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Pop Culture
Halloween Costumes Celebrating The Most Iconic Black Women In Pop Culture
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Oct 23, 2020
Music
The Best Rap Lyrics For Your Instagram Captions
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Jun 22, 2020
Pop Culture
These Black TV Moms Make Motherhood Look Easy
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May 8, 2020
Pop Culture
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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TV Shows
The Best Hulu Shows To Watch Right Now
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Movies
The Most Badass Black Female Movie Heroines
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Movies
The Best Black Christmas Movies
Black culture has found its place during the most wonderful time of the year.
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Pop Culture
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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Movies
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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Pop Culture
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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Movies
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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Movies
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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Pop Culture
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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Movies
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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Movies
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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TV Shows
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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Pop Culture
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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Movies
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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Pop Culture
These Pop Culture Questions Need To Be Answered In 2019
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Pop Culture
The Biggest Celebrity Controversies Of 2018
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The Come-Up
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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Pop Culture
Your Official Pop Culture Gift Guide — The Black Edition
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Movies
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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Music
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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Pop Culture
How Cardi B Kept Her Foot On Our Necks For All Of 2018
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Movies
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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Pop Culture
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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Grammy Awards
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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Pop Culture
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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Pop Culture
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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