Unbothered
How Tulsa Is Fighting Against America’s Black Maternal Health Crisis
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed country. And in Oklahoma, Black women account for 10% of births across the state
by Stephanie Long

Black Love
Dear Black Love: Brea & Mariah Share ‘Eternal Love’
On this episode of Dear, Black Love we watch newly married couple, Brea and Mariah, share their modern love story. From meeting their freshman year at Yale
by R29 Unbothered

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Unbothered
Colorism Clouds The Rich Imagination Of The Harder They Fall
In the new Netflix original movie The Harder They Fall, writer and director Jeymes Samuel pays homage to the rich legacy of the Black cowboy. Playful and i
by Ineye Komonibo

Podcasts
What Does A Healthy Relationship Look Like? Claws‘...
Actress Niecy Nash isn’t one to back down from a fight. Case in point: In the award-winning dark comedy Claws, the execs initially saw Nash’s onscr
by Taiia Smart Young

Black Love
Chlöe The Conqueror: On The Battlefield Of Self-Love & ‘Imposter ...
Chlöe is in a fight for her life. It might not seem like it to the outside world that’s witnessing her rise to solo pop stardom. After all, the songstre
by Tre'vell Anderson

Black Love
Black Women On Reality Dating Shows Are Rarely Finding Love. Inst...
The reality dating show contestant-to-influencer pipeline is real, and it may be the only practical motivation for Black women to join the ranks.
by Ineye Komonibo

Black Love
Decolonizing Love In A World Rigged For Black Women’s Loneliness
What is Black love? Is it simply two Black people in relationship, at all costs? Or is it a more profound experience of freeing the self into something bey
by Shaadi Devereaux

Black Love
It’s Time To Let Go Of Celebrity #RelationshipGoals
It doesn’t take much for two extremely attractive, very famous people to go from individual objects of thirst to a certified Celebrity Couple. Some strat
by Kathleen Newman-B...

Black Love
Eradicating Fatphobia, Embracing Radical Body Love
Award-winning journalist Sofiya Ballin explores how Black women can radically love their bodies in a world incentivized by their ability to hate it.
by Sofiya Ballin

Black Love
OnlyFans Star Elexus Jionde On Knowing Your Worth And Adding Tax
I’ve always been atrocious at math, so it wasn’t too shocking back in October 2018 when I realized that I had miscalculated how quickly I would earn $5
by Elexus Jionde

Black Love
Brown Sugar Is Still Just As Sweet As The First Time We ...
Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hi
by Kathleen Newman-B...

Unbothered
If Anyone Can Take On Succession‘s Kendall Roy, It&#...
This story contains mild spoilers for season 3, episode 3 of HBO’s Succession. In the crossover that you didn’t see coming but needed nonethele
by Ineye Komonibo

Unbothered
The Zombification of Whitney Houston
In Haitian mythology, the idea of what we now call zombies emerged from enslaved Africans’ deepest fear: not even death would bring freedom. Though suici
by Brooke Obie

Unbothered
Lil’ Kim, The OG Queen Bee, Opens Up About BET’s Trap Q...
Hip-hop has always been a safe haven for those who went searching for tenderness in a world that had none to offer. Hidden between perfectly-poised paragra
by Iman N. Milner

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