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GLAAD and Gorgeous: Guests Were Out and Proud on the GLAAD Awards Red Carpet
Red carpets are our “must-see TV” here at The Glow Up, and this weekend wasn’t a disappointment with the 2018 GLAAD Awards. This was one of our favorite red carpets of the year, just because it was so free. In fact, we think GLAAD should seriously consider renaming the ceremony the “Free to Be You…
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The Queen Is Coming: How April Ryan Got Her Glow Up for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
What does the queen of the White House press corps wear to her annual ball? Since it was The Glow Up’s first White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year, we had to know: How does 21-year veteran journalist, CNN contributor and White House press corps firebrand April Ryan get her glow up? Not to humblebrag, but…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: ‘Anna Wintour’ by Azealia Banks
She’s messy; she’s brilliant; she’s talented. At times insecure; has frequently been problematic; and at some point made a very illogical endorsement of Donald Trump. And if she sounds like someone else who made major headlines this week, it’s because both have their sanity questioned on the regular. But try as we might, we’re not…
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Just Book a Black Girl: Model Gigi Hadid Faces Accusations of Blackface (Again)
(This is an open letter to Gigi Hadid.) Gigi, you in danger, girl. You are in danger of having to issue an apology every time you work with your friends at Italian Vogue if you don’t start checking them when they start trying to slap bronzer and Afro wigs over your blond, blue-eyed beauty. Because…
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Meeting in the Ladies’ Room: Tracee Ellis Ross to Interview Michelle Obama at United State of Women
Here’s a conversation we don’t want to miss: Black-ish actress and all-around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will interview our forever first lady, Michelle Obama, this Saturday, May 5, at the United State of Women Summit at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles—and we officially know how we’re spending this weekend. Now in its third…
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‘Around the Way’ Barbie, Is That You? What’s Really Going On With This Black Barbie’s Hair?
It all began so innocently—just like a child’s toy should. Just three Barbies (or two Barbies and their black friend?), preparing to watch a documentary about … themselves. Actually, to be specific, they were preparing to watch Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, a new Hulu documentary chronicling the recent diversification of the most iconic doll in…
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A Seat at the Table: The Iconoclast Dinner Experience Is a ‘For Us, by Us’ Culinary Celebration
“Create your own committees, build your own institutions, give your friends awards, award yourself, and be the gold you wanna hold, my Gs.” These were the words Solange Knowles tweeted after watching big sis Beyoncé gracefully weather an Album of the Year snub at the 2017 Grammy Awards. For Lezli Levene Harvell, creator and curator…
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Slick With It: Model Slick Woods Talks Money Moves in May’s Glamour Magazine
I’m personally convinced that quiet as it’s kept, the baddest of the baddies must hail from Minneapolis. After all, it’s the birthplace of the Purple One, Yara Shahidi, history-making state Rep. Ilhan Omar, yours truly and the face of Fenty Beauty—no, the other one—model Slick Woods (I mean, that moniker alone sounds like the title…
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Must-See TV: A Day in the Life of Naomi Campbell Is As Glamorous as You Think
We will never not love Naomi Campbell. She can throw a phone or a fantastic party, and we’ll just laugh it off and love her just the same. By turns, she’s a black Barbie come to life and also our fabulous play-cousin-in-our-head from across the pond whose impossibly glamorous life is the stuff fashion-obsessed dreams…
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Dressed for Success? This Charter School’s Policies Are Humiliating Its Female Students
As if puberty isn’t humiliating enough, the award-winning Noble Charter Schools network of Chicago was recently accused of instituting what several former teachers call “dehumanizing” policies to monitor their high school students. In addition to boasting high test scores and graduation rates, the schools, which are located in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods, go above…
