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The Complicated Relationship Between Mental Health & Your Beauty Routine
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I Was Diagnosed With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer In My 30s. Here’s What I Want...
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Unlearning Eurocentric Beauty Ideals Helped Me Finally Embrace My...
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These Black History Month T-Shirts Are More Than A Diversity Init...
Like clockwork, the beginning of every February sees an influx of Black History Month initiatives from virtually every fashion brand — until it all comes
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Oh, the “dad shoe.” The chunky, sensible, “ugly” footwear style beloved by grill-obsessed Midwestern dads should have been the very antithesis of f
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Toxic, Empowering, Exhausting: What “Black Excellence” Really Mea...
The very notion of “Black Excellence” is a divisive one. People across the country have cultivated and perpetuated a variety of different approaches to
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Stressed About Your Wedding Registry? These Tips & Tricks Will Ma...
For Sammi Wong, a 25-year-old Portland native who got married in October, creating a wedding registry was less about adding and acquiring wish-list items (
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8 Size-Inclusive Jeans From H&M To Break You Out Of Sweatpants Fa...
Let’s take stock of where we’re at: It’s year three of the pandemic, it’s two months into winter, and the number of sweats we’ve accumulated sinc
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Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Bianca Kea was acutely aware that outside of her family, there were no other Afro-Latinxs that looked like her. No on
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The Unique Way Tiffany Haddish Is Building Generational Wealth
One thing is for certain: 2022 is giving abundance, and that’s not up for debate. In partnership with Target, the hosts of Go Off, Sis, the podcast
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How Sita Abellan Is Rethinking The Word “Influencer” For Hispanic...
Sita Abellan epitomizes “Jack of all trades.” Throughout the course of the last decade, she’s worked as a model, a designer, an Instagram Personality
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2022’s Biggest Home Trend Is About To Bring You So Much Joy
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This Latinx Designer Is Challenging Hair Stereotypes With Her T-S...
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January is a time for beginnings: A whole new year stretches ahead, entirely unmarred. We’re all feeling rested, sated, bolstered by family time and extr
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How Vlogging Helped This Latinx Actress Land Her First Major Gig
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Do You Feel Self-Conscious During Sex? Let’s Talk About It
Okay, we’ve all wondered what we look like during sex: Am I making a weird face? Is my hair doing that staticky thing again?? When’s the last time I sh
by Eliza Dumais
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Earlier this year, I was gearing up for what I thought would be an epic, hot girl summer (despite high levels of stress from work and everything that comes
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If this were a ‘90s rom-com, and I were a beloved (relatable) Hollywood starlet, the mediocre airport bar from which I am writing would make for a superb
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I’m A Single Mom — & I’m Dating For The First Time Since I Lost M...
In 2008, I married the love of my life. In 2019, I downloaded my first dating app. In the years in between, I built a life with a man who made everything b
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I met my boyfriend in the midst of a pandemic — so, as you can imagine, the context for our courtship was particularly unique. We crossed paths during th
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The Cycle That Kept Me From Seeking Help For My Depression — & Ho...
No one’s mental health journey is the same, especially when it comes to living with depression. In partnership with Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Lundbeck,
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The Future Of Sex Education Is Here — & It Lives On TikTok
Ahhh the TikTok algorithm: She’s mysterious, all-knowing, chaotic — and perhaps more supremely influential than we realize.   In the time sin
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How One Former Beauty Editor Found A New Community Through Video ...
Of the eight “Playroom Rules” my mother kept tacked up for my siblings and me in our childhood home, one in particular always stood out: “In Animal C
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It has been said that the dinner party is the hallmark of civilized living. That it’s joie de vivre, manifest. And that it’s been killed by millennials
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It’s extremely rare for me to get a manicure. I can’t justify it, especially when I already allot a large chunk of my time (and budget) to regular
by Hilary Shepherd
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