dream hampton tweeted, “It is not lost on me, for
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Taylor Crumpton
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The Cheetah Girls
Gave Black Girls Like Me a Space to Dream
Mere seconds into the opening sequence of The Cheetah Girls, and I’ve already regressed into my eight-year-old self, cheesing at the four teens on my scr
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Zeniya Cooley
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Is ‘Undone 4C Natural Hair’ Black Women’s Answer To The ‘Ef...
Black hairstyling is a lot of things: Genius? Yes. Innovative? Absolutely. Beautiful? Undoubtedly. But it’s rarely ever described as “effortless” —
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L'Oréal Blackett
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Black Women Entrepreneurs Give Their Best Business Advice
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Christa Eduafo
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Of Course The Youngest Person To Go To Space Is A Black Girl
Humanity’s documented interest in space began millennia ago, with the systematic astronomical observations of the Assyro-Babylonians in 1000 BCE marking
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
The Allegations Against Lizzo Are Distressing — But Never An Excu...
If you had to think of a current artist who most embodies self acceptance and self love, few seem more befitting than Lizzo. Since 2016, she’s been the p
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Banseka Kayembe
Pop Culture
Hear Me Out: Defending Our Most Unpopular Thirst Opinions
Some thirst objects are simply universal. Nobody could reasonably debate the general hotness of people like Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Janelle Monae, o
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Ineye Komonibo
Book-ish
The Steamiest Romance Novels Written By Black Authors
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Thirst Week
Is Spicy BookTok
Too
Thirsty?
Few places on Beyoncé’s internet are steamier than Spicy BookTok. The book-loving girlies, gays, and theys happily light up the social platform’s algo
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Niki McGloster
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Confessions From Black Women Who Sent Thirsty DMs To Their Crushes
“If you marry me, I am not against waking up at 3 am to bake scones,” reads a DM from an anonymous and evidently thirsty individual to Black Panther ac
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L'Oréal Blackett
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Who Taught Us To Run From Grief? This Children’s Book Faces It He...
Having your first book come out on your birthday is quite the coincidence (and a pretty neat birthday gift!) for most people. But for Maryah Greene, the 28
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Gloria Alamrew
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The Ultimatum’s
Mal Wright Can See Your Thirsty DMs. Every...
Mal Wright refuses to wreck your home (even if you ask her nicely). The breakout star of Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Queer Love has had to deal with the “
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Thirst Week
The Current State Of Celebrity Thirst With Bim Adewunmi & Nichole...
Naturally, the first thing you want to do when you develop a new all-consuming crush is tell a friend. From whispered confessions on the phone to passing n
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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Black Women, Looking For A Travel Destination? Don’t Sleep On Belize
I have always had an extensive travel bucket list, but to be honest, Belize was never on it. I’ve always set my sights on visiting as many countries in A
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Alexis Jackson
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Is
Barbie
Peak White Feminism? Does It Even Matter?
Even before there was a full trailer, Greta Gerwig’s third feature film Barbie has been a source of debate. In a cinematic landscape drowning in IP, woul
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Jourdain Searles
Unbothered
Ladies, Leave Your Man At Home & Go See Usher In Vegas
When we talk about music icons, no list can ever be complete without mentioning the generational talent that is Usher Raymond. Even after more than 30 year
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Ineye Komonibo
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Fed Up With Festival Season? Here Are 5 Ways To Make Wellness Par...
My music festival experience almost always ends up with me nursing achy feet, feeling dehydrated, painfully sun burnt and ready to go home before the headl
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Alexis Jackson
Fandemonium
How Anime Made Me Love My Full Black Self
I grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. The palm trees were tall, Malibu was a 40-minute drive down the 101 freeway, and the population was less than 2% Bl
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Alexandra Polk
Unbothered
John Boyega And Teyonah Parris Talk
They Cloned Tyrone’s
T...
It would be easy to put They Cloned Tyrone into a neat little box alongside other Black-led sci-fi stories as of late that are also simmering with satire a
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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Who To Watch At The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup If You̵...
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off yesterday (July 20) in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s going to be the Blackest tournament yet. Wo
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Tamerra Griffin
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How I Spent My Luxury Solocation In Key West
In my last adventure, I enjoyed kayaking on the infamous Lake Tahoe — in a clear kayak at that. This next travel journey was unexpected but ideal if you?
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Venesa Coger
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