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Why Isn’t Queen Latifah Getting The Rom-Com Royalty Treatment She Deserves...

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These Are The Black Abortion Stories We Need More Of Onscreen

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How The Black Pearsons Became The First Family Of This Is Us

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White Supremacy Is To Blame For The Buffalo Massacre. That’s It.

A clip of CNN reporter Victor Blackwell breaking down in tears live on air while talking about last weekend’s horrific massacre of 10 Black people in a B

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The Wilds Season 2 & TV’s War On “Woke” Characters

Welcome to “What’s Good,” where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting for everybo

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“Pressure Makes Diamonds” — How The Creators Of The Porter...

The Blackest creative team north of the border talks channelling their ancestors and facing high expectations to pull off the triumphant new series about B

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Danai Gurira Reveals Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is “...

Aside from its now-confirmed November 2022 release date, details about the highly-anticipated sequel to Marvel’s Black Panther have been kept largely und

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We Rewatched A Classic Black Rom-Com With Romance Queen Jasmine G...

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

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The “Black Best Friend” Is Finally Getting Revenge Thanks To This...

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Slow Burn Or Burned Out? A Double Hot Take On Bridgerton S...

This post contains spoilers for Bridgerton Season 2 and is based on the Netflix series alone, not the books. Almost two years after setting hearts (a

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Jodie Turner-Smith Isn’t Done Talking About Colorism — Are You Re...

In the A24 film After Yang, Jodie Turner-Smith’s character Kyra rarely raises her voice. She’s all muted tones and measured timbre — even when she’

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Actually, Poetic Justice Isn’t All That Romantic — B...

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

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We Need To Talk About Cosby Says As Much About Us As It ...

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Black History Month 2022

Why Black Women Are Divesting From Excellence & Embracing Mediocrity

R29Unbothered continues its look at Black culture’s tangled history of Black identity, style, and contributions to the culture with ROOTS, our

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The War On “Wokeness” Is A War Against Martin Luther King Jr.’s L...

Today may just be my least-favorite day on the internet, and yet, it’s one of my favorite days of the year. Every year on this day, I re-read Dr. Martin

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Station Eleven Can Be A Devastating Watch, But Danielle ...

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The Insecure Finale Has Us In Our Feelings About Issa...

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Black Is The New Black 2021

For Chanté Adams, Love’s Got Everything To Do With It

For Chanté Adams, Love’s Got Everything To Do With It WRITTEN BY KATHLEEN NEWMAN-BREMANG December 16, 2021 Black Is The New Black is R29Unbothered’s c

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In The Sex Lives of College Girls, It’s The Black Girls Wh...

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Of Course Succession Fails Its Black Women Characters — ...

This story includes Succession season 3 spoilers. If you’ve ever been a Black employee in boardroom full of white executives — truly, my least fa

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The 10 Best Black Corny Christmas Romances Of The Season

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Bruised Isn’t Great, But Halle Berry And Sheila Atim Are

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Condolences To Your Condola Hate — Lawrence Is The Real Insec...

It’s become a running Twitter joke since Christina Elmore first showed up in Season 3 as Condola, the “other woman” in Issa and Lawrence’s will-the

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Black Love
It’s Time To Let Go Of Celebrity #RelationshipGoals
It doesn’t take much for two extremely attractive, very famous people to go from individual objects of thirst to a certified Celebrity Couple. Some strat
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Black Love
Brown Sugar Is Still Just As Sweet As The First Time We ...
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 hi
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Unbothered
How COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Is Tearing Black Families Apart
My baby cousin will always be just that to me: a baby. Even though she’s grown, a whole woman in her 20s, I will always see her as a toddler following me
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Unbothered
Actually, Netflix, Content Like Dave Chappelle’s Transphobic Come...
Update: Netflix has fired the employee who was organizing an upcoming walkout (set to happen Wednesday, October 20) of trans staffers and allies in protest
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Unbothered
Shalita Grant’s Sherry Is The Best Part Of You Season 3 ...
This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s You Season 3. When we first meet Shalita Grant’s character Sherry Conrad on Netflix’s hit series You, sh
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Unbothered
If Your “Diverse” Teen Show Isn’t Giving What Sex Education
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Emmys? We Don’t Know Her. These Are Unbothered’s Best TV Shows Of...
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are on Sunday (September 19). The prestigious awards show is usually how Hollywood gauges the best of the best of the most r
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