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Unbothered
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Star Taylour Paige On That Chadwick Boseman ...
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Dec 21, 2020
Unbothered
“We’re Collectively Traumatized:” Laverne Cox On
Promising
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Dec 18, 2020
Unbothered
Jingle Jangle
Is A Reminder That The Best Christmas Movies Are Black
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Dec 11, 2020
Unbothered
Stephan James & Shamier Anderson Are Tired Of Black Talent Being ...
The Canadian brothers have launched a new initiative to give Black creatives the opportunities they never had at home.
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Unbothered
If You Aren’t Buying Black This Holiday Season, Gabrielle U...
Black-owned businesses are in trouble. In the midst of a racial injustice reckoning and a social media push to #BuyBlack this year, you may have thought ot
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Unbothered
The Grammys Fumbled Its R&B Categories, But Should We Even Care?
If there’s one thing Twitter is gonna do, it’s get mad over Grammy nominations. I am including myself in the royal “we” of the bird app because min
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Letitia Wright’s New Role Honors A Black Woman of The Resistance ...
It’s at once eerie and infuriating that almost every protest scene in Steve McQueen’s Mangrove—the first film in his Amazon anthology series, Small A
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Unbothered
Michaela Coel’s Onscreen Catharsis Is Helping Black People ...
With the release — and soaring popularity — of I May Destroy You in June, Michaela Coel destroyed our expectations of a “quarantine watch.” While t
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Unbothered
Naomi Osaka Is The Embodiment Of Black Excellence — On Court & Off
Naomi Osaka could settle for just being excellent. At 23, she’s already one of the greatest tennis players in the world. It would be easy for her to stay
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Culture
White People, Are You Done “Listening & Learning” Yet?
Like open-concept workspaces and infinitely stocked snack bars, the latest trend in corporate culture is fixing racism through town halls and open dialogue
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Entertainment
Why
Insecure
’s Emmys Shutout Hurts, Even If You Love
If you were — like Issa Rae famously quipped at the 2017 Emmys — “rooting for everybody Black” at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night,
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Movies
How Tracey Deer Processed Her Trauma & Made The Best Coming-Of-Ag...
There’s a pause on the other end of the line. Mohawk director Tracey Deer is silently — in between audible sobs — trying to collect herself in order
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Entertainment
Stranger Things
Star Caleb McLaughlin Is All Grown Up In...
Caleb McLaughlin seems to have skipped the awkward phase. You know, that gangly, voice-is-cracking rite of passage for child stars who grow up in front of
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Entertainment
Chadwick Boseman Loved Being A Superhero… & That’s Why He Was Ours
Walking into the theatre to see Black Panther in February 2018 was the closest I’d come to going to church since, well, church. Like every Black per
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Movies
The Greatest Love Story in Black Is King Is Between Beyoncé & Kelly
Kelly Rowland gets asked about her skin tone a lot. Almost as much as she gets asked about her best friend and former Destiny’s Child bandmate, Beyoncé.
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Entertainment
Thanks to Aisha Dee, We Know Why
The Bold Type
Has A Kat...
This story contains minor spoilers for The Bold Type Season 4 finale. In the final episode of The Bold Type’s fourth season, Kat Edison (played by Aisha
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Work & Money
For Black Women In Media, A “Dream Job” Is A Myth
Every time a Black woman hits my timeline with yet another horrifying account of workplace racism, images of my own rush to my head.
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Wellness
The Urgent Need For A Wellness Industry Designed For & By Black W...
Over the past few weeks, as I’ve been scrolling past both harrowing stories of Black death and uplifting images of resistance on Instagram, every now and
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Culture
Please Stop Calling What Jessica Mulroney Did To Sasha Exeter A “...
White privilege manifests in many different ways — in an undeserved promotion, preferential treatment at a fancy store, not fearing for your life in inte
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News
The Pandemic Of Black Trauma Will Never End
White people talk about how they can't wait for things to "get back to normal." But the past two months have shown "normal" still includes the murder of Bl
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Coronavirus
What A Makeup Artist Wants You To Know About Her Industry’s...
While many are now well-accustomed to (and subsequently complaining about) working from home, millions of people have lost their jobs and don’t have the
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Living
Monday Isn’t The Worst Day Of The Week Anymore
Today is Monday. That used to mean something (like mainlining caffeine and cursing the weekend for ending). You know, before we were mandated to stay insid
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No Bad Moms
How This Nurse Connects With Her Husband & Daughter While Quarant...
“I’m such a bad mom.” Five words we tell ourselves, veiled in the feeling that we’re just not doing it right. The truth is, with the bar of motherh
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No Bad Moms
Gabrielle Union: “I Know I Can’t Be A Good Mom If I’m Not Good To...
“I’m such a bad mom.” Five words we tell ourselves, veiled in the feeling that we’re just not doing it right. The truth is, with the bar of motherh
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Schitt’s Creek
Season 6, Episode 14 Recap: Happy Ending
Warning: This recap contains major spoilers for season 6, episode 14 of Schitt’s Creek. For the 13 episodes leading up to the Schitt’s Creek seaso
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Beauty
The Making Of Moira Rose:
Schitt’s Creek
’s Glam Team On ...
Style icon and sitcom mom aren’t usually two titles that go together — unless you’re talking about Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose. The matriar
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Uncover
Stop Asking Issa Rae About Fixing Hollywood — She’s Already...
Still rooting for everybody Black and building her own empire, Hollywood's busiest TV darling turned movie star is 100% in charge – on screen and off.
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Global News
The Danger Of Being A Black Woman In Brazil
The final scene of episode two of docuseries Fundamental shows Brazilian human-rights activist Lucia Xavier walking through a cemetery. Solemnly roaming th
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Oscars
The Oscars Used Black People As Props & It’s Not What We’re Here For
The Oscars don’t always fall during Black History Month, but in 2020, they did. Janelle Monae opened the 92nd Academy Awards with a jazzy song-and-dance
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Entertainment
How The 2020 Oscars Paid Tribute To Kobe Bryant
Update: This story was originally published on Feb. 9, 2020 at 2:45 PM. Spike Lee’s bright purple suit trimmed with Lakers’ yellow lining and e
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