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Mariah Carey Posts Pic With Kaepernick—and Social Media Promptly Forgets She's Black
“One Sweet Day,” folks are going to get out of their “Emotions,” admit the real reason they’re so “Obsessed” with Colin Kaepernick and why they kneel, and recognize him as the “Hero” he’s been in making a portion of otherwise complacent NFL lovers more conscious about racism and police brutality. What can I say? I…
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On #TransDayofRemembrance (and Every Day), We Implore You to Respect and Protect Trans Lives
By all outward appearances, 2018 was a year of incredible progress for trans people. Of the triumphs: Christine Hallquist became the first trans person to be nominated for governor (of Vermont); at least one internationally-recognized company opted to recognize their trans employees by covering corrective surgeries in their health plans; more openly trans models made…
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Out of Print: Glamour Is the Next Magazine to Go Strictly Digital
It’s the end of an era—or perhaps, the beginning of one. Following the path of fellow Condé Nast publication Teen Vogue, Glamour will be the next imprint to go exclusively digital, with the New York Times reporting on Tuesday that the 79-year-old publication’s January 2019 issue will be its last in print. Condé Nast has…
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Do We Call Her 'Chyna White' Now? Blac Chyna Sells All the Way Out With a Whitenicious Collab
Not like this, Blac Chyna. Not like this. We try not to spontaneously write off everyone with a Kardashian family affiliation, if only because that circle gets larger by the day—and because Kardashians are people, too (or so we hear). But the former Kardashian in-law (and current co-parent) known as Blac Chyna clearly shares the…
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The Naked Truth: Cardi B Has a Vision for Her Fashion Nova Collab—and Makes a Money Move for Mom
“Bitch, I did a vision board and I’m not going to rest until I get all that shit that I put in it by the end of 2019,” Cardi B exclaimed in a very … revealing Instagram post on Monday. Promoting the Thanksgiving and Black Friday return of items from her instantly sold-out collaboration with…
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Oh, Snap! Instagram Is Cracking Down on Fake Activity. Will the Insta-famous Survive?
File this under “When Doing the Most Goes Wrong”: Some of your Insta-faves may be revealed to be a little less popular than you thought, as Instagram seeks to restore trust and integrity to its platform by banning paid-for likes and followers. This move follows similar measures taken on Twitter and Facebook (the latter of…
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Beauty and Fashion Keep Rihanna in the Top 10 of Forbes' Highest Paid Women in Music
Never knock your side hustle. That’s the lesson to be learned from the music industry’s—and now, the fashion and beauty industry’s—favorite bad gal, who has increased her net worth through the runaway successes of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty. How else can you explain Rihanna’s maintaining the seventh place spot on Forbes’ Highest Paid…
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‘Lullabies to Lies’: The Release Date of Samantha Markle’s Tell-All Coincides With Meghan’s Due Date
If this doesn’t make you more thankful for your family this Thanksgiving, I extend my sincerest condolences. Apparently, the Markle family hasn’t gotten the memo that Her Royal Highness Meghan is living her best life and ain’t goin’ back and forth with them anymore—or maybe they have, since at least one member is still making…
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Love, Peace and Soul (and a Little Faith): The 2018 Soul Train Awards Was a Night of '90s Nostalgia
All eyes and (marketing strategies) may be on millennials and Gen Z, but despite artists from those generations leading the pack in nominations, by all appearances, it was “grown folks music” that dominated the 2018 Soul Train Awards. For those of us of a certain age, Saturday night’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas was…
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Surreal Life: Zoë Kravitz Teams Up with Tiffany to Make this Holiday a Wonderland
Zoë Kravitz has been on a roll lately. She was the face of Saint Laurent’s fall campaign, paid homage to her famous mama on the cover of Rolling Stone, and has a major role in brand new box office hit, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Oh, and did we mention that she quietly got…
