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These Black TV Moms Make Motherhood Look Easy

Halloween Costumes Celebrating The Most Iconic Black Women In Pop Culture

The Best Rap Lyrics For Your Instagram Captions

An Ode To Our Favorite Celebrity Potheads

You don’t have to be a weed smoker to appreciate these GIFs of a few of our favorite famous potheads.

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The Best Hulu Shows To Watch Right Now

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The Most Badass Black Female Movie Heroines

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The Best Black Christmas Movies

Black culture has found its place during the most wonderful time of the year.

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How To Dress Like Kylie Jenner Eras For Halloween

Consider it a gift or a curse, but the famous reality family is known to play up major trends, which means that some version of their looks are often avail

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Every Black Person Who Has Won An Oscar

Click through to see every single Black person who has won an Oscar, and get some Black Hollywood history in the process.

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10 Hulu Picks For The Culture

Streaming platforms across the board are missing a bunch of classic Black titles. Luckily, Hulu has a leg up on the competition.

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23 Movies Every Black Woman Should See

These films offer a creative take on our experiences and every Black woman needs to see them.

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10 Amazing Black Romance Movies

These are the Black romance movies that will make your fist rise, your head nod, and your heart melt at the same time.

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The Black Celebrity Power Couples We Want To Be Like

Black love is a form of joy that we deserve more of. These couples are the prototype.

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Why Calling Little The New 13 Going On 30 Is On...

There are a lot of movies involving body switches and characters becoming their younger or older selves out there — Freaky Friday, 17 Again, 13 Going On

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The Very Subtle Way Little Is Supporting Women Creators

Little is all about Black Girl Magic, literally. It was pitched by a then-10-year-old Black girl, Marsai Martin (Black-ish) — she’s also star and an ex

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Where You've Seen The Cast Of Grown-ish Before

We all know Yara, and the rest of the grown-ish cast includes some faces that you’ve seen before, and some that you have not.

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Trap Glazed: We Made R. Kelly A Predator

Update: From January 3 to January 6, Lifetime aired a documentary called Surviving R. Kelly, which catapulted the controversial rapper and all the troublin

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Second Act Is Proof That Acting Is J.Lo's Best Skill

When we think about the juggernauts in entertainment, Jennifer Lopez is often overlooked. The Puerto Rican with New York roots should not be slept on. She

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These Pop Culture Questions Need To Be Answered In 2019

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The Biggest Celebrity Controversies Of 2018

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Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Is Not Who You Think She Is

The Come Up is Refinery29’s series featuring rising female artists who are as badass and inspiring as their music is. Imagine having a little sister who

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Your Official Pop Culture Gift Guide — The Black Edition

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If Beale Street Could Talk, It Would Praise Black Women

I’m still not over the intensely tender experience that is watching Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk. In her review of the film, my colleague

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Trap Glazed: Why Black Women Need Female Rap More Than Ever

When I met Trina for the first time last year, I played it cool. I was meeting her in a semi-professional capacity and wanted to leave a good impression. B

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How Cardi B Kept Her Foot On Our Necks For All Of 2018

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A Fat Girl Weighs In On The Beauty & Pain Of Dumplin'

In the opening scene of Dumplin’, a young Willowdean “Will” Dickson cruises down a Texas road with her aunt Lucy (Hilliary Begley). They're in a

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People Think Ariana Grande Is Using A Blaccent That I Don't Hear ...

Today is only my second full day as a Mocha Grande — the official name for Black fans of Ariana Grande — and life is coming at me really fast. Yesterda

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The Grammys' Big 4 Are Full Of POC — But I'm Still Side Eyeing Them

Of all of the traditional award shows — Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, Tonys — the Grammys are by far the most interesting to watch. I’m definitely mo

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The Golden Globes Film Nominations Are Dominated By People Of Color

Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have voted, and the Golden Globe nominations are officially here to honor the best of the best in this y

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Cardi B Posts First Photo Of Baby Kulture & The Internet Kan't Deal

Since giving birth to her first child with husband Offset in July — named Kulture Kiari Cephus — Cardi B has taken a page out of Beyoncé’s book and

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