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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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Are The Spill & Threads Apps New Homes For Black Internet Discourse?

If you’re Black and you’ve been tapped into Twitter since you could tweet via SMS, then you know that the platform today, now under the rule of controv

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Big Freedia Is Living Out Loud & Claiming Her Season

It doesn’t matter how you are introduced to Big Freedia. Whether you were first greeted by her recent single “$100 Bill,” her explosive feature on Be

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Why Are So Many Black Women Using TikTok To Self-Diagnose?

Let TikTok tell it, I’m neurodivergent. I’ve seen enough lists of signs and symptoms on my FYP to wonder if ADHD or borderline personality disorder sho

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TikTok Skincare Trends Might Be Steering Us In The Wrong Direction

TikTok is one hell of a powerful medium of influence. I’ve purchased my fair share of Amazon gadgets, Zara finds, and totally-don’t-need-this things ju

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“I Can’t Shut Down Because I Tell The Truth:” H...

Unbothered continues its look at the tangled history of Black culture and identity with ROOTS (Un)Banned, a series of stories on book banning&nbs

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House Music Has BEEN Black — Beyoncé Is Just Bringing It Back

One thing about Beyoncé, she’s always going to start a conversation. This time, at the center of the discourse surrounding Queen Bey is “Break My Soul

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Zazie Beetz’s Van Is Adrift In Atlanta Season 3 & It’s T...

*This story contains spoilers for Atlanta Season 3, episodes 1-2 Zazie Beetz’s Vanessa “Van” Keefer has always been one of the most captivating chara

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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

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The Unexpectedly Meaningful Stories Behind These 5 Holiday Makeup...

I am, by nature, a bit of a beauty queen. I don’t exactly spend my days in a full face of makeup or prance around my kitchen in heels. But anyone who

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From Spa Kits To Brush Sets: 10 Beauty Gifts From Black-Owned Brands

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Interior Design Has Historically Been From A White POV — This Wom...

“Home is sacred.” It’s an ethos that Victoria Adesanmi, the 30-year-old multidisciplinary designer and founder of Aesthetics Studios, weaves through

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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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Cicely Tyson’s Roles Changed Hollywood For Black Women

Cramming an extraordinary life into a few hundred words is not nearly as big a feat as depicting the vast humanity of Black women on screen, yet trailblazi

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Natalie Desselle Reid Was More Than A Sidekick — She Was A Master...

I was dazzled by Natalie Desselle Reid for the first time as a gold-toothed sweetheart in 1997’s gut-busting comedy, B*A*P*S. Directed by Robert Town

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Flo Milli Is Not Just A Viral Star — The Gen Z Rapper Is Here To ...

Flo Milli’s “Weak” is the sum of everything that makes the 20-year-old, Mobile, AL native a star — and a mainstay on our playlists. It&

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Erica Chidi Is Helping Black Women Reclaim Their Bodies

Where radical self-care is prescribed, trauma exists. This is why doula and educator Erica Chidi provides necessary tools for Black women to heal and recla

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Can We Still Love Our Favorite Black Sitcoms Even If We’ve Outgro...

Back in July, amid great loss and devastating changes ushered in by 2020, Netflix made one of the most exciting and relieving announcements this year has s

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Meet The Black Creatives Inspiring Black Joy Through Art

It’s hard to be a joyful Black creative on a good day; to pour your being into beautiful work amid ongoing injustices is already taxing. And during the c

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This Woman Is Shattering An Age-Old Stereotype About Black People...

There’s no question about it: We’re living in unprecedented times, and change is (finally) happening on all fronts — locally, nationally, and globall

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This Woman Is Challenging Preconceived Notions Of What Surfers Lo...

There’s no question about it: We’re living in unprecedented times, and change is (finally) happening on all fronts — locally, nationally, and globall

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3 Generations Of Women On The Importance Of Self-Love, As Taught ...

Refinery29 is proud to partner with Clorox Ⓡ 2 for Colors — a brand that’s all about celebrating lasting vibrance — to spotlight the uniq

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